Brief Reviews
Laura Clawson – I Belong to This Band, Hallelujah! [ Brief Review ]
A Brief Review of I Belong to This Band, Hallelujah!: Community, Spirituality, and Tradition among Sacred Harp Singers Laura Clawson […]
Erwin McManus – Earth (Film #1 – Signs Series) [Review]
But in Earth, the first film of a five-part series based on elements titled SIGNS, Erwin McManus begins by confessing an urge to agree with the writer of Ecclesiastes, having experienced the same feeling that there’s “nothing new under the sun.” McManus effectively expresses the despair that comes from living a life that lacks any meaning – it can feel empty, futile or vain.
15 Days of Prayer With St. John of the Cross [Brief Review]
eviewing a prayer book is a bit like reviewing a chainsaw. One can take the chainsaw out of the box, admire its design, feel its heft, but if the fuel and bar oil tanks remain empty, and the saw not started, what’s the use? How does one judge the efficaciousness of a prayer book anyhow? To go further, how does one mark the success of a prayer life?
Shaping the Journey of Emerging Adults – Sundene and Dunn [ Review ]
Disciple-making in every generation is an important work – a life’s work. Disciple-making among the Millennial Generation requires a discerning, intentional, reflective, and relational journey to help emerging adults shape their craft of life and become disciples and future disciple-makers for emerging adults to come.
Abba, Give Me a Word – L. Roger Owens [Brief Review]
It’s hip to be a monk. Monastic practices have become the rage in North American Christendom and not just among Catholics and Anglicans. It would not be surprising to find a young Southern Baptist for whom the praying of the hours has taken a significant place in their life with God. Or a Vineyard pastor organizing a retreat for solitude and silence.
