Tempered Resilience: How Leaders Are Formed in the Crucible of Change
Tod Bolsinger IVP Press, 256 pages Tod Bolsinger has gained wide recognition for his leadership expertise displayed in “Canoeing the Mountains.” Since..
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Where the Eye Alights: Phrases for the Forty Days of Lent
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Van Gogh’s Second Gift: A Spiritual Path to Deeper Creativity
Cliff Edwards Broadleaf Books, 208 pages Vincent Van Gogh was a remarkable man who sought his entire life to combine beauty with..
A Heart Lost in Wonder
Catharine Randall Eerdmans, 195 pages I’ve never forgotten the wise counsel I received from a mentor early in my pastoral life: Read..
Prayers of the people: Let our stumbling be an occasion for humility
Eternally loving Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we bow before you our maker and our only redeemer. Have mercy..
Imagining Theology: Encounters with God in Scripture, Interpretation and Aesthetics
Garrett Green Baker Academy, 288 pages Once in while there comes a book and author that permanently change the way you see..
From Judgment to Hope
Walter Brueggemann WJK, 115 pages Pastors and teachers looking for resources for a Christian education series will welcome this book. It is..
Longing for an Absent God: Faith and Doubt in Great American Fiction
Nick Ripatrazone Fortress Press, 300 pages C.S. Lewis once said that the happiest moments of his life were filled with longing: “The..
Revelation
Joseph L. Mangina Brazos Press, 272 pages During this global pandemic, many have used apocalypse to describe what is happening. Some have..
The Love That Is God: An Invitation to Christian Faith
Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt Eerdmans, 152 pages It is not uncommon for someone to ask a pastor for a book that will describe..
The Myth of the American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power
D.L. Mayfield IVP, 216 pages This is an important book. It’s a memoir beautifully written with an authentic tone of humility and..
Constructing Paul (The Canonical Paul, vol. 1)
Luke Timothy Johnson Eerdmans, 375 pages If you want an exhilarating, fresh deep dive into Paul, this book is for you. If..
White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo Beacon Press, 192 pages When 2020 arrived, no one imagined the year unfolding as it did with a global pandemic..
Virus as a Summons to Faith
Walter Brueggemann Cascade Books, 94 pages Few contemporary scholars have paid more attention to biblical texts than Walter Brueggemann through the course..
What are you reading?
We’ve asked several people to give us their plans for reading during the summer of 2020. Our hope was to give Outlook..
The Book of Delights
Ross Gay Algonquin Books, 288 pages Among the words to describe a global pandemic, “delightful” is not one. In fact, it’s quite..
A Ray of Darkness
Rowan Williams Cowley Publications, 244 pages During the surreal time of COVID-19, I’ve turned to this classic collection of sermons by the..
Reading Buechner
Jeffrey Munroe IVP Books, 232 pages Frederick Buechner influenced an entire generation of preachers with his writing. One hopes that influence will..
Bookmark: Books on Calvin by Donald McKim
Everyday Prayer with John Calvin P&R Publishing, 136 pages Conversations with Calvin Cascade Books, 186 pages Donald K. McKim Donald McKim has..
How to Lead When You Don’t Know Where You’re Going: Leading in a Liminal Season
Susan Beaumont Rowman & Littlefield, 184 pages Susan Beaumont has written a primer for leaders in a time of radical unknowing. Never..
Quietly Courageous: Leading the Church in a Changing World
Gil Rendle Rowman & Littlefield, 304 pages Gil Rendle has a distinguished reputation for outstanding consultation with churches and religious institutions. His..
Revelation as Civil Disobedience
Thomas B. Slater Abington, 126 pages Any book that causes Christians to reconsider the importance of the Book of Revelation for contemporary..
Luminaries: Twenty Lives that Illuminate the Christian Way
Rowan Williams SPCK, 160 pages This is a book about stories. Rowan Williams has chosen 20 people from across the centuries who..
Praying the Stations of the Cross
Margaret Adams Parker & Katherine Sonderegger Eerdmans, 128 pages Once considered only for Roman Catholics (and a certain kind at that), many..
For the Beauty of the Earth: A Lenten Devotional
Leah D. Schade Chalice Press, 56 pages Lent is a penitential season. Its original purpose was to prepare believers for Easter by..