December 10, 2007I just recently put down Will & Lisa Samson’s “Justice in the Burbs“. They remind me that
The suburbs in many ways are…
“…an illusion of the American dream - where no one is needy, where there is a chicken in every pot, and a car in every garage…
“… where planned developments control who comes near, and [...]
November 30, 2007 Leadership Network is in the middle of relaunching it’s leadership books blog. It will be the place for practical insights from books that leaders themselves are reading.
I got invited to be one of the dozen or so contributors in this collaborative blog, though looking through the list I’m definitely the newbie of the [...]
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October 23, 2007Brian J. Walsh and his wife Sylvia C. Keesmaat were recently invited to Mars Hill, Grand Rapids, to discuss their latest book.
Colosssians Remixed - A problem we face today is that we have become numbed and blinded to the empire of our day. It is not as apparent to us and so it needs to [...]
September 29, 2007If you haven’t read the book by Henri Nouwen that was inspired by this Rembrandt painting, you should.
If you liked that post, check out…Magazines I read… by Lon on November 19th, 2008The year of living Biblically… by Lon on June 16th, 2008How to re-imagine the world… by Lon on April 28th, 2008The Tangible Kingdom… by [...]
August 18, 2007I just finished reading Tony Campolo’s, Everybody wants to change the world. More thoughts on it coming soon.
If you liked that post, check out…Stand against the wind… by Lon on February 14th, 2006Wide Awake… by Lon on September 19th, 2008True community… by Lon on December 21st, 2007Reason for God by Lon on October 7th, [...]
July 30, 2007A few thoughts from Pornified
Pamela Paul rightly opens her book with a caveat on the language that is used throughout the book… It’s hard to over-stress how graphic and explicit much of the language and content used in her interviews were. There’s lots I wish I had never read.
It is definitely not just the [...]
July 12, 2007 I’ve never followed politics much, let alone American politics. But I like Obama. Catapulted to fame at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, he’s hard not to like. See the big speech at youtube part1 and part2.
I’ve been skimming through his book “The audacity of hope” and it offers an inside look [...]
June 7, 2007There was a quote I remember that came out of last year’s Willow Creek Leadership Summit with Bono. Someone said they went to see if Bono was really a Christian, but they left wondering if they were really Christians.
That’s what this book has done to me. It makes me wonder if I’m a Christian.
I mean [...]
June 4, 2007This book has completely wrecked me.
I read a fair number of books, but this one just hits so deep into my heart I need to begin doing something about it. As much as I talk and attempt to impact people and the communities around me, this book reminds me how far short I fall [...]
May 31, 2007Some of the books I’ll be reading/re-reading this summer
If you liked that post, check out…In North Carolina… by Lon on March 22nd, 2006The Forgotten Ways… by Lon on January 3rd, 2008The Starfish Manifesto by Lon on December 30th, 2007What makes you come alive? by Lon on June 27th, 2004
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