Posted Sat, 07/17/2010 - 5:07pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
July 2010
Publisher:
Doubleday Religion
Mother M. Angelica established Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Birmingham, AL, in 1961. Twenty years later she founded EWTN (Eternal World Television Network). Raymond Arroyo (EWTN Newslead anchor) edited this gift book. Read more
Posted Tue, 06/29/2010 - 5:05pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
June 2010
John Shelby Spong, the retired Episcopal Bishop of Newark, is an open, scholarly, and progressive Christian theologian who wrote 20 books and has gave lectures. (For his books I’ve reviewed, click on his name.) This and book 361 were gifts from the same friend. Read more
Posted Wed, 05/19/2010 - 6:35pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
April 2010
Publisher:
HarperOne; Reprint edition
Peter J. Gomes is Plummer Professor of Religion and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church at Harvard. An American Baptist, he one of our foremost preachers, a top national media resource, and a frequent preacher and lecturer here and abroad. This was a gift book. Read more
Posted Tue, 04/20/2010 - 2:58pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
April 2010
Publisher:
Sounds True, Incorporated
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was one of the most influential American spiritual writers and social activists of the 20th century. His autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain (book 94) sold more than one million copies. He wrote many books, poems and articles on topics ranging from monastic spirituality to civil rights, nonviolent action, and the nuclear arms race. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.) Read more
Posted Sat, 02/20/2010 - 5:03pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
February 2010
David Kinnamon is president of The Barna Group. It provides research for spiritual transformation. He and George Barna report at www.barna.org. Gabe Lyons founded Fermi Project and Q, which educates Christians on their responsibility to renew culture. Read more
Posted Tue, 02/02/2010 - 3:20pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
January 2010
Garry Wills studied for the priesthood, took his doctorate in the classics, and taught ancient and New Testament Greek at John Hopkins University. I’ve also read his bestsellers What Jesus Meant (book 209) and What Paul Meant (book 210). Book 338 was a Christmas gift. Read more
Posted Fri, 11/20/2009 - 5:58pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
November 2009
John Shelby Spong, former Episcopal Bishop of Newark, is a leading spokesmen for progressive Christianity who was featured on 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, and FOX News. Gift book 330 is based on his lectures at Harvard. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.) Read more
Posted Sat, 09/19/2009 - 12:05pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
September 2009
Publisher:
InnisFree Press
Rev. Dr. Ted Loder was senior minister of Philadelphia’s First United Methodist Church for 38 years, is a political activist in the causes of social justice, and has written several books centered on prayer or derived from his sermons. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.) Read more
Posted Wed, 09/16/2009 - 11:09am by fred
Date Fred Read:
September 2009
Publisher:
Thomas Nelson; Later Printing edition
Donald Miller, a bestselling American author and public speaker, lives in Portland, OR. He focuses on Christian spirituality. Despite its subtitle, this book is about his journey to his views of Christian spirituality. My church’s Roundtable group discussed this book at four monthly meetings in Fall 2009. Read more
Posted Sun, 08/23/2009 - 5:23pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
August 2009
Publisher:
Fortress Press
Jurgen Moltmann is Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Tubingen in Germany. Available in English are 18 of his books and seven books have been written about him and his theology. Read more
