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 [...]
Category Archives: Book Reviews
200 Pomegranates and an Audience of One by Shawn Wood
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 [...]
Book Review: Unfashionable by Tullian Tchividjian
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 [...]
Flickering Pixels by Shane Hipps
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 [...]
Put Your Dream to the Test by John C. Maxwell
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 [...]
My Reading List for 2008
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 [...]
Book Review: Chazown by Craig Groeschel
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 [...]
No More Mondays: Is Your Work Your Calling?
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 [...]
