Book Review

Quick Review: Imaginary Jesus

August 24, 2011

I just finished Imaginary Jesus by Matt Mikalatos and wanted to do up a quick review. A lot of people I know read this way before me as the author is a fellow staff member of my ministry organization. I read it mostly because this book is being included in a lot of outreach materials [...]

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3 for 1 Beav Book Reviews

May 10, 2011

My frequency of posts has been down significantly because basically I’ve been getting my butt kicked the last couple months with finishing out school and a variety of other special projects and travel. If anything, the series of book reviews I’m pumping out reveal that I’ve been hitting a lot of books lately. So I’ll [...]

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Killer of Little Shepherds-Brief Review

April 24, 2011

I posted a little bit ago about humble doubt in the search for truth from the reading of Douglas Starr’s The Killer of Little Shepherds. I wanted to come back and offer up a few more thoughts on the book and advocate for why it might be worth reading. This book tracks the development of [...]

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Presidents Who Hunt Vamps (Review)

February 24, 2011

My book club hit Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter over the last couple of months. It was a fascinating read and at times a confusing blend of history and fantasy. We read Team of Rivals a couple years ago and thought this would be fun to do since we all loved that book on Lincoln. My [...]

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Intimacy and Leadership

December 13, 2010

In the Leadership Coaching Group I’m facilitating this year, we just wrapped up going through Henri Nouwen’s leadership classic, In the Name of Jesus. This was the third or fourth time I’ve read it (you can read it in under 2 hrs), but it still packs a punch like it’s the first time.He draws from [...]

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Is Your Training Methodology Oppressive?

November 27, 2010

I first posted this under the title “Back Away from the Banking” almost a year ago (Jan 29th), but given some recent events and discussions it felt like a great time to re-post it now (especially as I’m still adjusting to having an infant again). I’ll only add one thought – “What good does it [...]

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Review of a Book About Hairballs

August 11, 2010

Thanks again to Stephanie Nannan for her guest post a couple days ago. There was some great comment interaction. You can check it out here.I’m on vacation for a few days here in the desert, which means I’ve been able to do a little extra reading. I started Cadillac Desert which has already made me [...]

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The Gifts of the Jews – Review

June 12, 2010

Finished Thomas Cahill’s The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels last week and had some lively interaction over it this past weekend at a book club I’m in.First – there’s a lot that is helpful about this book, especially if you’re not familiar with [...]

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Thoughts on The Myth of the Shiksa (Review)

May 19, 2010

If you know me or have read this blog for a while you probably know that I love reading stuff by Edwin Friedman. I’ve been an advocate of A Failure of Nerve as a must read leadership book for a few years now and have also loved what I’ve read from Generation to Generation and [...]

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