The Sky is Falling!?!
I’m only supposed to be reading books that relate to three things: my thesis, sermons I’m preparing, and books I’m reviewing.
Good thing I break that rule or else I
Books
Archeological Study Bible
Gordon-Conwell and Zondervan have just come out with the Archeological Study Bible. I’m a little skeptical of new study Bibles, but I picked this one up last week and it’s unique.
A Testament of Devotion
This book by a Quaker teacher looks good. “It gathers together five compelling essays that urge us to center our lives on God’s presence, to find quiet and stillness within modern life,
Pastor and plumber if necessary
Another quote from Gilead. I’m guessing most pastors can relate:
A woman in my flock called just after breakfast and asked me to come to her house. She is elderly, recently a
Thoughts on preaching from Gilead
Gilead is a novel about Reverend John Ames, second generation pastor, who writes to his son near the end of his life in 1956.
Ames keeps his in a box in the attic.