Tag: Book Summary
Thoughts on Community with Jean Vanier
April 26th, 2009, 4 Comments
I’m reading “Community and Growth” (Jean Vanier), which I’m convinced should be required reading for all of us who think and talk about Christian community (alongside “Life Together” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)). Vanier’s book is written from his experience with L’Arche communities, residential homes with people who have developmental disabilities. His book is a sledgehammer: it is [...]
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 [...]
Being Church, Doing Church, and the fall of Empire (Urban Iona Part 5)
November 22nd, 2008, No Comments
Continuing the series of digging into Kurt Neilson’s book, Urban Iona. From chapter 20: A great deal of talk and writing goes into diagnosing why many ways of “being church” and “doing church” either don’t work anymore, or even if they work the result looks and feels more like American culture than it does the [...]
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 [...]
Choice Quotes about Celtic Monasticism and Celtic Spirituality – Part 1
November 21st, 2008, No Comments
Earlier this week I wrote an entry recommending “Urban Iona: Celtic Hospitality in the City” (Kurt Neilson) . I did lots of highlightiing and notetaking in this book, which looks dog-eared already even though it’s only been through one read with me. I’m hard on books I guess :-). In this post, I want to [...]
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 [...]
Looking Ahead: Vacation Books
August 10th, 2008, 2 Comments
A week from now I’ll be out of Internet range at my family’s home in Trout Creek, Montana for a week’s vacation. After the past year’s sprint at work, and especially the past few months, it will be great to have some down time and be away form technology. I’m thinking about the books I [...]
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 [...]
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) , , “The New Conspirators: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time” (Tom Sine), “The Tangible Kingdom: Creating [...]
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). [...]
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