Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter By Michael White and Tom Corcoran Reviewed by Peter DeHaan Are things not working at your church? Is your congregation aging and attendance dwindling? Are people just...
What’s Your Love Language? What is God’s? Do you know the five love languages? In his bestselling book, The Five Love Languages, Dr. Gary Chapman explains that people show love and receive love in one of five ways: through words of affirmation...
Book Review: The Church in the House a Return to Simplicity The Church in the House a Return to Simplicity By Robert Fitts (reviewed by Peter DeHaan) Robert Fitts opens The Church in the House with a mission statement for a house church. Once he...
Book Review: A Spirituality of Fundraising A Spirituality of Fundraising By Henri J. M. Nouwen (reviewed by Peter DeHaan) Based on a speech Henri Nouwen gave in 1992, this book is the eventual outcome. In it, Henri challenges us to consider the...
Mentoring Millennials: Shaping the Next Generation Mentoring Millennials: Shaping the Next Generation By Dr. Daniel Egeler (reviewed by Peter DeHaan) Mentoring Millennials: Shaping the Next Generation is ideal for anyone mentoring those in the...
Book Review: Heart Speaks to Heart Heart Speaks to Heart: Three Gospel Meditations on Jesus By Henri Nouwen (reviewed by Peter DeHaan)Heart Speaks to Heart is three prayers to Jesus from Henri Nouwen. The prayers were written in the days...
Book Review: Revolution Revolution By George Barna (reviewed by Peter DeHaan)In Revolution, Christian futurist, George Barna deftly and convincingly communicates that our world is on the leading edge of a revolution – and that virtually...
Book Review: The Ragamuffin Gospel The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out By Brennan Manning (reviewed by Peter DeHaan)This book was not written for people who have their act together, but instead for the...
Book Review: The Practicing Congregation The Practicing Congregation: Imagining a New Old Church By Diana Butler Bass (reviewed by Peter DeHaan)If you follow the media at all, you have likely heard of the demise of interest and attendance at...
Book Review: The Great Emergence The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why By Phyllis Tickle (reviewed by Peter DeHaan)The subtitle to The Great Emergence provides a concise summary of this book’s content: “How...
