The best new books I've read in the last month are (5.0) Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy by Anthony M. Annett (Georgetown University Press, 2022)(4.5) Freeing Congregational Mission: A Practical Vision for Companionship, Cultural Humility, and Co-Development by B. Hunter Farrell and S. Balajiedlang Khyllep (IVP Academic, 2022)(4.5) Invisible Child: Poverty. Survival & Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott (Random House, 2021)(4.5) Closing Costs: Read More …
Donald Miller
Should Clergy-Scholars Lead the Church? (#0339)
Donald Miller is the author of several books including A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing my Life (2009) and Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality (2003). To connect with him, read his blog, like him on Facebook, or follow him on Twitter. Earlier this month he posted, "Should the Church be Led by Teachers and Scholars?" In the article he questions the centuries old norm of the church being led by Read More …
Serving God or Serving the Church? (#0239)
Donald Miller is the author of several books including A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing my Life (2009) and Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality (2003). To connect with him, read his blog, like him on Facebook, or follow him on Twitter. This past week, he posted, "Is Church Life Stifling Your Creativity?," which concludes with these words: Here’s the point of this blog post: There is a difference between what “the church” Read More …