The best new books I’ve read in the last month are (5.0) We Need to Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy by Eboo Patel (Beacon Press, 2022)(5.0) Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns by Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern (University of California Press, 2022)(5.0) A Complicated Choice: Making Space for Grief and Healing in the Pro-Choice Movement by Katey Zeh (Broadleaf Books)(4.5) Indigenous Theology and the Western Worldview: A Read More …
Josh Packard
Tweets Worth Thinking About (#1986)
In the past, I've limited my blogging about my tweeting to times when what I said was amplified by others. This has resulted in posts that include 10 Most Popular Tweets in the Last 10 Years (2021)Top 5 Tweets of 2020 (2020)Christians Don't Own Jesus (2019)My Top 5 Tweets of 2018 (Jan. – May) (2018)Winning a Retweet Award (2012) Today, I offer an entirely different sort of collection of tweets: tweets worth thinking about. Ten Tweets - Quotes from New Books The following ten tweets Read More …
August Book Recommendations (#1575)
During the month of July I went through what had become a rather large pile of physical books and list of electronic books I had intended to read by mid-year. I managed to read 16 such books and gave away around an equal number. The top ten I read that were published last year or this year follow. (5+) Beyond Resistance: The Institutional Church Meets the Postmodern World by John Dorhauer (Exlporation Press, 2015) (5) Move Your Bus: An Extraordinary New Approach to Read More …
The Dones are Done (#1496)
Last week I wrote that the de-churched (those once involved in church who have stopped participating) not only account for 1 out of every 3 American adults, but are also the fastest growing group. Soon after posting those thoughts, I encountered a rather discouraging word to categorize a significant portion of the de-churched: "dones." Thom Shultz, founder of Group Publishing and Lifetree Cafe, recently reflected on sociologist Josh Packard's talk about the "dones" at Group's Future Read More …