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• 01.11.07
  All Books Read in 2007
  Books, Christianity, Ecclesiology, Personal, Theology, Youth Ministry, emerging church (1)

  I started doing this last year, and thought it would be a good idea to continue this year. Maybe this year, I can keep up with the list as I go and not forget books. Anyways, this post is mostly for my own personal record-keeping. As I read books and put them in my sidebar, I will also copy/paste that information here. Then I can look back on my year and see what all I've read and maybe offer some insights into the top books of the year. Or something neato like that. <A href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fmattclecom-20%2F8001%2F26b0ac77-c00e-42a1-ae6d-aedf31391d0c&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</A>
  
  
• 01.07.07
  Spontaneous Blog-Fast Now Over
  Blogging, Books, Christianity, Personal, Youth Ministry (1)

  I decided to take a one month blog-fast beginning December 9. After I wrote my post that day, I thought it would be good to just forget about the blog for a little while. Ok, yeah, I'm just kidding. In reality I've just been really lazy and busy and haven't posted anything. But "blog-fast" sounds much better and more spiritual than "I was lazy." Anyways... some new years resolutions that I have come up with: Pray the daily office using Phyllis Tickle's The Divine Hours. I still need to get the book ordered. Read through the Bible in 2007. ...
  
  
• 11.27.06
  Finished
  Books, Christianity (0)

  I finally finished N.T. Wright's New Testament and the People of God today. I started it about two months ago with the goal of finishing it by the end of the year so that I could ask for the next book in the series for Christmas. Well, the goal has been accomplished, although it feels like I have been reading it forever. And, honestly, the book isn't hugely difficult to read. What made it slow reading for me was that much of what Wright asserted in the book was contrary to the assumptions about first ...
  
  
• 11.09.06
  I… can’t… talk…
  Books, Christianity, Personal, Youth Ministry (0)

  So, maybe I need to lay off the books for a little while (yeah, right).  Last night at church, during "Cross-Examination" (a nifty title I came up with for a discussion group where we examine cultural phenomena in light of the gospel), I simply could not talk.  Well, it's not that I couldn't talk, but that the words that were running through my head were words that most of our kids don't know.  So I would start to say something and be like, "uhhh, what's that word? Oh yeah, 'agree'."  It happened constantly throughout the night.  I was the laughing-stock ...
  
  
• 10.24.06
  A Must-Read
  Books, Youth Ministry (0)

  I got a nice, large shipment of youth ministry books last week and picked up Mark Yaconelli's Contemplative Youth Ministry on Friday. I could not put the book down. I read probably 150 or more pages the first day, which I usually don't do. I'm almost done with it, and it has been really amazing. It is an excellent blend of encouragement, practical advice, theological reflection, and prioritzing. I think it may be the best youth ministry book I've ever read. Mark puts in words what I've been feeling and thinking for so long. A must-read for youth ministers, hands-down.
  
  
• 09.21.06
  Books Read in 2006
  Books, Theology (0)

  This post is mostly for my own personal record-keeping. As I read books and put them in my sidebar, I will also copy/paste that information here. Then I can look back on my year and see what all I've read and maybe offer some insights into the top books of the year. Or something neato like that. Unfortunately, I am too lazy right now to try to think of the books I've read before September of this year, so this list is incomplete. Perhaps one day I will have the motivation to try and remember what other books I've read this ...
  
  

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