Category: books
We're on the second week of the study I'm facilitating on "Half the Church," and I'm loving the discussions we're been having. I've been so blessed by the insights the women in my community have, and the stories they share. However, this has ...
Natasha and Sophie’s Radical Challenge
If you've read this blog for long, you know how much I loved "Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream" by David Platt. Well, my friend Natasha loved it too, and blogged through the entire book. Now, she ...
Evangelicals and Eating Disorders
Yep, you read that right. "Evangelicals and Eating Disorders." That's what I'm writing about today. Rachel Stone just rocked my world with her post "How Patriarchy Gave Me an Eating Disorder." I didn't quite have the courage to share it on ...
Junia Is Not Alone
Anabaptist or not, Scot McKnight comes out swinging in his bite-sized eBook defending women in ministry, "Junia is Not Alone." I. Loved. It. Of course it contained the solid, thoughtful scholarship we've come to expect from McKnight. But what blessed me about ...
Do Christian Novels Romanticize Abuse?
I've been tired lately. Mind-and-heart tired. So tired that yesterday, I decided the most productive thing I could do was give my brain needed a much-needed vacation. I wasn't in the mood for a movie, so I grabbed my Nook ...
Have you heard of Katie Davis? The 19-year-old class president and homecoming queen from Nashville, Tennessee who "quit her life" to begin a ministry in Uganda and become a foster mother to 14 girls? Katie's new book was released on October 4th, and ...
Helen Lee, author of "The Missional Mom: Living With Purpose at Home and In the World," wrote a fabulous post today about how Steve Jobs relates to missional living. The world needs more of the "crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the ...
God, Girls, and Redemption: The Girl Effect Is Good Theology! Plus, a FREE GIVEAWAY!
"My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. For he hath remembered the lowly estate of his handmaiden...He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree...He hath ...
I recently discovered Amy Julia Becker, whose new book, "A Good and Perfect Gift", is described as "a spiritual memoir that chronicles Amy Julia Becker’s journey through her daughter Penny’s first years of life. Top of her class at Princeton, Amy Julia ...
Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
I hate it when inspiration fizzles. Yesterday, I had a brilliant (if I do say so myself) blog post about the cost of discipleship burning burning a hole in my psyche, but couldn't find the time to type it out. ...
Famine, God’s Glory, and a Bigger Prayer
"Why can we trust God, no matter what happens?"I'm reading The God of Promise and the Life of Faith by Scott J. Hafemann for my biblical theology class, and that question is the title of one of his chapters. (The ...
What is Idolatry?
From one of my textbooks, "The God of Promise and the Life of Faith" by Scott J. Hafemann:"...In other words, idolatry is the futile way of thinking that results from mankind's failure to honor the One who has revealed himself ...
"A History of the Jews" by Paul Johnson
"A History of the Jews" by Paul Johnson is required reading for my degree program, and wow, is it fascinating. He offers great evidences for the historical reality of biblical characters, and amazing insights into the cultural context in which the events of ...
It cannot be an ill fortune to have loved a unicorn…
It was a long, busy week followed by a long, busy weekend. And not just normal busyness--it was the sort of busyness that consumes not just your time, but your mind, your heart, your sleep, your...well...pretty much everything.For me, there's ...
Book Review: You Were Born for This
"The Prayer of Jabez" got a bad rap. While many Christian preachers and publications were decrying it as a "bless ME, God" book--a lite version of the health, wealth, and prosperity gospel taken to the masses--millions of people inside and ...
Emotional Vomit–Proceed with Caution
I am halfway through the book "The Irresistable Revolution" by Shane Claiborne, and it is making me cry. Shane is one of the founders of "The Simple Way" in Philidelphia, a community committed to--well, you'll have to read the book. ...
