Category: book
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the jesus way (3)
You may wish to read part one and part two of this review. This is the final part of this rambling review of Eugene Peterson’s The Jesus Way. I had to laugh while finishing the book when I saw that Peterson’s new book, Tell it Slant, had just been released. Apparently the author writes more…
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on the night stand
Do you ever have to stop and count how many books you’re reading at any one time? I’m not sure how it works, but sometimes I’m happily reading through just one book and other times I can barely keep track. Currently I’m finishing up the last section of The Jesus Way (as reflected on here…
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the jesus way (2)
You may wish to read part one of this review. Eugene Peterson divides The Jesus Way into two sections: The Jesus Way and Other Ways. It’s notable that in the first part, aside from the first chapter about Jesus, each chapter looks at an Old Testament figure. In a book that is “a conversation on…
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a purple state of mind
Aside from the content of Craig Detweiler’s latest book, the best reason to read A Purple State of Mind is the fatigue many of us experience with today’s polarized politics. We are 40 days away from the election, the presidential debates haven’t even begun, and I for one am ready for this mess to be…
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obama waffles and binary minds
I watched the comments on the last post, Obama Waffles, with interest. Yesterday Lynn wrote, “I am neither liberal or conservative, I am neither black nor white on the issues, I am neither Red nor Blue…” After such a long season of electoral politics and with 46 days until the presidential election, something about how…
David W. Swanson 