Confrontation’s Bad Reputation

Look up confrontation in the dictionary.  Does the definition resemble this, “a hostile or argumentative meeting or situation between opposing parties?”   This description makes confrontation sound like an event to be accessorized with boxing gloves.  While some confrontations may resemble this definition, I think perhaps there is more to the story. Although I could not Read More

Marry Wisely, Marry Well

Assuming the reader is tenacious, hidden beneath an overly religious and extremely verbose shell are some choice marriage nuggets worth pondering.  However, proceed with caution as one may come to the conclusion that without two hyper-spiritual individuals, all marriages are doomed to fail. Throughout the book, author Ernie Baker inserts compelling statistics supporting his overall Read More

Good & Angry

David Powlinson’s Good & Angry; Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining and Bitterness, packs a wealth of knowledge into a short 250 pages.  It takes the casual reader from a potentially inspective angle to a most introspective one.  Readers previously unaware of certain negative issues in their life may discover some potential growth areas. Powlinson opens by Read More

Lessons from the East

Before even cracking the spine, the phrase,” What If Our Western View of Church Isn’t God’s View of Church?” introduces readers to the unique journey awaiting them inside the pages of Bob Roberts Jr.’s Lessons from the East. Christians who are discontent with church as usual, will have their eyes opened to a never before Read More

Silencing the Noise

James Cleveland Owens, better known to the world as Jesse, sky-rocketed to fame via the 1936 Berlin Olympics, winning four gold medals while simultaneously tying a world record, setting a world and also three Olympic records.  It would be forty-eight years before another track and field Olympian, American Carl Lewis, matched Jesse’s feat. Even before Read More