[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] In today’s world creativity is a higher and higher value in almost any enterprise. In business, […]
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Chris Seay discusses his most recent book, The Gospel According to Jesus: The Faith that Restores all Things, in this recent Faith Conversations interview. Many people have rejected Christianity, says Seay, for things that Christianity isn’t even about. “Righteousness” is a word used all the time in Christian circles, and many think it means some
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When I went through the mail today I found and opened a box and was surprised and delighted to find six copies of my book I Want to Believe: Finding Your Way in an Age of Many Faiths in a brand new German translation. I didn’t even know a German publisher had picked up on
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[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] How can we know when a God-given opportunity is opening up before us? Here are some
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Not a good idea to pursue wisdom via bumper stickers. But then again, if you just need to smile today… (thanks to Michael Duduit). 1. Save the whales. Collect the whole set. 2. A day without sunshine is like night. 3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. 4. Half the
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I find Steven Johnson interesting. He looks at science, culture, and history from a particular perspective, wanting to figure out how really great ideas develop. (This is not a spiritual or religious perspective.) He’s been talking recently about how the connectedness we have today through new forms of communication is a great opportunity for partial
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Let’s just be straightforward about it: Rob Bell’s newly released book Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived is controversial, provocative, and potentially divisive. Controversial? Of course, the topic is! Provocative? Of course, he states that he means to challenge widely-held assumptions. Divisive? Only if we
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[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] You may have heard an aphorism that goes something like this: some people go through life
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In the second half of this interview, Eugene Peterson continues his discussion of his newest book The Pastor: A Memoir, released February 22. In the book, he talks about the biggest challenge that spiritual leaders face…as pastors, he says, it’s easy to substitute talking about God for paying attention to God. There’s a dangerous split between
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In part 1 of this interview, Eugene Peterson discusses his newest book, The Pastor: A Memoir. He talks about the impact a pastor had on his life at a young age and how that experience shaped his desire to go into vocational ministry. You don’t get to choose your congregation, he says of his first
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[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] Every leader at some point or another will be challenged by someone who asks: “what right
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In part 2 of this interview, Philip Yancey continues a discussion on his recent book What Good is God?: In Search of a Faith that Matters. He mentions speaking at a gathering of professional sex workers. He was brought face to face with stories of people at the bottom, who are disowned from their families and
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In part 2 of this interview, Tim Keller continues his discussion of his newest book, King’s Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus. The book shows what the gospel of Mark tells us about the life of Jesus, and how it attracts people to Christ. Because Mark is the shortest gospel, he
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In part 1 of this interview, Tim Keller discusses his most recent books, including King’s Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus. Keller gives an overview of his experience in ministry within the diverse religious landscape of New York City. While you can’t generalize diverse needs and viewpoints, he talks about some
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[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] Discernment is the ability to distinguish true and false versions of reality. Discernment is clear perception,
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