Mini Book Review #16: Awaking Wonder: Opening Your Child’s Heart to the Beauty of Learning, by Sally Clarkson. Awaking Wonder is Sally Clarkson’s educational philosophy. It’s an interesting and thought-provoking read. Sally has a more textbook style of writing in some of these chapters than her normal conversational style. Her gentle spirit comes through, though, as she encourages mothers of…
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Putnam: When Doctrine Divides the People of God
Mini Book Review #15: When Doctrine Divides the People of God: An Evangelical Approach to Theological Diversity, by Rhyne R. Putnam. This review is longer than most of these “mini” reviews. I felt it was a necessary read in these days of so much division and infighting within the church. “In essentials unity, in nonessentials liberty, in all things charity.”…
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Endo: Silence (Book Review)
Mini Book Review #14: A brief summary of Silence, a novel by Japanese author Shusaku Endo. Silence is of the most impactful novels I have ever read. Endo’s writing transports you into the mind of an eager, hopeful missionary viewing late 16th century Japan as it lies under heavy religious persecution and medieval poverty. Father Rodrigues is betrayed and imprisoned….
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Prior: On Reading Well
Mini Book Review #13: On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books, by Karen Swallow Prior. A short-and-sweet summary of an excellent book. On Reading Well is a delightful examination of virtues and of stories that help us understand facets of those virtues. This book gives you the opportunity to read such books as The Death of Ivan…
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Kruger: Growing Together
Mini Book Review 12: a short but sweet summary of Growing Together: Taking Mentoring beyond Small Talk and Prayer Requests, by Melissa Kruger. Kruger’s The Envy of Eve was one of my favorite reads last year, so I looked for more from her when creating my booklist for 2021. Recently she wrote Growing Together, a book about mentoring and discipleship,…
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