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| Review of Roger Deschner's Your Ministry of Singing in the Church Choir |
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Roger Deschner (1927-1991) draws deeply from his own well of experience as music minister in Singing in the Church Choir.
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| Book Review: Hearing with the Heart |
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(June 2005) Sandy Zeigler, Director of Lay Leadership Development for the
General Board of Discipleship, reviews Debra K. Farrington's Hearing with the Heart.
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| Review of Faith and Money: Understanding Annual Giving in Church |
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| Review of Full Disclosure: Everything the Bible Says About Financial Giving |
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| Review of Peter Block's Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest |
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Barbara Miller reviews Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest by Peter Block (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., San Francisco 1993). Following her review, Miller offers some "Study Reflections."
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| Floods, Quakes, and Glaciers: The Ever-Changing Landscape of Religion |
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I would like to recommend four books that are incredibly valuable in describing, defining, interpreting, and understanding our shifting religious reality.
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| Book Review — Even Among These Rocks: A Spiritual Journey |
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Even Among These Rocks expresses Christian spirituality through the arts.
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| Culture Jam Book Review |
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Barbara Miller, Quest consultant, reviews Culture Jam: The Uncooling of America by Kalle Lasn
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Book Review and Study Guide
Holy People: A Liturgical Ecclesiology |
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The landscape of worship in churches across North America is diverse; and there is increasing confusion, conflict, and anxiety about how congregational leaders can sort through the situation.
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| The Seat of the Soul |
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What is the difference between a good book and an important book?
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| What Really Matters: Searching for Wisdom in America |
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Journalist Tony Schwartz presents a provocative survey of spiritual alternatives in What Really Matters: Searching for Wisdom in America.
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Reading Group Discussion Guide
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| Capsule Reviews |
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In "Capsule Reviews," Dan Dick reviews Mindfulness by Ellen Langer, Spirit Matters by Michael Lerner, and Leadership on the Other Side by Bill Easum.
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| Review of Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace |
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What does it take to change the world? Many people claim they want to make a difference, but what are they willing to invest to make it happen?
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| Study Guide for Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace by Bernie Glassman |
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A three-week reflection and discussion guide.
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| Review of Halfway Up the Mountain: The Error of Premature Claims to Enlightenment by Mariana Caplan |
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By what criteria do we judge the integrity of our spiritual growth and development?
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| Study Guide for Halfway Up the Mountain: The Error of Premature Claims to Enlightenment |
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We recommend that you allow five weeks for reading and discussing the book.
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| Review of The Dance of Change |
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The Dance of Change provides the practical "how to" to make learning organizations work.
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| Review of The Cluetrain Manifesto |
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There are few books that I rank as absolutely, positively must-read, but The Cluetrain Manifesto ranks among them.
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| Review of The Buck Stops Here |
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This slim book (only 48 pages) contains vitally important information for church trustees, council and board chairs, pastors, and members of the finance committee.
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| Review of A Corner of the Veil |
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This brief but powerful novel invites the reader to consider whether or not it would be to the benefit of humankind to truly be able to prove the existence of God.
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| Review of Redemption Song |
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Bertice Berry offers a tale of what it means to build a future of power and purpose on the story and heritage of an unjust past.
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| Review of The Seven Life Lessons of Chaos |
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If we embrace change as a natural — and positive —part of life, then we ally ourselves with an incredible force for growth.
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| Discussion Guide for The Seven Life Lessons of Chaos |
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| Fuzzy Future: From Society and Science to Heaven in a Chip Review and Study Guide |
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Fuzzy Future is a book about science, technology, and a vision of where the world is headed in the next few years.
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| The Marriage of Sense and Soul — Book Review and Study Guide |
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Drawing from a wide knowledge of religion, science, art, culture, philosophy, psychology, and history, Wilber offers challenging insights into the current relationship between science and religion in our day.
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| Review of Wilderness Spiritually |
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Rodney Romney takes the reader through a fascinating journey into the spiritual wilderness experience.
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| Review of The Cathedral Within |
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The Cathedral Within revolves around the basic assumption that the majority of individuals desire to make a contribution to their world.
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| Leading with Soul Review and Discussion Guide |
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In Leading with Soul, Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal cut through the superficial layers of leadership rhetoric to connect the essential nature of leadership to the heart of spirituality.
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| Review of A Force for Change |
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John P. Kotter explores characteristics of both management and leadership in the corporate world.
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| Review of Who Moved My Cheese? |
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How do people deal with change? When is change viewed as a positive thing, and when is it negative?
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| Tim Moss Reviews Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Life |
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| Review of Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit |
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Ishmael provides a laboratory for understanding paradigms and systems thinking.
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| The Intuitionist |
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Colson Whitehead offers a story that beautifully illustrates the complexity of systems thinking and paradigm shifts in a provocative and entertaining way.
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| Review of The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization |
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| Review of Living Jesus: Learning the Heart of the Gospel |
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| Review of The Wisdom of Teams |
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| Review of Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration |
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Craig Miller reviews this book by Warren Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman.
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| Review of Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration |
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Evelyn Burry, retired staff member of the General Board of Discipleship, reviewed this book by Warren Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman in 1997.
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| Book Review: Guide for Covenant Discipleship Groups |
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Steve Manskar reviews Guide for Covenant Discipleship Groups by Gayle Turner Watson.
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