Sept 25 Sale Kindle Book A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson $2.99 amzn.to/3ItBmHs Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History & Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green $2.99 amzn.to/46mrDf7 Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck $1.99 amzn.to/46Dts66

Sept 23 Sale Kindle Books: The Devil in the White City: A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson $1.99 amzn.to/3W1sETN Roots and Rhythm: A Life in Music by Charlie Peacock $4.92 amzn.to/3Vw3kFu

Sept 17 Sale Kindle Books: The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver $1.99 amzn.to/4pnJHwN The Godfather: 50th Anniversary Edition by Mario Puzo $1.99 amzn.to/3VV2Dpa Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch Book 1) by Ann Leckie $1.99 amzn.to/4mnQgNh

Sept 15 - Sale Kindle Books: Death in Holy Orders (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries Book 11) by P. D. James $1.99 amzn.to/47ECMci Dare Mighty Things: Mapping the Challenges of Leadership for Christian Women by Halee Gray Scott $0.99 amzn.to/3HZyz8L

Sept 3 Sale Kindle Books: Prophet, Priest, and King: Christology in Global Perspective $4.99 amzn.to/4m0pbj1 Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength by Kat Armas $3.99 amzn.to/3JLZ6Xs

Last week I read the graphic novel adaptation for Wizard of Earthsea to see if my son would like it and that prompted me to reread the print novel again. The graphic novel is a pretty good adaptation, but the print version is to dark. It may be better on a screen where you can lighten it.

I wrote up a few thoughts on the book Come Go With Me: Howard Thurman and a Gospel of Radical Inclusivity by C. Anthony Hunt This was the fourth book by or about Thurman I have read this year and I continue to be drawn back to Thurman. My post bookwi.se/come-go-with...

Aug 31 Sale Kindle Books: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson $2.99 amzn.to/46by18R Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner $2.99 amzn.to/46emyoV God Game by Andrew M. Greeley $0.50 amzn.to/41uQF99

Aug 30 Sale Kindle books: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison $1.99 amzn.to/45JWwKk Christian Theologies of Scripture: A Comparative Introduction by Justin S. Holcomb $3.99 amzn.to/4fVXkPq Angry Conversations with God: A Snarky but Authentic Spiritual Memoir by Susan E. Isaacs $0.50 amzn.to/4oVOwgN

I wrote up a few thoughts on Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian Realism by Robin W. Lovin I am skeptical of Christian Realism, but I both understand it more and I am more sympathetic to the intent, even if I still remain skeptical. bookwi.se/reinhold-nie...

Aug 24 Sale Kindle books: The C. S. Lewis Collection: Signature Classics and Other Major Works: The Eleven Titles Include: Mere Christianity; The Screwtape Letters, Miracles; The ... Surprised by Joy; and Letters to Malcolm $1.99 amzn.to/3HCJc11

In my on-going reading project on Christian Discernment, I picked up On Mysticism by Simon Critchley because mystical experience just has an overlapping influence on our ability to discern God's direction.

So uh, anybody want to buy a weaving? I’ll post what I have available with a base price + shipping, all at a DEEP discount since I’d rather make a sale/recoup some of the $300 I just spent at the vet than wait around to get top dollar for them! Preview here!

Aug 18 Kindle sale books The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage by Richard Rohr $1.99 amzn.to/4lyICzc Understanding Four Views on the Lord's Supper $0.99 amzn.to/4lBKuad African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart; Arrow of God; No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe $1.99 amzn.to/3Jmxvfh

My 10 year old and I read Orion and the Starborn by KB Hoyle this summer and I finally got around to writing about it. I will continue to recommend her middle grade and YA books as both being engaging and having depth to them.

Aug 11 Sale Kindle books: NRSV, Catholic Edition Bible $2.99 amzn.to/3UjgyVr (well reviewed for kindle) Unlocking Mission and Eschatology in Youth Ministry by Andrew Root $1.99 amzn.to/41vkaHI and Unpacking Scripture in Youth Ministry $0.99 amzn.to/41C6N8B

Aug 10 sale Kindle book: Old Man's War by John Scalzi $1.99 amzn.to/3J8cqoO Turtles All the Way Down by John Green $2.99 amzn.to/45yzeFR Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods: The Senior Year Adventures by Rick Riordan $0.99 amzn.to/4lreBRV

Aug 6 Sale Kindle Books: Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times by Otis Moss III $3.99 amzn.to/3IWmkdd The Wounded Healer by Henri J. M. Nouwen $2.99 amzn.to/45lcV6b Taking Theology to Youth Ministry by Andrew Root $2.99 amzn.to/4lcGjl6

After bowling almost every day this summer and being wildly uneven in my play I hit a new record with 5 strikes in a row and a score of 211. I will never do it again.

Aug 4 Sale Kindle books: Sacred Self-Care: Daily Practices for Nurturing Our Whole Selves by Chanequa Walker-Barnes $2.99 amzn.to/4okpBDd The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves by Curt Thompson MD $2.99 amzn.to/41nrXY1

Reagan, in his first speech after his official nomination to be the Republican candidate went to the county fairground just a few miles from where these three civil rights workers were found to give a speech on States Rights just one day short of the 16th anniversary of the bodies being found.

Aug 3 sale kindle books How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks $1.99 https://amzn.to/3Ubg6sk Pachinko by Min Jin Lee $2.99 https://amzn.to/450huUH Station Eleven by Emily St John $1.99 https://amzn.to/4l8ZDji

I was reading to my 10 year old tonight before bed. He was sketching on paper and then moved to his tiny etch a sketch.

What has spell check seem to have stopped working on Mac? Things that are simple typos that would have been flagged and had proposed correction. Now it knows something is spelled wrong, but almost never has a suggestion of how to fix it. This is "tech" that worked 30 years ago.

