February 1, 2012 – 7:51 am
The Book: Shepherding a Child’s Heart, by Tedd Tripp
The Story: This really is just another parenting book. The “twist” on this one, I guess, is that Tedd Tripp claims that his method of parenting is firmly based in the Bible and is the technique that will guide your kid down the “straight and narrow” from [...]
October 19, 2011 – 9:11 pm
The Book: The Shack, by William P. Young
The Story: Mac’s daughter is kidnapped on his watch. He is watching the kids play while they are camping, there is an accident and his youngest daughter goes missing. By the time she is found in a small shack in the woods, she is dead and her murderer [...]
The Book: Radical: Taking Back Your Faith From the American Dream, by David Platt
The Story: The subtitle kind of says it all. This book is all about this goal that we have as Americans: to be successful, comfortable, busy and look great while we’re doing it. David Platt starts this book by questioning how our [...]
The Book: To Own a Dragon: Reflections on Growing Up Without a Father, by Donald Miller
The Story: When Donald Miller was pretty young, his Dad just walked out on his family. He was raised mainly by his mom, but had several male influences (including neighbors and his youth pastor) come in and out of his [...]
October 21, 2010 – 9:39 am
The Book: The Oath, by Frank Peretti
The Story: A dude and his wife are out in the woods camping and taking pictures. Dude gets straight up destroyed. His wife runs. She gets back to town and can’t really remember what happened so people head up to check out the situation. Her husband has been chewed [...]
The Book: A Million MIles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life, by Donald Miller
The Story: Six or seven years ago, Donald Miller kind of rose to Christian stardom after his memoir Blue Like Jazz got super, super popular. I guess a while later, some guys came to Donald and asked [...]
February 3, 2010 – 4:25 pm
The Book: Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality, by Donald Miller
The Story: Donald Miller grew up in a vaguely Christian environment, going to church and hearing the stories but never quite wrapping his head around it. This is the story of him fleshing it all out.
He kind of “comes to age” in Oregon [...]
December 3, 2009 – 7:18 am
The Book: Asylum, by Nan Corbitt Allen
The Story: Ian, a little 10 year old kid, is in his house when it catches on fire. His parents both die in the fire, but he survives. He moves away to live with his great-aunt Jo. We kind of find out that his parents were wrecks anyway and [...]