Meet the Author Craig Groeschel is the founding pastor of LifeChurch.tv, which has grown from a single campus in 1996 to a multi-campus church with weekly worship experiences in fourteen locations, including an online campus. Groeschel has written six books, including The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living as if He Doesn’t Exist (2010, read my review here) and It: How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2011). Book Basics Altar Ego: Becoming Read More …
Books
Review of Beyond the Possible (#1016)
Meet the Authors Married for thirty-one years, Cecil Williams - a pastor and civil rights leader - and Janice Mirikitani, a poet and community activist, have worked together to make the world a better place by investing the last fifty years of their lives in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco. Since accepting the call to serve as pastor of Glide Memorial Methodist Church in 1963, Rev. Williams has worked tirelessly transforming a congregation of 35 into a community offering over 90 Read More …
Review of Rise of the Time Lords (#1013)
Meet the Author Michael Belote is an engineer who has always been intrigued about blending his interests with his faith since becoming a born-again Christian as a young adult. More recently, he has written prolifically about his Christian faith on his blog: Reboot Christianity. Book Basics I rarely read, and even more infrequently review, self-published books. Occasionally, however, the content of an author's request for a review or the unique nature of her/his writing Read More …
Review of Occupy the Bible (#1008)
Meet the Author Susan Thistlethwaite is a Professor of Theology at the Chicago Theological Seminary, and previously served as the institution's president from 1998 and 2008. She is an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, serves on the Boards of the Center for American Progress and the Interfaith Youth Core, and writes a weekly column for the Washington Post. Thistlethwaite's previous books include of Interfaith Just Peacemaking: Read More …
Review of Not Less than Everything (#1004)
Meet the Editor Catherine Wolff served as director of the Arrupe Center for Community-Based Learning at Santa Clara University. She is married to Tobias Wolff, an author and professor. Book Basics Not Less than Everything is a one of a kind book that features many voices, including "contemporary journalists, novelists, scholars and poets" (p.5). Each author contributes a single short chapter about a saint -- formally recognized by the Catholic Church or unofficial yet Read More …
Paging God (#0994)
Meet the Author Wendy Cadge is associate professor of sociology at Brandeis University. Her work focuses on religion in the contemporary United States with an emphasis in how such relates to healthcare, immigration and sexuality. Cadge is the author of two books: Heartwood: The First Generation of Theravada Buddhism in America (2005) and Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine (2012). Book Basics Health-care is a near universal value in America Read More …
Review of When Spiritual But Not Religious is Not Enough (#0987)
Meet the Author Since 2004, Lillian Daniel has served as the Senior Minister of the First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, of Glen Ellyn in the Chicago area. A renowned preacher, Daniel has taught preaching at Yale Divinity School, Chicago Theological Seminary, and the University of Chicago Divinity School. Her previous books are Tell it Like it Is: Reclaiming the Practice of Testimony (2005) and This Odd and Wondrous Calling: The Public and Private Lives of Two Read More …
Review of The God Problem (#0982)
Meet the Author Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard Andlinger Professor of Social Sciences and Director of the Center for the Study of American Religion at Princeton University. Wuthnow is widely published in the areas of sociology of religion, culture and civil society. His recent books include After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty-and Thirty-Somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion (my review) and Boundless Faith: The Global Influence Read More …
Review of Quiet (#0974)
Meet the Author Susan Cain is an introvert who specializes in writing and speaking on introversion. Her TED talk (2012) on the power of introverts has been viewed over 3.5 million times, and her Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (2012) was a New York Times Bestseller. Cain is an honors graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. In addition to practicing corporate law she has taught negotiation skills at Read More …
Review of Misreading Scripture (#0971)
Meet the Authors E. Randolph Richards is dean of the School of Ministry and professor of biblical studies at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, FL. Previously he served as a professor at Ouachita Baptist University and at Williams Baptist College. Prior to his work as an educator, he served as a Southern Baptist missionary stationed in East Indonesia. He is the author of Paul and First Century Letter Writing: Secretaries, Composition, and Read More …