There’s been lots of hubbub going around about U2’s new album, No Line on the Horizon. In the past I haven’t gotten too into the whole U2 thing (I think I might still prefer Coldplay), but after hearing all the positive feedback this new album was getting I decided to pick it up for myself [...]
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White as Snow
Posted in Reviews, music, tagged Coldplay, lyrics, music video, No Line on the Horizon, U2, White as Snow on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Review: The Shack
Posted in Reviews, tagged books, Reviews, The Shack, William Paul Young on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been looking forward to reading Wm. Paul Young’s The Shack for quite some time now, so when I received the book for Christmas this year I couldn’t wait to get into it. There’s been quite a bit of controversy surrounding this book, and since it had been recommended to me by at least [...]
Only Love Remains
Posted in Reviews, music, tagged iTunes, JJ Heller, Missy Higgins, most played songs, music on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My sister has recently got me hooked on singer-songwriter JJ Heller. It’s been a long time since I’ve been so refreshed by such grace-filled lyrics and haunting melodies (perhaps since Missy Higgins?). Over the course of 4 or 5 days, the songs from her albums “Only Love Remains” (2006) and “The Pretty and the Plain” [...]
Review: How to Think Theologically
Posted in Ministry Resources, Reviews, tagged books, Reviews, seminary, theology on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This book was required reading for Introduction to Theological Education. I found it to be a pretty thorough overview on the topic of theological reflection. The authors begin by laying a solid foundation for theological reflection, stressing the fact that everyone is a theologian, because everyone (particularly anyone who follows Christ) has to engage in [...]
Review: Starting Right
Posted in Ministry Resources, Reviews, tagged books, Reviews, seminary, youth ministry on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Starting Right: Thinking Theologically about Youth Ministry could, quite possibly be the best book ever written on the topic of youth ministry. At the very least, it is the best academic text book (partly because it is the only one) on youth ministry. It had been sitting on my bookshelf for almost a year [...]
