Books! (October 2023)

more of them

98. Abuelita Faith, Kat Armas. (Review)

99. Undoing the Grade: Why we grade, and how to stop, Jesse Stommel.

    I got convinced some time ago that grading is bad, educationally speaking. Here’s a book that speaks into that space.

100. Forgiving and Reconciling: Bridges to Wholeness and Hope, Everett Worthington. (Review)

101. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most. Patton, Bruce; Stone, Douglas; Heen, Sheila. (Review)

102. Walking with God through Pain and Suffering. Timothy Keller (Re-read. Original review here).

     We decided to give a copy of this recently to a friend, and that prompted me to re-read this. Re-reading in general is an excellent way to really get familiar with a book and grasp and grapple with its contents. There's so much wisdom in this book, it was worth being reminded of things I'd learnt last time, and pick up some other insights that were not so apparent.

103. Nonviolence: The Revolutionary way of Jesus, Preston Sprinkle w/ Andrew Rillera.

     (Review)

104. The Expulsive Power of a New Affection. Thomas Chalmers

     Actually a sermon, but it came in a book format. A classic exposition of how the only way we can get rid of the love of the world, is to be filled instead with the love of God.

105. The Cross and the Lynching Tree. James Cone. (Review)

Around the web:

Jokien with Tolkien is a source of great Tolkien content, including top quality memes. But here is a post that he wrote a while back that he's now made available to all, on wounds, grief, and LOTR. Worth a read:

Wounds That Cannot Be Wholly Cured

Last month I read Esau McCaulley's memoir, How Far to the Promised Land. It was not a book I felt capable of adequately writing a review on, but here's a good one:

Book Review: "How Far to the Promised Land" by Esau McCaulley

There’s no shortage of books and articles I could easily find (and purchase) to critically examine the issue of Christian Nationalism in America. I try not to read too much on this topic if only because I don’t live in America, and it doesn’t have huge amounts of direct bearing on my everyday life. That said, this interview that Kristin Du Mez did is short and informative:

The Christian Nationalist Ideas that Drive Mike Johnson

Lastly, I appreciated this article by Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin, on "How Gospel Community Can Overcome Loneliness.”

Listening

I've been listening to a lot of Relient K the last couple of weeks. Here's Christian pop-punk at its peak: