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Book Summary: Exiles by Michael Frost

April 5th, 2009, No Comments

“Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture” (Michael Frost)

Thesis and Argument of Author

We in the West today no longer live in a Christian culture. The world is changing, and the church has lost its foothold at the center of the dominant culture. Christians today live with a growing, nagging feeling of being in a different [...]

Hunger for Community (Urban Iona Part 4)

November 22nd, 2008, No Comments

Continuing the series of digging into Kurt Neilson’s book, Urban Iona.
From chapter 16:

Many of us, I most certainly, hunger for something fresh and new and challenging and not convenient, not accommodated to the culture of this or any other bygone day. I crave a faith and a community that is grateful for the past and [...]

Urban Celtic Spirituality: Urban Iona (Kurt Neilson)

November 21st, 2008, No Comments

I recently finished reading a great little book that I’ve been trying for months to sneak in between books for classes. It’s this one:

“Urban Iona: Celtic Hospitality in the City” (Kurt Neilson)
Urban Iona is the story of a Portland Oregon based Episcopalian priest who pilgrimages to Celtic lands and finds a deep connection with Celtic [...]

Creating the Future, One Mustard Seed at a Time (The New Conspirators)

July 13th, 2008, 1 Comment

“The New Conspirators: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time” (Tom Sine)
I’ve just finished reading Tom Sine’s newest book, “The New Conspirators: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time” (Tom Sine). It’s one that I’ve meant to read for a few months. However, having now finished it, I highly recommend it [...]

The Ooze’s Next Batch

July 8th, 2008, 4 Comments

I got another batch of books from Mike at The Ooze today! There’s four in here, and all look fantastic. In the coming weeks you’ll find summaries of

“Oh Shit ! It’s Jesus” (Steve Hughes) ,
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“The New Conspirators: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time” (Tom Sine),

“The Tangible Kingdom: Creating Incarnational Community (J-B [...]

Six Ways to Read a Book

June 11th, 2008, 2 Comments

How do you read books? Does it vary from book to book? Do you find yourself feeling guilty for not finishing a book, or not understanding it in depth?
Today in my Doctor of Ministry class, Grace Barnes presented a continuum of reading concepts from “Reading on the Run, Continuum Reading Concepts” (J. Robert Clinton).
Consider this [...]

Remaining Books for Overture I

May 10th, 2008, 2 Comments

I’ve finally caught up! I’ve written summaries of all the books I’ve already read. Here’s the remaining to-read pile (one of these might go away – I don’t need to read all of them for the class’s total page count), but I want to read them all. So upcoming are these:

“The Gospel in a Pluralist [...]

Book Summary: Missional Church (ed. Guder)

May 10th, 2008, No Comments

Part of my doctoral program’s learning model includes reading and summarizing a large number of books. I’ll blog the appropriate ones here.
Missional Church
ed. by Darrell Guder
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (1998)
280 pages
Description of the Book
The church in North America is in crisis. The culture is no longer Christian, and is again a mission [...]

Book Summary: Street Signs (Bakke/Sharpe)

May 10th, 2008, No Comments

Part of my doctoral program’s learning model includes reading and summarizing a large number of books. I’ll blog the appropriate ones here.
Street Signs
by Ray Bakke and Jon Sharpe
New Hope Publishers (2006)
285 pages
Description of the Book
Cities are important to God, who is at work bringing people to urban environments across the globe as well [...]

My Beautiful Idol – Pete Gall

May 2nd, 2008, 2 Comments

A short while ago I was happy to hear that I’d “made the cut” into a book review group with The Ooze. It’s a very nice setup – I get books sent my way, I read and write reviews here, and it’s free. Free books, and all I have to do is write about them? [...]