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Tag Archives: encouragement
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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The Third Option: Hope For a Racially Divided Nation
The Third Option: Hope For a Racially Divided Nation by Miles McPherson ($12.99 for the Kindle edition on Amazon) is an extremely reasonable and thoughtful book concerning one of today’s most hotly debated issues. McPherson sees racial issues through the … 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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I Am a Follower
I Am A Follower: The Way, Truth, and Life of Following Jesus by Leonard Sweet ($5.49 for the Kindle edition on Amazon) is a somewhat contrarian book that challenges the prevalent “everything rises and falls on leadership” premise. Sweet insists, We … 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
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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Do The Next Right Thing
As an avid reader, I often check the best-seller lists on Amazon for new, interesting, and value-priced books. Therefore, when I recently discovered Emily P. Freeman’s The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions as a … 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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