Aug 26, 2020 | News & Info, Alexandria DS Notes, Books
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (Bold Type Books, 2016) is a history that is most timely as people across the country are ready and even eager to learn more about a system of racial oppression that has...
Jun 17, 2020 | News & Info, Books
Here are a few recent books to consider if you want to expand your Christian discipleship by going deeper in the area of racial justice: Austin Channing Brown, I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (Convergent Books, 2018). Walter Brueggemann,...
Nov 18, 2019 | News & Info, Alexandria DS Notes, Books
TWO NEW BOOKS WORTH READING Neighboring by Jorge Acevedo (Abingdon 2019) helps us to see neighboring as a spiritual practice, something we can do every day, just like prayer and Bible reading. It provides biblical, theological, and practical guidance to help us...
Sep 19, 2019 | News & Info, Books
As I prepare to preach at this year’s District Conference, I have been delving deeply into the Book of First Corinthians. Out of the numerous commentaries I have consulted, two that I have found particularly helpful and insightful are: First Corinthians (in the...
Aug 26, 2019 | News & Info, Books
Two Books to Ponder On the recommendation of Bishop Weaver to the Cabinet, I have been re-reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life Together. There is tremendous insight and wisdom, much of which is apropos to our current circumstances, though the book was first translated...
Jul 3, 2019 | News & Info, Alexandria DS Notes, Books
Some Books to Consider I have three books that I would like to recommend for some of you this month. Andrew Root has written a thoughtful analysis of how churches can obsess with the need to be youthful, and the dangers that such an obsession poses for lifelong faith...