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Soul Keeping

Soul Keeping: Caring for the Most Important Part of You by John Ortberg ($9.99 for the Kindle edition on Amazon) is a somewhat autobiographical book born out of John’s twenty-year-plus friendship with Professor Dallas Willard. He generously credits Willard as a … Continue reading

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Your Motive Matters

The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities by Patrick Lencioni ($9.99 for the Kindle edition on Amazon) is another best-seller from one of my favorite authors. However, in a departure from all of Lencioni’s previous works, … Continue reading

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Digital Ministry: Pastoring in a Pandemic

Digital Ministry: Pastoring in a Pandemic by Myron Pierce ($3.99 for the Kindle edition on Amazon) is a quick and extremely short read. However, the book raises a number of thoughtful points about church and ministry during and after the … Continue reading

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Believing God for More

What If?: My Story of Believing God for More . . . Always More is Pastor Tommy Barnett’s 2019 autobiography ($8.49 for the Kindle edition on Amazon). Tommy inspires and encourages me. He always has. I have attended his seminars. … Continue reading

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Social Media Wisdom for a Selfie-Centered World

Craig Groeschel’s, Liking Jesus: Intimacy and Contentment in a Selfie-Centered World is a thoughtful and timely read. It is available at a bargain price as of the time of this post ($2.99 for the Kindle edition on Amazon). Groeschel is a prolific … Continue reading

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How To Make Better Decisions

Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work, by Chip and Dan Heath, is a great read. Plus, as of the date of this post (February 3, 2020), the Kindle edition is bargain-priced at only $1.99 on Amazon! … Continue reading

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What Will You Do With Your Open Door?

Sometimes one book leads to another. In John Mark Comer’s book, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, he mentions meeting regularly with John Ortberg.  Therefore, I found myself reading a John Ortberg book mentioned in Comer’s footnotes, All the Places to … Continue reading

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How to Overcome the Tyranny of the Urgent

During our 2019 PMN staff coaching sessions with Sam Farina, he recommended the booklet, Tyranny of the Urgent by Charles E. Hummel ($1.99 for the Kindle edition on Amazon). It is an easy and quick read. The entire booklet contains just … Continue reading

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Double Blessing: How to Get It. How to Give It.

I own and have read most of Mark Batterson’s books. Like Batterson, I am an avid reader and I enjoy learning new things. I like books that make me think. I like books that give me fresh insight. But most … Continue reading

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The Challenge of Preaching

The Challenge of Preaching by John Stott ($1.99 for the Kindle edition on Amazon) is an abridged and updated version of Stott’s earlier work Between Two Worlds:The Art of Preaching in the Twentieth Century ($2.99 Amazon). As of the date of this … Continue reading

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