Tag: Books

• THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS

  What are your favorite books? Many bloggers have a single blog where they list their top 10, top 25, top 100 or 1000 books.  I’ve found that I just can’t do that because there are so many wonderful books out there that I’ve read.  I also find that my predisposition toward a book, like a…

  Jamie Greening

  May 9, 2014

  All, Bible, Books, Culture

  Books, Confessions, Homer, important books, St. Augustine, the Bible, The Iliad, The Odyssey

• THE MONSTER STORY

  “Well, that’s mostly true, and I know who and what you are and what your expertise is,” he picked his teeth with his fingernail, “But we’re not going to beat the Russians with rockets and Buck Rogers alone.  We need more.”  Then the President paused and looked away, as if suddenly saddened.  “We are going…

  Jamie Greening

  December 30, 2013

  All, Culture, Writing

  amazon.com, Books, Fiction, horror stories, literature, monster stories, political commentary, science fiction stories, short stories, stories, the 1960s, the 1970s, Writing

• 2011 GREENBEAN BLOG REVIEW #3: PREACHING WITH A KINDLE

  Of the five top hits I am re-posting, this one is the only one that feels ‘dated.’   I wrote this before the Kindle Fire came out.  The Fire, as I understand it, is more like an iPad than the older Kindle readers.  As an update, during Advent I used my iPhone ESV app for preaching. …

  Jamie Greening

  December 29, 2011

  Books, Culture, Preaching

  Amazon Kindle, bibliophile, Books, E-Reader, John 6, Kindle, preaching

• BOOK ‘EM

  I don’t know how many books are in my library.  I know I have many. Once there was a man who was doing community service at our church, but he couldn’t really do anything because of physical problems.  So, I gave him a legal pad and a pen and told him to write down every…

  Jamie Greening

  October 12, 2011

  All, Books, Church

  Audubon Society, Books, C. S. Lewis, library, Macbeth, prayer, Richard Foster