This area of the web site is reserved for reviews of books that may be of interest to FaithQuest leaders.
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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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Book Reviews of Praying in the Wesleyan Spirit and The Poor and the People Called Methodists
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Book Review: A Royal "Waste" of Time: The Splendor of Worshiping God and Being Church for the World
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Book Review: Praying with Body and Soul
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Review of Peter Block's Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest
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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Book Review: The Soul of Methodism: The Class Meeting in Early New York City Methodism
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Review of Daily Life at the Time of Jesus
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Review of Climbing the Sycamore Tree: A Study on Choice and Simplicity
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The Soul of the Congregation by Thomas Frank (reviewed by Gerald Richardson)
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Floods, Quakes, and Glaciers: The Ever-Changing Landscape of Religion
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 — Stones for Bread: A Critique of Contemporary Worship
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Book Review — Even Among These Rocks: A Spiritual Journey
Even Among These Rocks expresses Christian spirituality through the arts.
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Culture Jam Book Review
Barbara Miller, Quest consultant, reviews Culture Jam: The Uncooling of America by Kalle Lasn
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Book Review
Reviving Sacred Speech: The Meaning of Liturgical Language
Reviving Sacred Speech The Meaning of liturgical Language by Gail Ramshaw probes the metaphorical depths of words for God and words about liturgical actions, time, objects, and places.
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The Seat of the Soul
What is the difference between a good book and an important book?
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What Really Matters: Searching for Wisdom in America
Journalist Tony Schwartz presents a provocative survey of spiritual alternatives in What Really Matters: Searching for Wisdom in America.
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Capsule Reviews
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
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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Review of Halfway Up the Mountain: The Error of Premature Claims to Enlightenment by Mariana Caplan
By what criteria do we judge the integrity of our spiritual growth and development?
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Review of The Dance of Change
The Dance of Change provides the practical "how to" to make learning organizations work.
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Review of The Cluetrain Manifesto
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
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
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
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
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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Tim Moss Reviews Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Life
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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
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
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
Steve Manskar reviews Guide for Covenant Discipleship Groups by Gayle Turner Watson.
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Review of Roger Deschner's Your Ministry of Singing in the Church Choir
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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