I just finished reading the book Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk. As a business person and someone who has spent a considerable amount of time reading about passion and connecting passion with your “work,” I found this book to be great. “Crush It” is…
I just finished reading 200 Pomegranates and an Audience of One: Creating a Life of Meaning and Influence by Shawn Wood. I love reading about finding your calling and purpose in life and this book was another book of that flavor. One thing that I really enjoyed was Shawn’s take on how all of the…
I just wrapped up the book, Unfashionable: Making a Difference in the World by Being Different by Tullian Tchividjian. I really enjoyed the book. It gives a great discussion of how Christians are to be “in the world but not of the world” as Jesus prayed in John 17. I really enjoyed the book and…
I just finished reading Shane Hipps, Flickering Pixels: How Using Technology Shapes Your Faith. As a geeky guy, I love technology, flat panel TVs, computers, the internet, my iPhone – pretty much anything that plugs in. While Shane is not critical of technology per se, he is critical of the adage that the medium is…
I just finished reading the Kindle version of Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions that Will Help You See It and Seize It by John C. Maxwell last week. It was a quick read and full of great quotes and anecdotes that inspired me to get things together for my “dream.” As most…
In 2008, one of my goals was to read one book a month. I have never been a big reader. In high school, I can only remember reading one book from cover to cover though many books were assigned to us. I don’t remember reading anything cover-to-cover in college either. One of the challenges that…
I was recently in a “discount” bookstore and picked up a copy of Chazown by Craig Groeschel. I listen to the Lifechurch.tv podcasts every week and really enjoy Craig and his teaching. I also learn a lot from his blog posts every day. I didn’t really know what the book was about, but I knew…
One of the books that I recently finished reading is “No More Mondays” by Dan Miller. Dan is a life coach whose purpose is helping people find the work of their dreams. This is something I have been struggling with for a long time. I never really felt like I was studying something I was…