Monday, May 31, 2010

Jesus Manifesto by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola

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The authors argue that the church today is suffering from JDD: Jesus Deficit Disorder. We have lost sight of Christ. They want to present Ch...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Wingnuts by John Avlon

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We live in a time of antagonistic politics. Fifty years ago, John Wayne said of John Kennedy, “I didn’t vote for him, but he’s my president,...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Beguiled by Deeanne Gist and J. Mark Bertrand

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Rylee is a dog walker in an upscale section of Charleston.  Robberies begin to happen in the very houses to which she has keys.  Police repo...
Monday, May 24, 2010

The Last Christian by David Gregory

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The year is 2088. Christianity has essentially died out in the developed world. In the U. S. people generally have neural implants that rec...
Saturday, May 22, 2010

Embracing Your Second Calling by Dale Hanson Bourke

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Bourke believes that “God has a special purpose for women in the second half of life that is world-changing in its scope.” (8) To understand...
Thursday, May 20, 2010

Eclipse of the Sunnis by Deborah Amos

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Ryan Crocker, posted in the Middle East for over two decades and U.S. ambassador to Baghdad from 2007 to 2009, was asked in 2002 by Secretar...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

the napkin, the melon & the monkey by barbara burke

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What a great little book!  At only 130 pages it is short on size but huge on life lessons.  In story (or parable) form, Burke shares the les...
Sunday, May 16, 2010

Her Mother's Hope by Francine Rivers

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Rivers deviates from her usual fiction to investigate her ancestors.  In this novel, the first in a two part series, Rivers tells the story ...