Category: book
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Interview with Margaret and Dwight Peterson Continued
The first part of my interview with Margaret and Dwight Peterson about their book, Are You Waiting for “The One”?, can be found here. __________________________________ In contrast to concealing the truth, you devote one chapter to friendship within marriage. While you acknowledge that friendship hasn’t always been seen as an important or even expected part…
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The New Jim Crow, Chapter 2
Richard has posted his review of the second chapter of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. I hope you’ll visit his site and chime in with your thoughts. A quick word about comments. This topic elicits strong reactions. There are comments I’ve removed from my review of the first chapter because of the ugly assumptions…
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The New Jim Crow, Chapter 1
Richard Johnson and I are blogging our way through The New Jim Crow during the next few weeks. We’ll rotate between chapters, posting reflections and the questions this important book is raising for us. We hope these series of blog posts will encourage you to pick up the book and begin grappling with unsettling and …
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Are You Waiting for “The One”?
Last summer I officiated six different weddings for six very different couples and, if I’d known of it at the time, Are You Waiting for “The One”? is a book I would have recommended to each of them. Unlike so many Christian books about marriage, Margaret and Dwight Peterson have written an immensely down to…
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Will you read “The New Jim Crow” with us?
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness is a book that has rapidly become mandatory reading for anyone interested in issues of justice in America. I’m just a chapter in and am already impressed by Michelle Alexander’s ability to paint a complicated picture with gripping clarity. Pastor Rich Johnson of Sanctuary…
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