en-US Sun, 13 Apr 2025 14:27:40 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7469155890 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 14:27:40 -0700 /review/show/7469155890 Brian gave 4 stars to Tempered Resilience: How Leaders Are Formed in the Crucible of Change (Tempered Resilience Set) by Tod Bolsinger
]]> ReadStatus9302591192 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 21:40:03 -0700 /review/show/7484239988 Brian is currently reading One Blood: A Parting Word to the Church on Race by John M. Perkins
]]> ReadStatus9280701905 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:51:45 -0700 /review/show/7469155890 Brian is currently reading Tempered Resilience: How Leaders Are Formed in the Crucible of Change by Tod Bolsinger
]]> Review7469152966 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:49:14 -0700 /review/show/7469152966 Brian gave 3 stars to Devotions for Lent: Meditations Based on Best-Loved Hymns (Kindle Edition) by Robert J. Morgan
]]> Review7406048079 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:10:35 -0700 /review/show/7406048079 Brian gave 5 stars to Beauty Will Save the World (Paperback) by Brian Zahnd
I have wanted to read this book for some time, but glad I did at this particular moment of human, American, and church history. While I can understand some of the reviews about how the theme of beauty was not explored as explicitly or thoroughly as one might expect, the underlining premise of the book of the cross being the most beautiful image or form we have shines through even more powerfully in the current landscape. It's not as artsy of a book as I might have thought, but more theological in its exploration of beauty and the kingdom of God. I am sure I would have read this book differently when it first came out, but it offers something needed and powerful (and beautiful) to us in this cultural moment. I think it's more relevant in the American context now than when it first came out. ]]> Review7357998740 Sat, 15 Mar 2025 15:03:24 -0700 /review/show/7357998740 Brian gave 5 stars to Bold Love (Paperback) by Dan B. Allender
Not the easiest book to get through for some with Dan's metaphorical writing style and how dense it is. But it is an excellent book related to forgiveness and reconciliation in the context of injustice and difficult people. Loved the chapters on how to love an evil person, foolish person, and simpleton. ]]> ReadStatus9190555672 Sat, 15 Mar 2025 15:01:38 -0700 /review/show/7406048079 Brian is currently reading Beauty Will Save the World by Brian Zahnd
]]> ReadStatus9176910093 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 22:37:01 -0700 /review/show/7396538069 Brian has read Relaxed: Walking with the One Who Is Not Worried about a Thing by Megan Fate Marshman
]]> Review7352760894 Sat, 08 Mar 2025 20:29:19 -0800 /review/show/7352760894 Brian gave 4 stars to Reset: How to Change What's Not Working (Hardcover) by Dan Heath
]]> Review6671022610 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:43:30 -0800 /review/show/6671022610 Brian gave 4 stars to The Showman (Hardcover) by Simon Shuster
Reviews of this will vary based on interests, but the author was granted extraordinary access during an extraordinary time, allowing for a detailed portrayal. I finished the book the day after the infamous Oval Office meeting and I'm glad I read this, among other accounts, beforehand. There are a lot of people that would benefit and have their eyes opened to a lot of context and history through this account and get what I think is a pretty fair portrait of Zelensky - from his strengths to the weaknesses as well. While many can debate the costs and many of his decisions, he and Ukraine have done what no outsiders thought possible over the past few years. ]]>