by dsiverns | Jun 2, 2009 | Books
This is the third or fourth book I’ve read in recent months about the current ‘dropout issues’ the church in North America is facing. Thom Rainer wrote “Simple Church” which was read widely in ministry circles over the past few years...
by dsiverns | Apr 14, 2009 | Books, Church
Dan Kimball is one of many who have written recently about this kind of thing. He’s one of the guys who writes mostly clearly (and arguably sensibly) about the “emerging church” and what the whole movement is all about. In fact, I read his book The...
by dsiverns | Apr 1, 2009 | Books
This was number one on my ever growing reading list after it had sat on my shelf for way too long and come with high recommendations from a number of people. Bruxy writes like he preaches – informally and from the heart. (for those who don’t know, Bruxy is...
by dsiverns | Mar 31, 2009 | Music
The last song on the disc… and the one that’s taken me the longest to blog about (reformatting the computer and being sick haven’t helped…). Check out previous blog reviews of No Line on the Horizon starting here. For me, this has been one of...
by dsiverns | Mar 24, 2009 | Music
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIDGE7NJEkM&w=480&h=360&fmt=18&rel=0] This is probably one of the more striking songs off the disk. The opening is strong, and a bit confusing lyrically the first time you hear it. Check out the video from...
by dsiverns | Mar 22, 2009 | Music
To those of you who have been following this track by track review, sorry for skipping a few days. I’ve been busy this weekend and have probably broken the #1 blog rule of following through on commitments, but such is life. Enough chit-chat, on to the...