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Ordinary Time
I recently finished, Ordinary Time: The Season of Growth, by Amy Peeler. This is the final book in the Fullness of Time Series covering the yearly liturgical church calendar. Ordinary time is the longest time on the liturgical church calendar and runs from Pentecost to Advent, covering almost 6 months of the liturgical church calendar.…
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God’s Homecoming
Over Lent, I read the book, God’s Homecoming: The Forgotten Promise of Future Renewal – Biblical Theology from Genesis to Revelation on the New Creation by N. T. Wright. In this book, he talks about our future and God’s future. He explores how there was a shift in understanding of the original Biblical narrative because…
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The Bible Told Them So
Recently, I read the book, The Bible Told Them So: How Southern Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy by J. Russell Hawkins. My heart ached reading this book and seeing all of the different ways that I, and many other Christians, have used the Bible to support segregation. We may avoid clear racist terms, but…
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Can the Black Church’s Public Witness Leads Us Out of the Culture War?
The Holy Post Book Club provided me with a copy of the book, Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around: How the Black Church’s Public Witness Leads Us Out of the Culture Warby Justin Giboney. Google Gemini reviews the book as follows. “In Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around, Justin Giboney leverages the Black church’s historical, faith-rooted social…
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Why Go To Church?
When we were visiting churches in the UK in October, we went to a church, which was open with no one there. I noticed a book on the shelf in the back of the church called, Why Go to Church: The Drama of the Eucharist, by Timothy Radcliffe. I was curious to find out how…
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Not A Devotional
I am not a big fan of daily devotionals for myself. Skye Jethani has a daily devotional called, With God Daily, which he promotes as a daily devotional for those who dislike daily devotionals. He differentiates his daily devotional with the following. “Smart rather than sentimental and curious rather than cliche, this is unlike any…
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Ephesians
I just finished studying the book of Ephesians using the book, The Vision of Ephesians: The Task Of The Church And The Glory Of God, by N. T. Wright. I have studied the book of Ephesians several times in my life, both in Greek and in English translation. N. T. Wright reveals things that I…
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Becoming God’s Family
From The Holy Post, I received, Becoming God’s Family: Why The Church Still Matters, by Carmen Joy Imes. Although I thoroughly enjoy listening to The Holy Post podcasts, their free books are not usually my favorite. This book is very good! In an age where the church has become corrupt and less relevant, Carmen traces…
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A New Favorite Biblical Hebrew Old Testament Scholar
Near the beginning of the year, I started a daily devotional called, Every Day for Everyone: 365 Devotions from Genesis to Revelation by John Goldingay and N.T. Wright. I am still working through this daily devotional for the year. As I finished the Old Testament readings by John Goldingay, I was so struck by how…
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Educational Injustice
I recently received the book, From Dropout to Doctorate: Breaking the Chains of Educational Injustice by Terence Lester, PhD, from the Holy Post. I am not usually a fan of memoirs, but if I am going to read a memoir, I find those from people who grew up in marginalized sub-cultures to be most interesting.…