On Our Bookshelves...
What has Pastor Larry been reading lately?
The latest book I've read is Simply Good News: Why the Gospel is News and What Makes it Good by N.T. Wright. I read it to complement Yancey's book on "Vanishing Grace" - which the Monday night study group is reading. On the back cover is the quote: "What if the good news Jesus came to announce is much bigger, much better, and includes much more than what happens after we die?...Wright reveals what the gospel really is and how it can transform our todays just as much as our tomorrows."
Crossing the Horizon - by CCH parishioner Deanna Emberley Bailey
Based on Deanna's tragic loss of her two sons, 12-year old Solon and 10-year old Liam, this story demonstrates love's unstoppable ability to connect us forever to those we cherish. Please visit Home - Deanna Emberley Bailey to learn more about this poignant and uplifting tale of love reaching beyond the boundaries of life and death to a lasting relationship--one that crosses the horizon.
What's the Monday night study group reading?
Vanishing Grace: What Ever Happened to the Good News by Philip Yancey -- Research shows that favorable opinions of Christianity have plummeted drastically—and opinions of Evangelicals have taken even deeper dives.
What books have folks been borrowing from Pastor Larry's library lately?
We Make the Road by Walking: A Year-Lng Quest for Spiritual Formation, Reorientation and Activation by Brian D Mclaren -- A guide to walking the Jesus path together, around the table, in the living room, discussing and learning and growing.This book explores what a difference an honest, living, growing faith can make in our world today.
Simply Christian by Tom Wright -- Why do we long for justice, spirituality, relationship and beauty? Can life be lived differently - and how does Christianity answer these in our daily lives?
No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu -- "The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa has put the spotlight on all of us...In its hearings Desmond Tutu has conveyed our common pain and sorrow, our hope and confidence in the future" (Nelson Mandela). Personal reflections by Archbishop Tutu, whom Mandela named as chairman of the Commission.
A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey by Brian D McLaren -- Told through the story of conversations between a pastor and his daughter's high school science teacher, this book reveals that the wisdom for life's most pressing spiritual questions can come from the most unlikely sources. This is a fable that captures a new spirit of Christianity.
The Story We Find Ourselves: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian by Brian D McLaren -- A sequel to A New Kind of Christian, this continues the tale of spiritual renew and relevance for today's confusing and divisive world. This is a story of God's love for this world.
The Last Word and the Word After That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity by Brian D McLaren -- The final installment of the New Kind of Christian trilogy, is a story of facing and surviving questions, doubts and dark nights of the soul. It is a story about imagining a new vision of God - and a new way of life that is more truly biblical & faithful, more inspiring & challenging, more intellectually satisfying and emotionally healing than conventional religious life.
Grace Matters: A Memoir of Faith, Friendship, and Hope in the Heart of the South by Chris P Rice -- Grace is the most potent counterforce at work in our violent species, and our only hope. This is the personal and remarkable journey of Chris Rice, a naive white college student from Vermont, who was transformed into an insightful man of faith who helped form a thriving interracial community in Jackson, Mississippi. His compelling story uncovers the wounds that divide the races and reveals what it takes to bring blacks and whites together, honestly, compassionately, and transcendently.
Reconciling All Things by Emmanuel Katongole & Chris Rice -- What makes real reconciliation possible in a world of geopolitical crisis and warfare, of ethnic and tribal conflict, of struggling families and traumatized children, of environmental exploitation and degradation? This is a vision for reconciliation that is biblical, transformative and holistic.
The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions by Marcus J Borg & N T Wright -- The historical Jesus debate in one volume, this offers a debate on the major alternate vision of Jesus and explores the differences the understanding of Jesus makes in shaping faith today. Issues include: the divinity of Jesus; the virgin birth; the meaning of the crucifixion, the truth of resurrection; and the second coming.
What has Pastor Larry been reading lately?
The latest book I've read is Simply Good News: Why the Gospel is News and What Makes it Good by N.T. Wright. I read it to complement Yancey's book on "Vanishing Grace" - which the Monday night study group is reading. On the back cover is the quote: "What if the good news Jesus came to announce is much bigger, much better, and includes much more than what happens after we die?...Wright reveals what the gospel really is and how it can transform our todays just as much as our tomorrows."
Crossing the Horizon - by CCH parishioner Deanna Emberley Bailey
Based on Deanna's tragic loss of her two sons, 12-year old Solon and 10-year old Liam, this story demonstrates love's unstoppable ability to connect us forever to those we cherish. Please visit Home - Deanna Emberley Bailey to learn more about this poignant and uplifting tale of love reaching beyond the boundaries of life and death to a lasting relationship--one that crosses the horizon.
What's the Monday night study group reading?
Vanishing Grace: What Ever Happened to the Good News by Philip Yancey -- Research shows that favorable opinions of Christianity have plummeted drastically—and opinions of Evangelicals have taken even deeper dives.
What books have folks been borrowing from Pastor Larry's library lately?
We Make the Road by Walking: A Year-Lng Quest for Spiritual Formation, Reorientation and Activation by Brian D Mclaren -- A guide to walking the Jesus path together, around the table, in the living room, discussing and learning and growing.This book explores what a difference an honest, living, growing faith can make in our world today.
Simply Christian by Tom Wright -- Why do we long for justice, spirituality, relationship and beauty? Can life be lived differently - and how does Christianity answer these in our daily lives?
No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu -- "The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa has put the spotlight on all of us...In its hearings Desmond Tutu has conveyed our common pain and sorrow, our hope and confidence in the future" (Nelson Mandela). Personal reflections by Archbishop Tutu, whom Mandela named as chairman of the Commission.
A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey by Brian D McLaren -- Told through the story of conversations between a pastor and his daughter's high school science teacher, this book reveals that the wisdom for life's most pressing spiritual questions can come from the most unlikely sources. This is a fable that captures a new spirit of Christianity.
The Story We Find Ourselves: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian by Brian D McLaren -- A sequel to A New Kind of Christian, this continues the tale of spiritual renew and relevance for today's confusing and divisive world. This is a story of God's love for this world.
The Last Word and the Word After That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity by Brian D McLaren -- The final installment of the New Kind of Christian trilogy, is a story of facing and surviving questions, doubts and dark nights of the soul. It is a story about imagining a new vision of God - and a new way of life that is more truly biblical & faithful, more inspiring & challenging, more intellectually satisfying and emotionally healing than conventional religious life.
Grace Matters: A Memoir of Faith, Friendship, and Hope in the Heart of the South by Chris P Rice -- Grace is the most potent counterforce at work in our violent species, and our only hope. This is the personal and remarkable journey of Chris Rice, a naive white college student from Vermont, who was transformed into an insightful man of faith who helped form a thriving interracial community in Jackson, Mississippi. His compelling story uncovers the wounds that divide the races and reveals what it takes to bring blacks and whites together, honestly, compassionately, and transcendently.
Reconciling All Things by Emmanuel Katongole & Chris Rice -- What makes real reconciliation possible in a world of geopolitical crisis and warfare, of ethnic and tribal conflict, of struggling families and traumatized children, of environmental exploitation and degradation? This is a vision for reconciliation that is biblical, transformative and holistic.
The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions by Marcus J Borg & N T Wright -- The historical Jesus debate in one volume, this offers a debate on the major alternate vision of Jesus and explores the differences the understanding of Jesus makes in shaping faith today. Issues include: the divinity of Jesus; the virgin birth; the meaning of the crucifixion, the truth of resurrection; and the second coming.
