What is pop culture? That's the one question I've always wanted to get a definitive answer to in all of my adult life. Well, I believe I have found a book that attempts to give me that answer. All God's Children & Blue Suede Shoes by Ken Myers explores the...
Book Review 44: Gray Matters by Brett McCracken
by MHill | Sep 13, 2013 | 2013 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Nonfiction
"Christians have a hard time with nuance, gray areas are not out strong suit." "Discernment is a tricky business, much more complicated than a checklist or matrix of black-and-white criteria. And it begins on the inside, with an awareness that while discernment is a...
Book Review 19: The Christian Imagination edited by Leland Ryken
by MHill | Mar 6, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Christianity & Art, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Nonfiction, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Writing
I wrote a review for Imagine by Steve Turner and said that book along with the Bible and a couple of others that every Christian who loves the arts and literature should have in their library. Well, I'm adding The Christian Imagination edited by Leland Ryken to that...
Book Review 13: Imagine by Steve Turner
by MHill | Oct 7, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Christianity & Art, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Nonfiction, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
After the Bible, I will declare that Imagine by Steve Turner has been the third most important book I've read since I became a Christian almost 10 years ago. I will include this book along with Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey and Word Pictures by Brian Godawa as the...
Book Review 12: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
by MHill | Sep 20, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Nonfiction
"One of the questions that I've been asked over and over since Blink came out is, When should we trust our instincts, and when should we consciously think things through." {pp.267} I wanted to start this review by using a quote from Malcolm Gladwell's interesting and...
Book Review 11: A Lover’s Quarrel with the Evangelical Church by Warren Cole Smith
by MHill | Aug 1, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Nonfiction
"My name is Warren and I'm a recovering evangelical." With that provocative opening, Warren Cole Smith delivers an unflinching and honest look at the Evangelical Church, in his book, "A Lover's Quarrel with the Evangelical Church." I heard about this book from World...
Book Review 7: Word Pictures by Brian Godawa
by MHill | Feb 28, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Christianity & Art, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Nonfiction, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
"Those who capture the culture not only tell their own stories but reinterpret the stories of their opponents through their own worldview. This is not necessarily dishonest; we all interpret and reinterpret history through our worldviews. Christians should tell their...