Category: book
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“Unclench those fingers.”
When crowds gather, to check out this new source of entertainment or outrage, to see if he’s conducting himself like a teacher or a prophet or just possibly like a guerrillero looking for recruits- when the crowds gather, he sits them down in the sheep pasture, and he says: behave as if you never had…
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Playing God
Playing God by Andy Crouch is a really good book. I’d heard the author allude to this project a couple of years back, if memory serves, and had been anticipating it ever since. As a white man who serves a multi-ethnic church in a predominately African-American neighborhood, I’ve thought about power a lot. I was curious…
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Readers on Reading: Tomi Obaro
Tomi Obaro is a journalist in Chicago who writes about the arts, race, and cultural identity (among lots of others things- my wife’s tattoo, for example) with wit and insight. You can keep up with Tomi’s writing at her blog, Race riter. What books are you currently reading? The Remains of the Day by Kashuro Ishiguro and Money:…
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Readers on Reading: Michael Washington
Michael Washington reads more than just about anyone I know. He also reads deeply and you get a sense of this as you read either of his two blogs: Intersections and For Fathers. What books are you currently reading? Surprised by Joy by CS Lewis; Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church by Barbara…
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Readers on Reading: Tonya Westervelt
Tonya Westervelt and her husband Tom are long-time friends and some of the funnest people we know. Tonya is always reading something interesting and she occasionally blogs about these books on her blog. What books are you currently reading? Wild Things by Stephen James and David Thomas and Instructing a Child’s Heart by Tedd and…
David W. Swanson 