How to Pray After You've Kicked the Dog3 reviews Terry Teykl Prayer Point Press, 1998 How To Pray After You've Kicked the Dog + THOUGHT PROVOKING... + Great! What a book! The author gives many examples of the busy day-to-day person who THINKS they cannot pray a prayer that GOD would even consider listening to! How wrong we are! Terry Teykl gives many ways for a person to begin praying (especially if that person has never prayed before). He makes ...             Leading Beyond the Walls: Developing Congregations With a Heart for the Unchurched4 reviews Adam Hamilton Abingdon Press, 2002 a new standard for the mainline + Leading Beyond + Leading the Church Adam Hamilton refuses to believe that mainline churches are irrelevant. He challenges us to engage our culture with all of our heart, soul and especially our minds. He says that every church must answer three questions if it wants to reach people for Jesus 1. Why do people need God? 2. Why do ...             Do You Hear What I Hear? Religious Calling, the Priesthood, and My Father2 reviews Minna Proctor Viking Adult, 2005 An Unexpected Pleasure + Required reading for any Board of Ministry I grew up Episcopalian and have only recently "returned" to the church after many years away -- it just felt like something was missing in my life and I didn't realize what that something was until I attended a service and heard the liturgy again. I guess I'm a typical liberal (voted for Howard ...             Conversion in the New Testament: Paul and the Twelve4 reviews Richard Peace Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999 Conversion in the New Testament + Conversion of the New Testament + An extaordinary book + What is normative conversion?             Take the Next Step: Leading Lasting Change in the Church (Discoveries : Insights for Church Leadership)3 reviews Lovett H. Weems Abingdon Press, 2003 A Must Read for those in Leadership + a field manual for changing the local church This book is so good that i actually ordered it for another person who is going to be placed in a responsible position. Many times we think we are ready for the Leadership role, but "Taking the Next Step" walks you through many places your leadership may take you. This book will help to make a ...             Homiletic Moves and Structures4 reviews David Buttrick Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1987 Possibly the best book ever written on the art of preaching. + Way too much, unless you are a expert + Mammoth and Breathtaking + Brilliant             Godstories: New Narratives from Sacred Texts3 reviews H. Stephen Shoemaker Judson Press, 1998 Wonderful for those familiar or unfamiliar with the Bible. + quality storytelling Shoemaker's book is a much needed addition to all the books about persons in the bible and the nature of the biblical narrative. I am using it in a college course and the great majority of students reading and writing about Shoemaker's book find between it's covers an invitation to the ...             Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading25 reviews Eugene H. Peterson Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2006 A Must! + Reading Scripture is much more than you ever imagined! + Eat! Eat! + One Of Peterson's Finest -- and They're ALL Mighty Fine! + I practically ate it myself...             Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't697 reviews Jim Collins Collins Business, 2001 GREAT together + Good to Great -- the "fluffless" road to greatness + My Personal Number 1 Management Book + It was Great             People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil145 reviews M. Scott Peck Touchstone, 1998 a helpful primer on thinking about evil + DANGER - This is a life-changing book + The Ability to Recognize Human Evil is Crucial for Self-Preservation + An Apoocalyptic Acheivement             What's So Amazing About Grace?187 reviews Philip Yancey Zondervan, 2002 Christian Manifesto + Grace for us all + secret to happyness + What's So Amazing About Grace?             As For Me And My House Crafting Your Marriage To Last16 reviews Walter Wangerin Thomas Nelson, 2001 As For Me and My House + Best marriage book I have read. + Solid Set of Principles to Build a Godly Marriage The book, AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE -- CRAFTING YOUR MARRIAGE TO LAST, by Walter Wangerin, Jr., is excellent. Wangerin suggests we think of a marriage consisting of THREE beings -- the husband, the wife, and the relationship itself. He says NOT to try to make each person's jobs in the marriage fit ...             Genesis: A Living Conversation (Pbs Series)10 reviews Bill Moyers Main Street Books, 1997 Illuminating conversation + A true conversation + I was mesmerized with the audiotape When I watched the PBS series, I locked myself in the room each week so I wouldn't be disturbed. Imagine several bright, articulate folks who weren't arguing over the historicity of the Gensis accounts, but simply looking for their meaning. Moreover, all weren't Biblical scholars. Their ranks ...             Godstories: New Narratives from Sacred Texts3 reviews H. Stephen Shoemaker Judson Press, 1998 Wonderful for those familiar or unfamiliar with the Bible. + quality storytelling Shoemaker's book is a much needed addition to all the books about persons in the bible and the nature of the biblical narrative. I am using it in a college course and the great majority of students reading and writing about Shoemaker's book find between it's covers an invitation to the ...             People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil145 reviews M. Scott Peck Touchstone, 1998 a helpful primer on thinking about evil + DANGER - This is a life-changing book + The Ability to Recognize Human Evil is Crucial for Self-Preservation + An Apoocalyptic Acheivement             Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't697 reviews Jim Collins Collins Business, 2001 GREAT together + Good to Great -- the "fluffless" road to greatness + My Personal Number 1 Management Book + It was Great             As For Me And My House Crafting Your Marriage To Last16 reviews Walter Wangerin Thomas Nelson, 2001 As For Me and My House + Best marriage book I have read. + Solid Set of Principles to Build a Godly Marriage The book, AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE -- CRAFTING YOUR MARRIAGE TO LAST, by Walter Wangerin, Jr., is excellent. Wangerin suggests we think of a marriage consisting of THREE beings -- the husband, the wife, and the relationship itself. He says NOT to try to make each person's jobs in the marriage fit ...             Genesis: A Living Conversation (Pbs Series)10 reviews Bill Moyers Main Street Books, 1997 Illuminating conversation + A true conversation + I was mesmerized with the audiotape When I watched the PBS series, I locked myself in the room each week so I wouldn't be disturbed. Imagine several bright, articulate folks who weren't arguing over the historicity of the Gensis accounts, but simply looking for their meaning. Moreover, all weren't Biblical scholars. Their ranks ...             Do You Hear What I Hear? Religious Calling, the Priesthood, and My Father2 reviews Minna Proctor Viking Adult, 2005 An Unexpected Pleasure + Required reading for any Board of Ministry I grew up Episcopalian and have only recently "returned" to the church after many years away -- it just felt like something was missing in my life and I didn't realize what that something was until I attended a service and heard the liturgy again. I guess I'm a typical liberal (voted for Howard ...             Leading Beyond the Walls: Developing Congregations With a Heart for the Unchurched4 reviews Adam Hamilton Abingdon Press, 2002 a new standard for the mainline + Leading Beyond + Leading the Church Adam Hamilton refuses to believe that mainline churches are irrelevant. He challenges us to engage our culture with all of our heart, soul and especially our minds. He says that every church must answer three questions if it wants to reach people for Jesus 1. Why do people need God? 2. Why do ...