05 Jun Life is Mostly Edges – Book Review
Bestselling author and poet Calvin Miller weaves his life into a masterpiece memoir....
Vol 4 (2012)
30 May Making Confession, Hearing Confession – Book Review
In 1979 I began my ministry as a newly ordained priest in the Episcopal Church in a parish outside of Philadelphia. Almost immediately I was confronted with a responsibility for which I had been given no training or preparation in my years of seminary education....
04 May Nelson’s Preacher’s Sourcebook – Book Review
The preacher’s constant companion is the relentless approach of next Sunday’s sermon. Seasoned preachers Kent Spann and David Wheeler know from experience that preaching is a daunting responsibility....
19 Apr Faithful Disagreement – Book Review
Out of her experience with the Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity and the Purity of the Church of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 2001-2006, Frances Taylor Gench has written a book about listening to conflicts within scripture while attending to various forms of disagreement...
18 Apr The Strategically Small Church – Book Review
Brandon O’Brien challenges the prevailing image of a successful Christian local church....
11 Apr Defending the Faith, Engaging the Culture – Book Review
Defending the Faith, Engaging the Culture, is a collection of papers in which theological seminary faculty revisit topics relating to biblical inerrancy that stirred L. Russ Bush III (1944-2008), a Southern Baptist professor and apologist....
23 Mar Who Made The Moon? – Book Review
When looking at the existing literature on the subject of science, and specifically on creation, one will find a wide range of experts writing from their perspectives....
20 Mar Pastoral Ethnography and DMin Education
The term “pastoral ethnography” describes the intentional use of ethnographic methods—such as participant observation, qualitative interviews, focus groups, and the study of demographics and documentary evidence—as a form of pastoral care....
18 Mar Becoming an Anti-racist Church – Book Review
Joseph Barndt addresses racism in the Christian Church head on. He firmly declares that racism exists in the church as it does in society, and that the church cannot confront this evil in society until it is eliminated in the church....
16 Mar Caring Cultures – Book Review
In Caring Cultures: How Congregations Respond to the Sick, Susan Dunlap breaks new ground by moving away from solely individualistic models of care by focusing on how three congregations from vastly different socio-economic, ethnic, cultural, ecclesial, and theological backgrounds understand sickness and respond to it....
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