Aug 1 Sale Kindle books: Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story) by Daniel Nayeri $0.99 amzn.to/4fg6MwZ John Lewis: A Life by David Greenberg $3.99 amzn.to/4fnG1Xw (highly recommended) The Idea of a Christian Society by T. S. Eliot $2.99 amzn.to/3U8M20s

July 31 Sale Kindle books The Good Neighbor: The Life & Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King $2.99 amzn.to/3H8rfai Burn This Book: Notes on Literature & Engagement by Toni Morrison $2.99 amzn.to/4mgIWDj Over from Union Road: My Christian-Left-Intellectual Life by Gary Dorrien $4.34 amzn.to/3IRL5Hn

The local bowling alley knows my whole family’s shoe sizes on sight (they had a deal for 2 games a day all summer for $53 a person and we have gone almost every day since mid may.) And the local Little Ceasar’s (only pizza my kids like) just brought me my order without asking. I am a “local”

I stayed up too late devouring The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall. The story of two co-pastors in the 1960s New York City and how they grappled with God and one another as they were knit together as a community.

July 29 sale kindle books Kingdom of the Blind: Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny $1.99 amzn.to/4m1Sxy4 The Honourable Schoolboy: A George Smiley Novel by John le Carré $1.99 amzn.to/3IO9PQD Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age by Alan Noble $2.99 amzn.to/3IOWgAy

July 28 sale Kindle books: When Faith Disappoints: The Gap Between What We Believe and What We Experience by Lisa Victoria Fields $1.99 amzn.to/3U0SBC8 Renovated: God, Dallas Willard, and the Church That Transforms by E. James Wilder $3.99 amzn.to/4lPSmGk

"All women have now been purged from the military's top jobs." This is the result of Hegseth's dominionist, male-headship, evangelical beliefs, and it's weakening our military capability. thehill.com/policy/defen...

Amazon has refurbished Kindle Paperwhite (most recent version) on sale for $106. That is about 1/3 off the cost of a new one. amzn.to/4mdMmaa

July 24 Sale Kindle books A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor $2.99 amzn.to/471W9eX The Unwedding: A Novel by Ally Condie $3.99 amzn.to/41bxOPY Paul: A Biography by N. T. Wright $1.99 amzn.to/46WcCBm

July 21 Sale Kindle books: The Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni (an omnibus of essays and articles) $1.99 amzn.to/44GXSVz Hearing the Message of Ecclesiastes: Questioning Faith in a Baffling World by Christopher J. H. Wright $1.99 amzn.to/44KWkdi

My son and I both read the graphic novel Superman Smashes the Klan this week. I have a few thoughts here https://bookwi.se/superman/ When he was about 1/2 way through he asked if the Klan was a real group of people or if they were made up super hero villains.

I have some thoughts on Howard Thurman’s book The Disciplines of the Spirit. I read it on a recent silent retreat https://bookwi.se/disciplines-of-the-spirit/ I continue to be very influenced by Howard Thurman even as I do think there are weaknesses in his work and I struggle to finish his books.

July 19 Sale Kindle books: Filaments: Theological Profiles: Selected Essays, Volume 2 by David Tracy $2.99 https://amzn.to/40sWgMz Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller $2.99 https://amzn.to/40pKjHE

I need to change my email app. I use gmail, but I don't love using browser based email. I like Mac, iPad and iPhone to use the same app so that syncing and search works similarly. I don't really like the stock apps. I am trying Edison right now. Any others I should try?

I wrote up a short post about reading Son of the Deep by @kbhoyle.author with my 11 year old. It is a gender switch reimagining of the Little Mermaid. She loved it and we are several chapters into the next book of the series. bookwi.se/son-of-the-d...

Karl Barth famously said of preachers, “We must hold the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other.” The only problem with this well-known counsel is that Barth never said this. What he did say is better advice... Barth on the cover of Time Magazine's Apr. 20, 1962 edition.

am catching up on writing about books I have read recently. I really enjoyed the slow burn mystery of The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen Carter. https://bookwi.se/the-emperor-of-ocean-park/

My book group read White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism by Kevin M. Kruse All of us have lived in the Atlanta area at least 10 years, most of us more than 20, but none of us grew up here. Local history matters and maybe especially now.

Holy shit, I think this is officially sending the Catholic Church of the Diocese of San Bernardino underground.

July 7 Sale Kindle Books: Filled to Be Emptied: The Path to Liberation for Privileged People by Brandan J. Robertson $3.50 amzn.to/4lBnmsR The Widening of God's Mercy: Sexuality Within the Biblical Story by Christopher Hays and Richard Hays $3.39 amzn.to/44ydV6B

July 3 Sale Kindle books: There seems to be a sale with John Knox Press, but I can't find an announcement of it yet, so I am not sure if there is a theme or how long it will last. Meeting God in Mark: Reflections for the Season of Lent by Rowan Williams $3.25 amzn.to/44LmBrC

The recent documentary, Black + Evangelical, produced/funded by Wheaton College and Christianity Today and driven by Vincent Bacote is well worth watching.

July 1, 2025 Sale Kindle books: The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America by Jeffrey Rosen $3.99 amzn.to/3TmNuf8 The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God by Dallas Willard $1.99 amzn.to/45Q03Hf

(Gift) Article about ICE arresting Christian Iranian asylum seekers who could face a death sentence if returned to Iran. A pastor tried to intervene & ICE did not care https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/ice-arrests-church-leaders-christians-fleeing-persecution/?utm_medium=widgetsocial

I am glad that Juneteenth was made a federal holiday. I think we should recognize it and the tradition of it But I do think we all need to know that within the US, slavery did not end until Dec 6, 1865 Kentucky & Delaware maintained slavery as legal until then (when 13th Amendment was ratified)