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Jim and Casper Go to Church

by Jim Henderson and Matt Casper

Have you ever wondered what visitors to your church really think?
Jim Henderson, a retired pastor and his atheist friend Matt Casper tour the country and visit various churches. A small urban church, a suburban megachurch and many in between. Easy to read and eye-opening.
The thought from this book that stuck [...]

unChristian

by David Kinnaman, Gabe Lyons
This book gave me new insight about faith and church. I’ve long felt that Christians must stop complaining about the general public’s supposed anti-Christian bias. as it is, in many cases, well-deserved. We believe we are compassionate and loving, yet those we seek to reach perceive us as judgmental, legalistic and [...]

Writing Down the Bones

by Natalie Goldberg
Just finished this book. I will say that it helped me get excited about writing again. It freed my mind to think about writing not as something that always has to be immediately productive, but can be creative for its own sake. The chapters are brief and easy to read, but there is [...]

Refuse to Choose

by Barbara Sher
This book explores personality differences between people who are continually interested in new things and find frustration in trying to concentrate on one interest exclusively (referred to as Scanners), and those who are able to easily complete a task from start to finish with laser-like focus.I have been frustrated by my seeming lack [...]