“Is the Christian life centrally about believing, or is it about a relationship?” Marcus Borg writes in his book The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith. “Is it about believing in God as a supernatural being separate from the universe or about a relationship to the Spirit who is right here and all …
I received a complementary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. Do you need a spiritual tuneup? If so I highly recommend Patrick Paul Garlinger’s When Thought Turns to Light. The author gives helpful insights on a number of familiar topics for spiritual seekers, such as the value of meditation, …
I received a complementary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. As a life long baseball fan I jumped at the chance to read and review Marty Appel’s book Casey Stengel: Baseball’s Greatest Character. Casey’s playing and managing days were before my time (I started following the game as a …
Earlier this year I thought picking my top 5 books for 2016 would be an easy task. Because of lots of travel (that’s me snowshoeing at Lake Louise, Canada in March) I just didn’t read that many books in the first half of the year. But I went on a book reading binge at year’s end, many fine books, which …
“We, the collective we, have perceived GOD to be an inaccessible superhuman, which locates GOD outside and beyond us,” writes Linda Martella-Whitsett in the introduction of her book Divine Audacity. “I propose there is no such God.” Rather the author emphasizes that the Spirit of God is within all of us, a Spirit we can tap into to live from …
This powerful little book contains the essence of Deepak Chopra’s teaching. At only 115 pages it’s a quick read divided into short chapters titled: The Law of Pure Potentiality The Law of Giving and Receiving The Law of Karma or Cause and Effect The Law of Least Effort The Law of Intention and Desire The Law of Detachment The Law …
A successful neurosurgeon with seemingly everything going for him, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with lung cancer at age 36. Before the disease claimed his life he kept a journal – a journal that became When Breath Becomes Air. In the early chapters, where Kalanithi tells of his work as a neurosurgeon, I got a sense of the life and death …
I received a complementary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. Mike Love does not hold back in his book “Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy”. Love gives a thorough account of the band’s 5+ decade run. “The specific details on the origins of the Beach Boys—who played …
“All of us yearn for happiness and love, and sometimes we find it,” writes Marianne Willamson in her new book Tears to Triumph: The Spiritual Journey from Suffering to Enlightenment. “Yet most of us are visited at some point by sorrow as well. A relationship, a job, a particular circumstance brought us happiness—but then something went wrong.” Can you relate? …
I received a complementary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has been of interest to me for many years. I have seen two movies on this fateful day in American history (the best being 1970’s Tora Tora Tora). I took a Home of …