I requested this book because the description sounded good, but it seems like I’m out of the loop because almost all my Christian friends have heard of the instagram account: preachersnsneakers. But if you’re like me, Preachers n Sneakers is an account that points out when famous pastors wear very expensive clothes, because there’s something… Read More Book Review: Preachers n Sneakers by Ben Kirby
It took me two tries before I could finish LOTR, and it took two attempts before I really got into this book – rather fitting, don’t you think? Ents, Elves, and Eriador focuses on the environmental vision of J.R.R. Tolkien, which is another way of saying that the authors read LOTR and associated works, Leaf… Read More Book Review: Ents, Elves, and Eriador by Matthew Dickerson and Jonathan Evans
My cousin got married recently and in true bookworm fashion, I have already borrowed a book from my new cousin-in-law! Since he and my cousin are theology students/graduates, I found an introduction to the apocrypha (literally the subject and title of the book) on their shelves. Like the title says, An Introduction to the Apocrypha… Read More Book Review: An Introduction to the Apocrypha by Bruce M Metzger
As someone who’s made her fair share of relationship missteps over the years, How to Have a Better Relationship with Anybody intrigued me when I saw it on NetGalley. It’s a look at relationships from a Christian perspective, and I found that it complemented God’s New Community and The Meeting Class quite well. While those… Read More Book Review: How to Have a Better Relationship with Anybody by James Hilt
I’ve read The Screwtape Letters a long time ago, so I was pretty surprised to find out that there’s a (very short) sequel: Screwtape Proposes a Toast. Of course, I bought this. Screwtape Proposes a Toast is a collection of essays by C.S. Lewis, put together by him shortly before its death. It opens with… Read More Book Review: Screwtape Proposes a Toast by C.S. Lewis
I’ve been reading up on business and distraction (most recently Celeste Headlee’s book Do Nothing) and for some reason, I didn’t think to read about how busyness related to Christianity; a glaring omission given that I try to live out Christianity the best I can. Somehow, though, I stumbled upon An Unhurried Life in the… Read More Book Review: An Unhurried Life by Alan Fadling
When my sister found out that my cell group is focusing on community, she recommended that I read her copy of God’s New Community, which she left behind when she moved to New Zealand. God’s New Community looks at various New Testament verses and expounds on what Church really mean. It’s not a building but… Read More Book Review: God’s New Community by Graham Beynon
Rereading Silence at the start of the year reminded me that there are a lot of books by Endo that I haven’t read. There’s quite a lot there hasn’t been translated, but I found a copy of The Final Martyrs in the library and decided to make that my first Endo Short Story read (I… Read More Book Review: The Final Martyrs by Endo Shusaku
In the spirit of embracing what bookstagram has to offer, I borrowed another book that I found on the platform. This was from BookandBriefcase’s post and I basically decided to read this after she mentioned that the author was a New Testament scholar who used what he knew in the book. As the title suggests,… Read More Book Review: The Lost Letters of Pergamum by Bruce W. Longenecker
When one of my friends sent me a link to this conference, I immediately signed up. I’ve talked about my feelings towards mental health and Christianity before, so I wanted to continue that conversation by recapping the conference and sharing some of my thoughts. Mental Wholeness and the Church is a three-day conference organised by… Read More Recap: Mental Wholeness and the Church Conference