Book: Balancing life’s demands

Book: Balancing life’s demandsJ. Grant Howard makes the case that the very notion of "priorities" is the wrong one: under God, we have a number of areas of responsibility, each tied to a particular relationship. We need to organise our life not based on which thing is the most important, but rather on making sure …

Book: Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God

Book: Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God A theology book, written by a prominent Charismatic theologian isn’t the kind of thing I usually find myself reading through, but I found it a useful book nonetheless. I found that I agreed with much of what he had to say, in spite of evangelical prejudices …

Book: Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design

Book: Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design This has been sitting on my shelf for a long while, and while it’s mostly illustrations, the text – a history of instructional design (think instruction booklet, not training courses) – was one of those “I’d never thought about this before” fields. A range of ideas, and …

Book: Islam in our backyard: a novel argument

Book: Islam in our backyard: a novel argument After an evening where we looked at the beliefs of a range of faiths, I realised how poor my knowledge was in this area, so I grabbed this book to help deepen my understanding of both Islam, and of how Evangelical Christians understand Islam. This book certainly …

Book: Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Book: Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Malcom Gladwell has written a book that feels like a long magazine article. Covering a wide range of research that’s been done on the “gut-feel” decisions that we make without even being aware of them. An enjoyable read, challenging the reader to consider their own instinctive …

Book: Keep It Simple Guide to Photography

Book: KISS Guide to Photography (Keep It Simple Series) – to help me better understand SLR photography, and photography in general, I grabbed this from a second-hand bookshop. Rather out of date with regard to digital cameras – as you’d expect from a book of its age, it is still packed with good ideas, and …