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Archive of posts published in the category: Reads

1984, Big Brother, The Beatitudes, the world we see.

  I recently reread George Orwell’s 1984 for our church book club. We choose it…

The End of White Christian America

  A month before the election of President Trump I read a disturbingly revelatory book:…

Hillbilly Elegy : learned helplessness

I recently finished the auspiciously published memoir Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance.  Published this year,…

Study Leave Book #4 :: 2016

  Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle. Terkel…

Study Leave Book #3 :: 2016

  Disunity in Christ by Christena Cleveland. She writes to empower church folks to not…

Study Leave Book #2 :: 2016

 Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. An important narrative to open your eyes to the isolating…

Study Leave Book #1 :: 2016

How to Read the Bible and Still be a Christian: Struggling with Divine Violence from…