Monthly Archives: March 2011

Finding Our Way Again: the return of the ancient practice by Brian McLaren

Brian McLaren’s book is a plea for a return to spiritual practices. For him, they are ‘about life, about training ourselves to become the kinds of people who have eyes and actually see, who have ears and actually hear, and … Continue reading

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The Making of Modern Australia by William McInnes

The book of the TV series, or rather the book inspired by the TV series, McInnes has used the same source material to craft his own take. There are some of the same stories as the TV, sometimes gone into … Continue reading

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What Would Jesus Deconstruct? By John. D. Caputo

The title of this book is a spin on the popular ‘What Would Jesus Do?’ movement, a movement that Caputo has little time for. It’s not that simple – what is the specifically Jesus like thing that we are called … Continue reading

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Bonhoeffer – Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas

This is a large volume telling the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor executed on Hitler’s orders a few days before the end of WWII. This book annoyed me. Although written in a style that leads the reader on, … Continue reading

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