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“The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” by Malcolm Gladwell Helpful…

“The Prophetic Imagination” by Walter Brueggemann This book gave voice to things that have been inside me for a long time. Check this post for some more info until I fill this out more completely…if I ever fill this out more completely!

“That Distant Land: The Collected Stories” by Wendell Berry A perfect introduction to Wendell Berry, this includes all of his short stories, written over four decades and covering more than 150 years of the fictitious history of the small, fictional town of Port William in …

“Gilead: A Novel” by Marilynne Robinson Brilliantly written and theologically articulate, this is too close to home for me as a pastor. This novel is written in the voice of an old pastor from a line of pastors, as if it were letters he is …

During the time I’ve had my blog, I’ve always kept a list of the books I’ve been reading. I had envisioned wonderful reviews of every book, but never made that a reality. So I’ve been trying to clean it up and write a little bit …

“The Glass Castle: A Memoir” by Jeannette Walls I suppose if I were to try and pick out a common theme in what I speak and write, this would easily be in the top five: the internal and external pressure to hide who we really …