Books
Book Review - “The Biblical World” From National Geographic
Were you like me? Did you sit around when you were a kid and read encyclopedias instead of play outside?
Oh…then maybe I am kind of strange…
Anyway, I love reference works. Encyclopedias, yearbooks, atlases, stuff like that. I can’t count how many times I read through the “World Book Encyclopedia” when I was growing up.
So, I’m […]
Book Review - “Wedgewood Grey” / “And If I Die” by John Aubrey Anderson
After my positive experience and review of Anderson’s “Abiding Darkness”, I jumped right into the following two books in the “Black Or White Chronicles”.
I continue to appreciate Anderson’s characterizations. He has created a fascinating cross-section of people that it’s very easy to care about. I guess the thing that surprised me most about the rest […]
Book Review - “The Case For The Real Jesus” By Lee Strobel
Lee Strobel is quite a prolific author. Fortunately, he always has worthwhile things to say. Most folks are familiar with Strobel’s story…how as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, he undertook a two-year investigation of the claims of Jesus, which led him to belief and salvation in 1981 (a story worth reading in his book […]
Book Review - “Abiding Darkness” By John Aubrey Anderson
I have a big pile of books to read. By and large, I tackle them in the order I get them. Lately, fiction has been in the minority on my bookshelves.
I had never heard of Anderson, or this “Black Or White” trilogy. A few days ago, I cracked open the first book, “Abiding Darkness“…mainly because […]
Books Update
I’ve been lovin’ me a lot of books lately, and I’ve decided to use GoodReads.com to track my library. There are three new widgets in the right column, for yet-to-read, currently reading, and finished.
I hope that when I post the occasional review, you’ll take the effort to look into the book if you’re interested.
A Wrinkle In Time…
Madeline L’Engle passed into God’s arms today.
A wonderful author…if you’ve never read “A Wrinkle In Time”, you need to buy it this week and dive into an amazing world. The rest of the trilogy - “A Wind In The Door” and “A Swiftly Tilting Planet” - they’re also fantastic.
But it’s her non-fiction work “Walking On […]
Book Review - “The Grand Weaver” by Ravi Zacharias
“Are our lives just random and meaningless strands of thread, or could they possibly be precise designs woven with remarkable care, thought, and intent?”
So begins the dust-jacket blurb on “The Grand Weaver”, and this book does a very good job digging into that question…a question that I’ve asked many times, as I’m sure most people […]
Book Review - “Holy Discontent” by Bill Hybels
This new book from the pastor of Willow Creek is subtitled “Fueling The Fire That Ignites Personal Vision”. It’s hard to deny that Hybels knows a thing or two about vision, taking a small youth bible study and leading its growth into one of the largest and most influential churches in America.
Hybels shares about what […]
