Category: book reviews
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The Autobiography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Today Americans celebrate Dr. King’s life and legacy. Observed as a federal holiday since 1983- Martin Luther King Jr. Day was re-framed as a national day of service in 1994- it wasn’t until 2000 that every state officially recognized the holiday. There are few Americans as well-known or oft-quoted as Dr. King, yet many of…
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Watch for the Light
I was pleased to see my favorite book of Advent readings, Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas, on Christianity Today’s recent “Top 5 Books on Advent.” There are plenty of reasons to incorporate this book into your other Advent traditions. First, the book is a collection of writings, organized by days, by…
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eugene peterson tells it slant
Eugene Peterson has been a favorite author for a few years now. Widely known for The Message translation of the Bible, my first exposure to the author and pastor came in grad school when we were assigned Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity. A few pages in and it became apparent that Peterson…
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the writing life
This afternoon we returned from a few peaceful days at our friends’ home near Princeton, Il. A detour allowed us a quick stop at Plow Creek Farm, site of last summer’s PAPA Festival, to pick raspberries. As hoped for, our vacation days were lazily spent cooking, walking, playing, and reading. Lots of reading. Of the…
David W. Swanson 