Apprentice 2 Jesus

Book Reviews

  • Book Review: Soul Care in African American Practice

    Soul Care in African American Practice by Barbara Peacock In the late 90s and early 2000s Renovare released some volumes on spiritual reading that were “workbook” based. One, Spiritual Classics, focused on readings for individuals and groups based on the 12 spiritual disciplines from Richard Foster’s classic, Celebration of Discipline. Another book was Devotional Classics… Read more

  • Book Review: The Myth of the American Dream by D.L. Mayfield

    The Myth of the American Dream by D.L. Mayfield For the past 3-4 years I have had a book on my heart to write. Not ever having done a writing project, and being deathly afraid of critiques, I took notes, blogged a bit, preached a series with the beginning ideas of the book, and generally… Read more

  • Book Review: Analog Church by Jay Kim

    This is a book that comes out in the midst of a pandemic that is forcing churches to be MORE digital. It seems a bit out of place, but it is helpful even in this time. Read more

  • Book Review — "The Story Retold"

    The Story Retold: A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the New Testament G.K. Beal and Benjamin L. Gladd Having taught Bible classes for 15 years in a college, THIS is the book I wish I had early on. The approach in this textbook is to keep the entire story in mind. We can’t be enamored with the… Read more

  • Book Review: The End of Hunger

    This book creates a big problem for me. There is so much to work through and think through it’s impossible to put it in a book review. This is a book for thought, for contemplation, for discussion, and then for action. The book is edited by Jenney Eaton Dyer and Cathleen Falsani, but the feature… Read more

  • Book Review — Basic Christianity

    InterVarsity Press is re-issuing some classics from their catalogue. Basic Christianity by John Stott is a standard. It is every bit a classic in the explanation of Christianity as Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. Having read Stott’s book years ago, I took the opportunity to read it again. Read more

  • Book Review — Bread for the Resistance: 40 Devotionals for Justice People

    Bread for the Resistance Donna Barber Donna Barber is cofounder of The Voices Project, an organization that influences culture through training and promoting leaders of color. Her work is dedicated to training up leader of color to step into key roles in the church and culture. Read more

  • Let’s talk about sex

    Authentic Human Sexuality, 3rd Edition, by Judith K. Balswick and Jack O. Balswick “Sex pervades our culture, going far beyond the confines of the bedroom into the workplace, the church, and the media. Yet despite all the attention and even obsession devoted to sex, human sexuality remains confusing and even foreboding. What, after all, is… Read more

  • Book Review: I See You by Terence Lester

    “Privilege has a way of blinding us to the realities faced by those society has made invisible, and in true incarnational fashion, Terence takes us with him on a journey to uncover the true experiences of our most vulnerable neighbors.” (Chad Wright-Pittman) Read more

  • Book Review — Becoming an Ordinary Mystic

    The word “mystic” is about as useful as “monk” or “monastic” in many of our lives as believers. We may have an idea of what that word entails, but to become a “mystic” (or “monk” or “monastic”)? No thanks. There are those who have gone before considered to be mystics who wrote of their experiences,… Read more