Note from CM: We are devoting this week to reviewing some recent books that have caught my interest and attention. Thursday will be an Open Forum day for you to share what you have been reading. ???? IM Book Week Book Two: Everlasting Is the Past, by Walter Wangerin, Jr. A pastor’s preparation and first church family •Continue reading “Everlasting Is the Past: A pastor’s preparation and first church family”
Category Archives: IM Book Review
Accidental Saints: A review and a review of a review
Note from CM: We will devote this week to reviewing some recent books that have caught my interest and attention. Thursday will be an Open Forum day for you to share what you have been reading. ???? IM Book Week Book One: Accidental Saints, by Nadia Bolz-Weber A review and a review of a reviewContinue reading “Accidental Saints: A review and a review of a review”
IM Book Review: Rumours of Glory – Part 1: My Journey with Bruce
Rumours of Glory: A Memoir Bruce Cockburn Harper and Collins 2014 Over the next several Fridays, I will be delving into Bruce Cockburn’s memoir: Rumours of Glory. For those who do not know Bruce or his music, here is a quick overview taken from the publisher’s summary. Legendary Canadian singer and songwriter Bruce Cockburn deliversContinue reading “IM Book Review: Rumours of Glory – Part 1: My Journey with Bruce”
IM Book Review: Disarming Scripture
Disarming Scripture: Cherry-Picking Liberals, Violence-Loving Conservatives, and Why We All Need to Learn to Read the Bible Like Jesus Did Derek Flood Metanoia Books (2014) • • • Note from CM: This book review is part of a “blog tour” to which the author invited me. Occasionally, publishers will send me books or authors willContinue reading “IM Book Review: Disarming Scripture”
IM Book Review: A Jester’s Take on the Bible
. . . the insights of these textual experts must be welcomed, even if they shake the foundations of religious dogma. To the extent they are correct, they are further iterations of the truth. And the pursuit of that truth, not self-deception or willful ignorance, is the task of religious adulthood. • Jay Michaelson HowContinue reading “IM Book Review: A Jester’s Take on the Bible”
IM Book Review: Our Great Big American God
Our Great Big American God: A Short History of Our Ever-Growing Deity By Matthew Paul Turner Jericho Books (August 19, 2014) • • • Matthew Paul Turner sent me a preview copy of his new book last week (it’s now available – click the link above), and it ties right in with our emphasis inContinue reading “IM Book Review: Our Great Big American God”
IM Book Review: An Agnostic Apocalypse
What would happen in the world, in the church, in our lives, if an event like the Rapture took place, but the event was completely enigmatic? What if hundreds of millions of people around the globe suddenly disappeared, but there was no rhyme or reason as to who was “taken” and who was “left behind”?Continue reading “IM Book Review: An Agnostic Apocalypse”
Denise Spencer – IM Book Review: God Is Near
Note from CM: Clark Bunch is a regular reader and commenter here at IM. He taught with Michael Spencer at OBI, and has since returned to live and work in his hometown of Calhoun, GA. The local paper there recently featured him in a “Profiles in Faith” piece. We’re excited for Clark that he hadContinue reading “Denise Spencer – IM Book Review: God Is Near”
IM Book Review: God Is Near
Note from CM: Clark Bunch is a regular reader and commenter here at IM. He taught with Michael Spencer at OBI, and has since returned to live and work in his hometown of Calhoun, GA. The local paper there recently featured him in a “Profiles in Faith” piece. We’re excited for Clark that he hadContinue reading “IM Book Review: God Is Near”
Slow Church Week 5: The Church of Word and Table
Slow Church Week 5 The Church of Word and Table Christian practice in matters of spiritual formation goes badly astray when it attempts to construct or organize ways of spirituality apart from the ordinariness of life. And there is nothing more ordinary than a meal. Abstract principles — the mainstay of so much of whatContinue reading “Slow Church Week 5: The Church of Word and Table”
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