Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope22 reviews Jonathan Kozol Harper Perennial, 2001 Touching Portraits of Resilience + Poignant, powerful, important + Anything but Ordinary + In the Children's Words             Everyday Apocalypse8 reviews David Dark Brazos Press, 2002 Dense, but rewarding + Apocalyptically Excellent + Hope in Unexpected Places Some reviewers tend to find Dark's prose directionless, but I found quite the opposite to be true. David is certainly a student of the intracacies of prose, and for me that opened up a whole new world of ideas. Reminds me very much of G.K. Chesterton's style. I wonder if Mr. Dark has ready any ...             Children of God (Ballantine Reader's Circle)96 reviews Mary Doria Russell Ballantine Books, 1999 A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT TREATISE ON PERSONAL THEOLOGY - A TRUE CLASSIC + got under my skin + children of god + Compelling and Original             The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups19 reviews Joseph R. Myers Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2003 Small Groups Pastor's Perspective + Strong book, weak finish + My Search to Understand Community has Ended + a new framework for talking about belonging             Life of Pi1815 reviews Yann Martel Harvest Books, 2003 Great book, incredible ending + An Indian boy, a Bengal tiger, and the ocean on a journey to God + I am Still Thinking About this Book A great book that I couldn't put down. I had heard people either loved or hated this book and I absolutely loved this book. The last line I let out a great laugh. Just to give you an idea of how much I couldn't put this book down, I finished this book over the course of the week before my wedding ...             Bel Canto575 reviews Ann Patchett Harper Perennial, 2002 Makes me want to go and listen to Opera! + Beautiful Writing, Captivating Story I have been coming across Bel Canto for several years, either here at Amazon or through my local bookstore - and i always passed it because the story didn't appeal to me, i didn't want to read about terrorists taking over hostages in a house, but finally i caved in and bought the book. I read it ...             A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life14 reviews Parker J. Palmer Jossey-Bass, 2004 Wholeness for a healthy organization + Perfect Balance + Livegiving! + A Guidepost + quaker wisdom on integrating our inner and outer lives             The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread (Tale of ...357 reviews Kate Dicamillo Candlewick, 2003 Marvelous + The Tale of Despereaux + an awesome mouse I have to read 4 Newbery Award books for a College Literature class I am taking this summer. This book has been the best so far! I have refound my LONG lost love for Children's literature! Read it aloud to a child and watch their eyes sparkle! It is wonderful! I am reading it silently alone because ...             Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter4 reviews Falmer Press, 2002 But it's just a book for children... + Good resource for academics + A must-read That was often the comment I received when I wrote my senior thesis last fall about the Harry Potter series. Specifically, I wrote a feminist criticism of the series exploring the ways in which Hermione resists and reaffirms gender stereotypes--"Miss Smarty Pants," "The Damsel in Distress," etc. ...             The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life49 reviews Parker J. Palmer Jossey-Bass, 1997 Great insights. + A Book to Re-Read + Necessary + The Courage to Teach-Text book             The Out of Bounds Church?: Learning to Create a Community of Faith in a Culture of Change (Emergent Ys)2 reviews Steve Taylor Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2005 The Out of Bounds Church - Writing from the Border Country Given that you have eyes to see, and given that you are reading something of the world in which you live, Steve Taylor's opening statement, "We live on the fault lines of widespread cultural change," won't come as any kind of surprise, nor will the resultant challenges we face as churches in our, ...             Saints and Villains (Ballantine Reader's Circle)21 reviews Denise Giardina Ballantine Books, 1999 Wonderful account of one's man heroic response to hitler! + Memorable + Got my interest + Making the Familiar New             A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, ...120 reviews Brian D. McLaren Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2004 Perfect Timing!! + Ever argue with someone about relgion or spirituality? + Share the ambivalence I found this book purely by accident(maybe) while searching for another. The title caught my eye first and upon closer inspection I decided this would be an interesting "read" given the place I was at in my own spiritual search. I found this book very educational and it is written as if I were ...             Common Fire: Leading Lives of Commitment in a Complex World4 reviews Laurent A. Parks Daloz Beacon Press, 1997 A Groundbreaking, Inspiring Book! + An Extraordinary Tour-de-Force! Rife w/ Wit & Wisdom!! + in an depth look into the lives of miracle workers - warm + truly inspiring             Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus6 reviews Robert Farrar Capon Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2002 "Not Your Father's Oldsmobile" + Great book on the meaning of the parables + This is a great book + Good theology! + Refreshing             The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World156 reviews Michael Pollan Random House, 2001 Who wouldn't love this book? + A fast read, well written, fascinating! + A Great Read + Such a good read for us beginners! + A mind-expanding change of perspective             Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom18 reviews bell hooks Routledge, 1994 Extremely Good Segue to Freire + Excellent colletction of essays + The Road Is Long This is the third of three books on liberation pedagogy that I picked up, the other two being Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage (Critical Perspectives Series) and Pedagogy of the Oppressed. This book is a collection of essays by a woman of color who studied with Freire ...             The Practicing Congregation: Imagining a New Old Church7 reviews Diana Butler Bass The Alban Institute, 2004 Thinking off the page + Book Review + Hope for the rest of us! + Thoughtful argument on the role of Christian practice + useful despite disagreement             Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads12 reviews Gil Bailie Crossroad Classic, 1996 HARD TRUTHS + Essential for understanding social violence + General Overview - Contemporary Applications of Girard + Good, but not what I was expecting             The Call of Service5 reviews Robert Coles Mariner Books, 1994 The most insightful and thought provoking book of its field + Reading this book is time well spent + Reawakening idealism Volunteerism has been my life. I am now in charge of community volunteers and students involved in service learning. I thought I had a pretty good grasp of the subject until I read this book. Many of my ideas where exploded and new, wonderful ideas and insights took their place.The book ...