Simon and the Big, Bad, Angry Beasts: A Book About Anger
Ian De Haes Flyaway Books, 40 pages Anger is spewing out everywhere these days. Actually, rage – which is a notch higher..
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Connections: A Lectionary Commentary for Preaching and Worship (Year C, Volume 1, Advent through Epiphany)
Joel B. Green, Thomas G. Long, Luke A. Powery and Cynthia L. Rigby, editors WJK Press, 400 pages What a marvelous commentary..
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Peter Wohlleben Greystone Books, 288 pages About worship, David Gambrell once said, “I like to think of worship as an organic, dynamic..
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Fall books: Briefly noted
Being Human Rowan Williams Eerdmans, 112 pages Rowan Williams’ recent small books “Being Christian” and “Becoming Disciples” have been helpful in describing..
The Epistle to the Ephesians
Karl Barth Baker Academic, 192 pages To call this a commentary on Ephesians would certainly be accurate. It would also barely scratch..
The Templars
Dan Jones Viking Press, 448 pages Dan Jones is a wonderful storyteller and historian. It’s not always clear which skill is foremost...
The Path Between Us: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships
Suzanne Stabile IVP, 240 pages In recent years the Enneagram, a personality tool based on an ancient practice, has gained a much..
The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile IVP Books, 220 pages The Enneagram is ancient tool that helps people gain a greater understanding..
The Way of the Heart
Henri J.M. Nouwen HarperSanFrancisco, 96 pages These are difficult times. The challenge for spiritual communities to be spaces for hope and compassionate..
On the Brink of Everything
Parker J. Palmer Barrett-Koehler Publishers, 240 pages It may be remarkable to think of Parker Palmer at age 80, but it makes..
The Book of Common Worship
The Book of Common Worship (2018 edition) Book of Common Worship, Pastoral Edition Book of Common Worship, Daily Prayer Prepared by the Office of..
A Gospel of Hope
Walter Brueggemann Westminster John Knox Press, 165 pages Few contemporary scholars are more prolific than Walter Brueggemann. Such profusion often results in..
Wounds Are Where Light Enters: Stories of God’s Intrusive Grace
Walter Wangerin Jr. Zondervan, 176 pages Walter Wangerin is well-known for his collections of stories, including the award-winning “The Book of the..
Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
Anne Lamott Riverhead Books, 190 pages To put it mildly, mercy is in short supply these days. Children flee their homes with..
Blessed Benedictions
David E. Gray Parson’s Porch, 112 pages David Gray has written a helpful book that explores the art of a carefully written..
Spring books: Briefly noted
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver Mary Oliver Penguin Press, 480 pages What a feast of poems for the hungry..
Resurrecting Easter: How the West Lost and the East Kept the Original Easter Vision
John Dominic Crossan and Sarah Sexton Crossan HarperOne, 224 pages The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the heart of the Christian tradition...
Holy Solitude: Lenten Reflections with Saints, Hermits, Prophets, and Rebels
Heidi Haverkamp WJK Press, 148 pages Heidi Haverkamp is an Episcopal priest who previously delighted readers with “Advent in Narnia: Reflections for..
Holy Living: The Christian Tradition for Today
Rowan Williams Bloomsbury Continuum, 240 pages I have often thought that Rowan Williams becoming Archbishop of Canterbury was the best thing for..
Incarnational Ministry: Being with the Church
Samuel Wells Eerdmans, 245 pages Samuel Wells has developed quite a rich body of theological reflections on the practice of ministry. This..
Gift and Task: A Year of Daily Readings and Reflections
Walter Brueggemann WJK Press, 410 pages “It is my conviction – and hope – that serious Scripture reading is and can be..
Joy: 100 poems
Christian Wiman, editor Yale University Press, 232 pages Joy? One might blanch at the thought of poems on a subject that seems..
Winter books: Briefly noted
The Canticle of the Creatures for Saint Francis of Assisi Luigi Santucci Paraclete Press, 144 pages The world is the theater of God’s..
Four Birds of Noah’s Ark: A Prayer Book from the Time of Shakespeare
Thomas Dekker (Robert Hudson, editor) Eerdmans, 176 pages This is a most unusual book – and a lovely one at that...