Category: Books

• LETTERS AND PAPERS

  Yesterday I finished reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Letters and Papers from Prison.  I had read selections in the past, but never had I read the whole book.  My methodology was steady.  I began reading it back in February and I read small snippets every day as a part of my regular devotion plan.  That is why…

  Jamie Greening

  May 23, 2012

  All, Books, Church, Culture

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Eberhard Bethge, Eric Metaxas, Finkenwalde, Letters and Papers from Prison, Nazi’s

• BOOK REVIEW OF “MOVE”–BUT ONLY THE FIRST PART

  I am reading through the new Willow Creek book Move with our ministry staff.  Yesterday we had coffee at a local bakery and talked about the first part of the book.  It is divided into three sections.   [UPDATE–TO check out Pastor Kendall’s take on the same book and the same discussion click to her…

  Jamie Greening

  May 15, 2012

  All, Books, Church

  Bill Hybels, Christ-centered, church, Jesus, Move, REVEAL, spiritual health, Willow Creek

• TURN THE PAGE

  This week I wrote the last words to my new novel about Pastor Butch Gregory and sent it to a couple of folks to proofread and also to a friend for his opinion.  The most important reader, Mrs. Greenbean, already read it and said she loved it.  So, to me it is already a success. …

  Jamie Greening

  April 27, 2012

  All, Books, Writing

  Biblcial Archaeology Review, Bill Hybels, Captain Picard, Ian Fleming, nelson searcy, Novel, Tim Keller, Wayne Cordeiro

• GREENBEAN’S 2011 FAVES #5: HOLMES, I PRESUME

  As promised, I have posted the top five hits of 2011 in terms of views, now I am posting my personal favorite top five blogs from 2011.  This is very hard because, deep down, I love them all.  However, some are better than others.  I start with this one about Sherlock Holmes.  It is on…

  Jamie Greening

  January 1, 2012

  Books, Culture, Writing

  Arthur Conan Doyle, conspiracy, flashbacks, Moriarty, mormons, Sherlock Holmes, Writing