The Light Way: God’s Tools for a Healthy, Happy, Long Life, Jessica Mutunga, FDN-P (2019, Jessica Mutunga). Jessica Mutunga has written a delightful, little book that is filled with tips for a healthy, happy, and long life. Her book, The light Way: God’s Tools for a Healthy, Happy, Long Life offers a wholistic approach to […]
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Encouraging Discussion and Change
We Love You, But You’re Going to Hell: Christians and Homosexuality Agree, Disagree, Take a Look, Dr. Kim O’Reilly (New York, Elm Hill, 2020). One of the hot button issues currently dividing Christianity is homosexuality. Traditionally the church has been against same sex relationships and its various permutations. In recent decades, however, there has been […]
Lessons on Mental Illness
Lessons on Mental Illness On Satan, Demons, and Psychiatry: Exploring Mental Illness in the Bible, by Ragy R. Girgis, M.D. (Eugene, OR, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2020.) Stories of unclean spirits and demonic possession catch the attention of readers of the Bible. The faithful rejoice over Jesus’ authority over evil and his ability to cast […]
Search for Authenticity
Authentic Christianity: Why It Matters for Followers of Jesus, Peter E. Watts, Charleston, Create Space, 2018. There are times in our lives, as followers of Jesus when we have felt that our light has flickered and almost gone out, or our saltiness has lost some of its taste. We have questioned the validity of calling […]
Helpful Book on Mental Hygiene
Helpful Book On Mental Hygiene The Good Book of Mental Hygiene, Gary E. Bell (Eugene, OR, Resource Publications, 2020). Advice comes in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes it comes in the form of clichés or jingles, like “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Advice can be found in encyclopedic tombs, or the […]
An Examination of Christian Ethics
An Examination of Christian Ethics Honest to Goodness: an Ethical and Spiritual Odyssey, Martin Prozesky, Eugene, OR, Resource Publications, 2019 The Christian church is in a quandary. Our disagreements and arguments have changed from communion and baptism to same sex relationships, the widening gap between the rich and the poor, the treatment of refugees […]
The Kingdom and the Climate
The Green Good News: Christ’s Path to Sustainable and Joyful Life, T. Wilson Dickinson, (Cascade Books, Eugene, 2019). The Kingdom and the Climate Wilson Dickinson, in his book The Green Good News, addresses the topic of climate change. Climate change is a hot topic. We have read books and articles on the topic, and we […]
The Creed Gets Personal
The Power of the Creed: These Ancient Truths Will Change You and Your World, Mark Nauroth, (San Bernardino, 2019). The Creed Gets Personal In my theological education, as a Lutheran pastor, I have read and studied several books on the creeds—the statements of faith—of the church. Mark Nauroth’s book, Power of the Creed, is one […]
Closet Discoveries
There’s a God in My Closet: Encountering the Love Who Embraces Our Skeletons, Ben Delong, Resource Publications, Eugene, 2019. The purpose of closets is to store things. Jackets and coats go in the closet near the front door. Clothes are hung up in the bedroom closets, and towels in the closets near the bathrooms. Frequently […]
Daring to Think Again Offers Fresh Perspective
Book Review: Daring to Think Again By David Brisbin Perspective is very important. We have all seen pictures that are optical illusions. In one you see a young woman or and old hag. In another a chalice or the profile of two people. There are scores of others, and what you see is determined by […]