Top Ten New Audiobooks! [October 2017]

[easyazon_link identifier=”B075RBNPNW” locale=”US” tag=”douloschristo-20″]The Taste of Empire: How Britain’s Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World[/easyazon_link]

Lizzie Collingham

Read By: Jennifer M. Dixon

In The Taste of Empire, acclaimed historian Lizzie Collingham tells the story of how the British Empire’s quest for food shaped the modern world. Told through 20 meals over the course of 450 years, from the Far East to the New World, Collingham explains how Africans taught Americans how to grow rice, how the East India Company turned opium into tea, and how Americans became the best-fed people in the world.

In The Taste of Empire, Collingham masterfully shows that only by examining the history of Great Britain’s global food system, from 16th-century Newfoundland fisheries to our present-day eating habits, can we fully understand our capitalist economy and its role in making our modern diets.

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[easyazon_link identifier=”B075RDYKQY” locale=”US” tag=”douloschristo-20″]Immeasurable: Reflections on the Soul of Ministry in the Age of Church, Inc.[/easyazon_link]

Skye Jethani

Read By: Adam Verner

“In my first seminary class, we were asked to introduce ourselves and say why we enrolled. I’ll never forget what one student said:

‘My denomination wants me to have an M.Div., but once they see I can grow a big church, I don’t think they’ll make me finish the program.'”

The priorities of this future pastor were startling, but he’s not alone in them. In the years since that class, author and minister Skye Jethani has seen more and more pastors swallowed by the celebrity syndrome.

Not long ago, ministers were among the most trusted and admired people in our culture. But not anymore. A 2013 study from Gallop revealed that Americans’ admiration for clergy has reached an all-time low. That, taken with reduced trust of institutional religion overall, makes it easy to see why ministers feel insecure about their calling.

In response to this trend, some pastors have looked to emulate those who are praised by the culture – business leaders, entertainers, and social activists. This has led to a new understanding of what a minister should be. We’ve turned away from viewing our pastors as shepherds, and now expect them to be celebrities.

Immeasurable will help ministers recognize the cultural forces shaping their view of the calling, and then reimagine what faithful church leaders can look like in the 21st century. Through short essays and reflections on the pastor’s soul and skills, this book will help prospective pastors explore their calling to ministry, and it will help veteran pastors reframe their vision for the work.

Drawing on cultural dynamics, personal stories, and his own experience working in a church and with church leaders, Skye Jethani will address matters like ambition, anger, community, consumerism, fame, health, justice, platform, preaching, rest, simplicity, success, vision, and more.

There are endless resources to help pastors do the practical work of ministry, but there are far fewer that speak to the pastor’s soul and spirit. Immeasurable provides affirmation and encouragement for church leaders faithfully serving God. It commends the true work of ministry – shepherding, teaching, encouraging – while redefining what we mean by success in ministry. It’s a book church leaders can return to again and again for insight and inspiration.

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