Sep 1, 2014 | books, Monday Muse, news, review
I’ve neglected two Mondays of Summer Reading posts, largely because the news out of Ferguson has been central to my reading in recent weeks. Several titles that were on my summer list have been placed on the back burner for another season, but I’m...
Aug 11, 2014 | books, Monday Muse
This week’s reading is a favorite book that barely missed the cut on my list of five books to read before seminary. It’s The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book, by Bill Watterson. If you’re not familiar with their antics from Calvin and...
Aug 4, 2014 | books, Monday Muse, review
I have a handful of favorite fiction books from my youth to which I return periodically for a light and familiar escape. One such book is Dragonsong, of Anne McCaffrey’s Harper Hall Trilogy (among her many books about the fantastical land of Pern). I read many...
Jul 28, 2014 | books, Monday Muse, review
There is a universal urgency for both personal and social stability. … [There are] deep strains and stresses in the soul of a people, for which they had no preparation and from which there seems to be no sure basis for recovery. (4) So observes Howard...
Jul 21, 2014 | books, Monday Muse, review
As protest movements multiply and the global economy lurches from crisis to crisis … it seems that we actually need the pirate spirit of Roberts, Teach and Fly to rise strongly again and come to our aid. (37-38) Mutiny! Why We Love Pirates and How They Can Save Us may...
Jul 14, 2014 | books, church, ministry, Monday Muse, racism, review
We need each other’s voices. We do not need numbers. We do not need quotas. We do not even need goals or standards. We need each other. We need each other’s experiences. We need each other’s dreams. We need each other’s stories. (64-65) The...
