Nov 1, 2016 | books, review
It was a random find during a browse of the bookstore shelves in between soccer games at a tournament earlier this year. It’s also the reason why publishers invest in good design work, because a cover can sell a book. This one did. The cover is simple. The...
May 2, 2016 | books, Monday Muse, review
The image of a sweatshirt hoodie on its cover should provide a significant clue as to the stark portrait painted in Citizen: An American Lyric, by Claudia Rankine, but the book’s pages and words are so smooth that you might be lulled into an imagination that the...
May 4, 2015 | books, Monday Muse, review
There are books about ministry that are theoretical. There are books about ministry that are practical. There are books about ministry that are methodological. This is a book about ministry that is personal. Deeply and beautifully personal. Personal as in: persons...
Nov 24, 2014 | books, Monday Muse, review, writing
“Think before you speak.” Such a simple admonition to be mindful with our words is easier said than done — not merely because we are hasty or lack an attentive spirit, but because we’re not accustomed to thinking about our words at all....