My Review of "Misfit Faith"

Jason Stellman's Misfit Faith: Confessions of a Drunk Ex-Pastor is not nearly the book I expected.  It's so much better!  Amazing, even.

Misfit Faith is Stellman's account of his own faith journey -- he begins the book as a Presbyterian pastor, but he became a Roman Catholic.  So I expected the book to be filled, at that point, with a Catholic apologetic.  There's nothing here about Peter as the first pope, or any criticism of Protestant theological principles.

As soon as I read Stellman beginning to flirt with universalism, this book took an entirely different frame. 

Misfit Fit is a thoughtful theological reflection on one life, a reflection that will echo certain features of so many other lives.  I know it did mine.

I received a free copy of this book as part of the Blogging for Books program in exchange for my honest review here.

My Review of "Everything You Wanted to Know about God (but were afraid to ask)"

Eric Metaxas' Everything You Always Wanted to Know about God (but Were Afraid to Ask) is a theologically dense, yet hilariously rich, look at the Christian faith.  Metaxas tackles a number of questions with a real writer's gift in just over 200 pages:   Is there proof that the person we know as Jesus really did exist?  Did this same Jesus really rise in bodily form from the grave?  Is the Devil a real person?  Did God create Evil?  And, is Neptune a Christian planet?

This is the book to give believers and skeptics alike.

I received a free copy of this book as part of the Blogging for Books program in exchange for my honest review here.

My Review of "Talking with God"

Adam Weber's Talking with God:  What to Say When You Don't Know How to Pray is an amazing book -- really more a conversation partner -- in exploring the depths of Christian praying for those who aren't sure how to pray.

Weber writes with a pastoral heart, offering wisdom about the nature and practice of prayer that will bring even mature Christians to think about and practice prayer in meaningful ways.  Talking with God is a clear, accessible book about the very nature of prayer that is as refreshing (in the way that the Spirit refreshes us!) as it is insightful (in the way that the Spirit opens our hearts and minds).  This book is more than a book about prayer, though.  Because ultimately prayer -- like this book -- means little if it's not practiced.  This is a book that will help even the unsure and clearly-doubting to get started.

I received a free copy of this book as part of the Blogging for Books program in exchange for my honest review here.