Gutsy Faith: Hard Conversations with God
Beacon Hill Press, 2006, 189 pp., $14.99,www.beaconhillbooks.com“Could it be that simple? Pray and obey?”This is one of the primary questions Jeff Edmondson, a youth publishing manager at Nazarene P...
Answering Your Dream Call
The Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche called to see if I was interested in their public address announcer position.“Yes,” I said, before darting around like a popped balloon. Soon I was trying o...
‘Y-Origins’ & ‘Y-Jesus’
B & L Publications, 2004, 100 pp., $7.95,www.y-zine.comY-origins. Y-Jesus. Y-zine. Y, you ask?The topics of Jesus and of the origins of life have gotten a lot of press lately. Every year the major news maga...
Trolls and Truth: 14 Realities about Today’s Church that We Don’t Want to See
New Hope Publishers, 2006, 224 pp.,$14.99, www.NewHopePublishers.com“In new wineskins and perhaps through the life of an old wino, our ecclesiology must be upended by the ‘least of these’: the...
‘Heat’ & ‘Buzz’
FlipSwitch Series, Multnomah Publishers,2006, 64 pp., $7.00, www.mpbooks.comSmall in size but powerful in message, these books add an interesting mix of humor, fact and frightening stats. With journal entries, ...
YM2K: Youth Ministry for the Millennial Generation
Smyth and Helwys, 2006, 87 pp., $12.00,http://www.helwys.com If you can’t find time to read Patricia Hersch, Chap Clark, David Elkind, Walt Mueller or Christian Smith, then this is your book! Hestorff do...
Leading with a Limp: Turning Your Struggles into Strengths
WaterBrook Press, 2006, $19.99, 224 pp.,www.randomhouse.com/waterbrookAfter years of leadership books focusing on strategy, skill and attitude, Dan Allender’s book is like an irresistible breath of fresh ...
Jesus Said It
Multimedia Bible study kit, GroupPublishing, 2006, $59.99, www.group.comUsually when people mention “opening up a can” it means there’s about to be a beatdown. But in this case, simply by open...
The Revolutionary Gospel: Jesus’ Shocking Yet Hopeful Message Upends Our Assumptions about Life And Faith
On his web site (brianmclaren.net), Brian calls himself “a pastor, author, speaker, and networker among innovative Christian leaders, thinkers, and activists.” His books, talks and work with the Eme...
The Tattooed Rats
Integrity Publishers, 2006, 288 pp., $14.99,www.integritypublishers.comJerry Jenkins, the co-author of the mega-selling Left Behind series, turns his attention to teen fiction, with mixed results.Patch is a tee...