The Faith of Leap
By Hirsch and Frost As always the authors have given us a challenging book filled with original material as well as drawing from a number of disciplines to explain or bolster their theme. To use their own words, the “book is akin to a theology of adventure and an apologetic for risk,” and in doing […]
Hirsch and Ford, Right Here Right Now
You may have noticed that more church books are being written today on how to live the Christian life than how to grow a church. Hirsch and Fords book, Right Here Right Now is one of the best of those books. Building on Hirsch’s book, Untamed, this book focuses on how to live the Christian […]
The Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch
The book of the month is actually two books this month – The Shaping of Things To Come, Alan Hirsch and Micheal Frost, and The Forgotten Ways, Alan Hirsch. These two books are on my shelf as two of the most important books of this decade. Not that I agree with their premise, but the […]
ReJesus
By Hirsch and Frost Frost and Hirsch have provided us with several thought provoking books. ReJesus is another such book. Like all of their books this one covers a wide range of disciplines within and outside of the Christian environment. Their prime objective is to call the Christianity back to its radical center- the wild, […]
Ronald Heifetz, Leadership Without Easy Answers
Heifetz, RonaldLeadership Without Easy Answers The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1994, rates four stars. Even though it is written from a business perspective, it provides a wonderful framework in which to develop a workable understanding of ministry.
Organic Outreach
The title is misleading. When I first saw it I thought this was another book on some new kind of program to help a church reach out. A better title is Natural Faith Sharing: One to one evangelism. Harney takes the position that every person is an evangelist of some sort- baseball, football, a dress, […]