Category: Books

• Decide What To Do With The Time

  This famous quote from Tolkien has been rattling around in my brain for the better part of a week. It squeezed out of my mouth in Sunday’s sermon, perhaps the last sermon for a while as we all hunker down for COVID-19 contingencies. It is one of the better sentiments on crisis one can internalize.…

  Jamie Greening

  March 18, 2020

  All, Books, Church, Culture

  Coronavirus, COVID-19, Frodo, Gandalf, time, Tolkien

• A Reading Crisis

  I would be interested to know what book you would re-read.

  Jamie Greening

  February 24, 2020

  Bible, Books

  C. S. Lewis, Quiet, reading, Reading Life, The Dark Tower, Tolkien

• Book Review : Ronan Farrow’s Catch and Kill

  Some books you read because you need to. Ronan Farrow’s Catch And Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators was for me, one of those books you just need to read. It is a very adult book with lots of foul words and graphic language wrapped around disturbing material. Farrow includes a warning…

  Jamie Greening

  November 18, 2019

  All, Books, Culture

  AMI, Catch and Kill, David Pecker, Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, Ronan Farrow, sexual abuse

• Learning To Write: ACFW 2019

  Greenbean has been taking notes this weekend at the American Christian Fiction Writers annual conference in San Antonio because he wants to be a better writer. I’ve published four books, and each one makes me a better writer. I still have a lot to learn. The last two days have highlighted how much I have…

  Jamie Greening

  September 27, 2019

  All, Books, Travel, Writing

  #ACFW2019, ACFW, Angela Hunt, Frank Peretti, Hard Rock Cafe, Impossible Burger, Writers Conference