Recent Posts Tagged With 'books'

• The Man Who Knew God

  Posted on Wednesday December 30th, 2009 at 14:50 in books, media

  The Man Who Knew God: Decoding Jeremiah By Mordecai Schreiber The Man who Knew God decodes the complexities of the book of Jeremiah and argues that this prophet is the key figure in shaping Western civilization. Author Mordecai Schreiber posits that...

• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 21:35 in books, media

  The Giving Tree The Giving Tree is a brilliant little story written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. It was first published in 1964. Shel Silverstein also penned stories like Take Ten (1955), Grab Your Socks! (1956), Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot B...

• The Prayer of Petrus (On Personal Vices)

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 23:53 in books, media

  Petrus' Pilgrimage The following prayer was delivered by Paulos’ spiritual guide Petrus in The Pilgrimage: Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom. Petrus is a guide who isn’t afraid of his own vices. Petrus smokes cigarettes and loses ...

• The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 06:24 in books, media, health and spirituality

  Paulo Coelho Paulo Coelho is an amazing writer. Admittedly, I say this having only discovered him and his books three days ago or so. I also have only read The Pilgrimage (I’m almost finished reading it). Today, I purchased The Alchemist; a dea...

• The Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons

  Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 21:25 in books, christianity, story

  Mark Twain “In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at...

• A Fitting Funeral for Edgar Allan Poe

  Posted on Saturday October 10th, 2009 at 11:25 in books, story

  Edgar Allan Poe This Sunday, October 11th 2009, a life-size simulation of Edgar Allen Poe will be carried on a horse-driven carriage from his Baltimore home to the burial ground in memorial of the poet’s life and literary contributions to the w...

• The Wandering Womb

  Posted on Monday July 13th, 2009 at 20:45 in religion, Culture, books, society, humanities

  This book should be on a shelf in everyone’s library: The Wandering Womb: A Cultural History of Outrageous Beliefs About Women. The author, Lana Thompson, a freelance medical writer based in Boca Raton, Florida, and a specialist in anthropology...

• The Catcher in the Rye

  Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 16:50 in books, fiction, story

  J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye is as classic a novel as it is controversial. Catcher’s literary value is almost totally invested in the symbology that is Holden Caulfield. Holden’s seemingly misguided adventures and expresse...

• Holy Adventure by Bruce Epperly

  Posted on Tuesday March 10th, 2009 at 08:15 in books, book reviews

  Theologian and spiritual guide Bruce Epperly’s “Holy Adventure: 41 Days of Audacious Living” (Upper Room Books) is a creative spiritual and theological response to Rick Warren’s “Purpose Driven Life.” Weaving toget...

• From Eternity To Here by Frank Viola

  Posted on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 11:46 in books, book reviews

  I received an advanced copy of Frank Viola’s new book in the mail. It’s called From Eternity To Here: Rediscovering The Ageless Purpose of God. The Book is scheduled for a March 1st release. Happily, this book is not focused upon church ...