Category Parchment Reviews

I’ve always enjoyed Michael Crichton’s work. I mean, the guy who brought us Jurassic Park is simply a great storyteller. However, in State of Fear, he pulls back the covers to reveal just how deeply many environmentalist groups have bedded…

I enjoyed reading Brian McLaren’s emergent thesis book – A Generous Orthodoxy, but it left me with far more questions than the book could answer related to his actual positions on a few things. Only one chapter in the book…

This is the first time (and perhaps the last, depending on response) that I’m going to attempt this approach. However, in an effort to save money, I’m asking that if you own any of the following books, to consider allowing…

Gene Getz’s Elders and Leaders is a defining book. Many of you will find this hard to believe, but a book about how to effectively organize your church’s leadership structure can breathe fresh life into your church if implemented. Few…

Disney War by James Stewart was a fascinating and disconcerting read at the same time. Having just come back from a week in DisneyWorld earlier this month, this book revealed the “dark side” (as Eisner claims everyone has) behind the…

Tim does a great review over at his blog today on a new book that’s out. Profound reflections. Might be worth picking up for some of us. She found that her vocation, which is premised on caring for those who…

Jim has been posting quotes from Organic Churchby Neil Cole (Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2005), and Mark raised an interesting point in a comment he made there: In our contemporary culture of fast-paced, attention-deficit, multi-tasking life, unfortunately a lot of people feel…

Taking his cue from Jesus’ revolutionary teachings about how His followers are to engaged with the world without being absorbed by it, Hugh Hewitt written a book that falls into my recommended “must-read” list for Christians today. In, But Not…

I have a shelf for “must-read” books in my house. If I ever get an office again where people can find me (I work out of the home predominantly, and there’s not room for my stuff at Journey), it will…