Book Reviews

  • May Reading Recap

    May Reading Recap

    This year I’ve decided to be more intentional with tracking my reading … which means I’ve started logging everything on Goodreads. I read five books in May. Here’s the list in order of when I finished them and my quick thoughts on each one: Reimagining Church as Family by Rich Griffith and JJ Jones. I really…

  • Reimagining Church as Family [book review]

    Reimagining Church as Family [book review]

    I just finished reading Reimagining Church as Family by Rich Griffith and JJ Jones, with contributions from Shelly Melia, Larry Fowler, and Kevin Jones. It’s an incredibly thoughtful and important book on ministering to and with families of all shapes and arrangements in our current culture. The authors point out that while most churches focus…

  • April Reading Recap

    April Reading Recap

    This year I’ve decided to be more intentional with tracking my reading … which means I’ve started logging everything on Goodreads. I read eight books in April. Here’s the list in order of when I finished them and my quick thoughts on each one: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. This is…

  • March Reading Recap

    March Reading Recap

    This year I’ve decided to be more intentional with tracking my reading … which means I’ve started logging everything on Goodreads. I read five books in March. Here’s the list in order of when I finished them and my quick thoughts on each one: Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care…

  • February Reading Recap

    February Reading Recap

    This year I’ve decided to be more intentional with tracking my reading … which means I’ve started logging everything on Goodreads. I read seven books in February. Here’s the list in order of when I finished them and my quick thoughts on each one: Anxious for Nothing (Young Readers Edition): Living Above Anxiety and Loneliness…

  • January Reading Recap

    January Reading Recap

    This year I’ve decided to be more intentional with tracking my reading … which means I’ve started logging everything on Goodreads. I read six books in January, a solid start to the year. Here’s the list in order of when I finished them and my quick thoughts on each one: The Tangle Box (Magic Kingdom…

  • Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation [review]

    Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation [review]

    I’ve had Christian Smith’s and Amy Adamczyk’s book, Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation, on my reading list for a while now. I’m glad I read it, but it is a very research and data focused book. It’s not a ‘how to’ manual, it’s a report on…

  • I Am in Here: The Journey of a Child with Autism Who Cannot Speak but Finds Her Voice [review]

    I Am in Here: The Journey of a Child with Autism Who Cannot Speak but Finds Her Voice [review]

    Based on a recommendation from a parent in my church, I recently read Virginia G. Breen and Elizabeth M. Bonker’s I Am in Here: The Journey of a Child with Autism Who Cannot Speak but Finds Her Voice. It’s not a book without divided opinions about it; Breen’s hope that her daughter Elizabeth’s autism can…

  • Teenagers and Mental Health: A Handbook for Parents, Pastors, and Youth Leaders [review]

    Teenagers and Mental Health: A Handbook for Parents, Pastors, and Youth Leaders [review]

    Monica Kim and Danny Kwon’s Teenagers and Mental Health: A Handbook for Parents, Pastors, and Youth Leaders is a must read for parents and youth workers. It’s a unique combination of authors; Monica Kim is a psychologist and biblical counselor with over twenty years in her profession, Danny Kwon was a full time youth pastor…

  • The Anxious Teen [review]

    The Anxious Teen [review]

    Brock Morgan’s The Anxious Teen: Ministry with Stressed and Fearful Students has actually been on my list for a while now. I bought it while I was still in the middle of my doctoral studies so I finally got to it the other week. Originally published through the Youth Cartel, it’s now part of the…