Category Parchment Reviews

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…

Just finished reading The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience by Ron Sider. It’s definitely not a warm fuzzy. In fact, the first chapter pretty much wanted to make me go bang my toe with a hammer. In it, Sider decries…

Mark didn’t tag me, (thanks, Mark!), but I’ve been wanting to post a book meme for some time, and his latest motivated me. 1. First book to leave a lasting impression? While I can’t remember which came first, it would…

My buddy and fellow Journeyman, Taylor James, loaned me a book recently. It’s Josh Harris’ latest installment, Not Even a Hint. You remember Josh – he was the guy that kissed dating goodbye and then got married. My wife has…

I watched Sixteen Blocks tonight with Bruce Willis. (He was in the movie, not in my living room.) I’ve got to say for those that like cop flicks, this is a great movie. The ending is absolutely fantastic. If you…

If you’ve ever begun to read a book that dozens of folks have recommended to you and delightedly discovered that they were right, you will connect with my current experience of reading G.K. Chesteron’s Orthodoxy. I hope to bring you…

This book will shake up anyone who has a Bible belt mentality.

I am a starving writer. OK, I’m a writer. I just got back from Baskin Robbins demolishing a double dip mint chocolate chip waffle cone. Anyway, others are doing it, so I figure, why not? It’s called a “blook.” It’s…