Category: book
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the jesus way (1)
Won and I met for burritos last week as we talked through the first four chapters of Eugene Peterson’s The Jesus Way. Those of you who have read Peterson know that it’s a good idea to read him slowly. Slowly because he wades into some deep waters. In The Jesus Way Peterson sets out to…
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then the whisper put on flesh
First, a question raised by Then the Whisper Put on Flesh: How well can we read the Bible when we’re limited to our own cultural and historical context? It’s a bit embarassing to see that it’s been over two months since I posted some initial thoughts about Brian K Blount’s Then the Whisper Put on…
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eberhard aronld
I’ve been slowly picking through Eberhard Arnold: A Testimony to Church Community from His Life and Writings about the founder of the Bruderfof Communities. The last section of the book is a collection of correspondence from those who knew Arnold. One of these letters recalls this interaction, At a conference we asked Eberhard Arnold how…
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the jesus way
This week I begin reading The Jesus Way by Eugene Peterson. My friend Won is also reading the book and we’ll meet a few time to talk about it. You may know of Peterson from his earthy translation of the Bible, The Message. The Jesus Way is the third book in his 5-part spiritual theology…
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the new friars
Scott Bessenecker doesn’t mince words in his 2006 book, The New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World’s Poor. Never have there been thousands of people dying because they are dangerously overfed sharing the planet with billions who are dying because they cannot get enough calories to sustain life. (41) In this book Bessenecker is…
David W. Swanson 