Every couple of years on average since I attended college in the 1970s I have read some version or edition of the Bible I have not previously read. If it's just the straight text of some version without a lot of study notes, then more often than not I complete it in about a year. The …
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Book Review: “The Cluetrain Manifesto: 10th Anniversary Edition”
In April 1999, some brave souls spoke for many when they tacked 95 theses on the Internet at cluetrain.com. The basic message went like this: "A powerful global conversation has begun. Through the Internet, people are discovering and inventing new ways to share relevant knowledge with blinding speed. As a direct result, markets are getting smarter—and …
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Book Review: “Not a Fan” by Kyle Idleman
It is rare when I am blown away by a book, but that has happened this week upon reading Kyle Idleman's Not a Fan. Idleman is a teaching pastor at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, one of the largest churches in the U.S. Until a week ago today, I confess I had no idea who …
Book Review: “The Pilgrim’s Progress” by John Bunyan
It seems far too presumptuous of anyone - especially me - to review one of the greatest Christian classics of all time, so let me say up front that this is not a review in the sense of a critique of this timeless allegory first published in 1678. It is, rather, a reaction to having …
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Book Review: “Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home” by Rupert Sheldrake
Sometimes you get a lot more than you bargained for in a book - in a good way - and that's what happened to me in reading Rupert Sheldrake's Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home (And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals). As a dog lover, and given the title of the book, I …
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