Leading With a Limp

Leadership is on my mind in a big way these days. I seem to have been called into a place of unsought leadership, and I’m making my way cautiously, carefully, reluctant, and willing to embrace whatever comes. The book at my side just now is Dan Allender’s Leading With a Limp. Dan [...]

The Subtle Knife

I didn’t laugh as much as I plowed through this one.
I mentioned that I laughed a bit during The Golden Compass because it was so obvious what Philip Pullman was up to according to quantum physics and the  psychology of Jung, James Hillman and Thomas Moore.  In The Subtle Knife, Pullman gains steam and begins [...]

The Golden Compass

When Amy and I went to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last week, there as a very cool trailer for a movie coming out in December called The Golden Compass. Based on a book by Philip Pullman, this is a story that has been on the edges of my [...]

Up to Speed with Harry Potter

I just finished Harry Potter #6 (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) after finally finishing Harry Potter #5 (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.)   Amy told me I needed to finish the sixth book before we go to the movie tomorrow in case I were to overhear some plot spoiler, even though [...]

Integrity, The Wake

Here’s a results-oriented book for you: Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality, by Dr. Henry Cloud. Henry Cloud is a name I’ve heard a couple of times before from friends at Willow, but I’ve never read one of his books. He’s a clinical psychologist who many people know as [...]

Willow Creek, Dawkins, and Cloud

Last Tuesday morning, I flew back to Chicago to teach and perform at the Willow Creek Arts Conference.  After a dip in last year’s attendance, this year’s conference attracted around 5000 from around the country, all of them involved in various ministries in their local churches.  Musicians, actors, writers, dancers, technicians, and many of the [...]