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Engaging the Powers

Engaging the Powers

Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination
  • Author: Walter Wink
  • Review By: G. Stephen Goode
  • 7 November 2009

Engaging the Powers is an award winning book written in 1992 - Why have so few read this incredible book? Agree or disagree with Walter Wink but read this book and have the way you view the world shaken up, seriously. He is a brilliant yet humble writer. I cannot believe that I did not read this book when it came out. I had to have referrals by Chuck Colson, Rob Bell, Greg Boyd, N.T. Wright and others. He has influenced a whole lot of other leaders in the Body of Christ. Do yourself a favor and read this book. It is

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Half the Sky

Half the Sky

Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
  • Author: Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
  • Review By: G. Stephen Goode
  • 2 November 2009

Half the Sky is a powerful book about women that needs to be read and championed by men. It is written by two Pulitzer Prize winners on China who write for the New York Times. The title is taken from a Chinese proverb, "Women hold up half the sky." This book will change the way that you think about your wife, your daughters, your women neighbors and girls and women around the world and then will move you to do something. You will not be able to walk away and do nothing after reading this book.  

The authors have

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Africa Rising

Africa Rising

  • Author: Vijay Mahajan
  • Review By: G. Stephen Goode
  • 5 October 2009

Working with  NGO's, poverty and with key issues like HIV/AIDS in Africa I was so encouraged to read Africa Rising. Most of what one hears from the African continent in the press and media or the perception of Africa  is one of war, disease, pessimism, corruption and general bad news. Vijay Mahajan, the Indian author, said that this was the same,  bad /negative press that India was getting 20 years ago and now look what is happening and where India is going. In this perception, it is easy to overlook the business opportunities that are occurring. He predicts after multiple visits that

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Surprised by Hope

Surprised by Hope

Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection and the Mission of the Church
  • Author: N.T. Wright
  • Review By: G. Stephen Goode
  • 26 July 2009

I grabbed this book as I was heading for another country recently for a funeral.  I saw that it was related to death, heaven, the resurrection and hope.  It had been referred by several people to me but was I in for an unexpected read and another great one by N.T. Wright, the Bishop of Durham. 

This book is not so much about dying as it is about living. This book is not so much about death as it is about the resurrection of Jesus and his transformed body after death and what that means for us now and in the future. This

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What difference do it make?

What difference do it make?

Stories of Hope and Healing
  • Author: Ron Hall, Denver Moore and Lynn Vincent
  • Review By: G. Stephen Goode
  • 5 November 2009

This is a continuation of the book - Same Kind of Different as Me about slavery and the homeless in the 21st century and what difference has been made in the last two years upon thousands of homeless in the USA and around the world through these two incredible people. People have started to see the homeless through the eyes of God, even if they are not people of faith.  People are venturing out of their comfort zones, slowing down, stopping to talk and visit and listen and doing some small things to help and bless those living

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The Great Emergence

The Great Emergence

How Christianity is changing and why
  • Author: Phyllis Tickle
  • Review By: G. Stephen Goode
  • 12 July 2009

Phyllis Tickle is one of the spokespersons and historians for the Emerging/Emergent Church. Her premise in "the Great Emergence" is that there are major changes in Christendom that happen every 500 years and  she takes the reader through those past events and brings us to the changes that are occurring now in the Global Church, particularly in the United States.

The reader will need to be prepared to read this book with a good dictionary at hand or by googling the definition of words online. If you are a history buff and a strategic thinker, this book will be a challenge

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A Deadly Misunderstanding

A Deadly Misunderstanding

  • Author: Mark D. Siljander
  • Review By: G Stephen Goode
  • 20 December 2008

This is fascinating reading for all who are concerned about the world of Islam, Christianity, exploring ancient texts and how a bridge between people of faith is already occurring. It is an incredible journey of a politician, a man of faith facing his own questions, assumptions, prejudices regarding Islam and Christianity that have led him into the most unbelievable situations and circumstances.

A friend of mine in Washington recommended this book to me as a must read. I have to say that I do not think that I have read a more important book in the last few years

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Same Kind of Different as Me

Same Kind of Different as Me

  • Author: Ron Hall and Denver Moore
  • Review By: G. Stephen Goode
  • 14 June 2008

The front cover says, “ a modern day slave, an international art dealer, and the unlikely woman who bound them together. “

This is a powerful, fascinating story that covers the early 1950’s to mid 2000 in Louisiana and Texas about a black, sharecropper (who was really a virtual slave) who became a hobo, hopping on and living on trains and then how he lived for 30 years as a homeless man on the streets of Fort Worth, Texas. This book is about how the life of a homeless, dangerous man meeting up with a couple, Ron and Deborah and their story being

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The Powers that Be

The Powers that Be

Theology for a New Millennium
  • Author: Walter Wink
  • Review By: G. Stephen Goode
  • 12 August 2009

 

If your a business person, this book is for you. If you work with the poor, this book is for you. If you are an educator/trainer, this book is for you. If you are a pioneer, a leader, a parent or in government, this book is for you. 

Walter Wink has been on my radar screen for many years but in reading recently from N.T Wright, Greg Boyd and Rob Bell and their references to Walter Wink, I had to get this book. In 1993, Engaging the Powers  and the Powers trilogy won several awards. The powers that be are a shortened version, particularly of Engaging

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Finding Our Way Again

Finding Our Way Again

The Return of the Ancient Practices
  • Author: Brian McLaren
  • Review By: G Stephen Goode
  • 20 December 2008

This is the first book in the Ancient Practice Series and by 2010, different authors will write books that cover Prayer, Sabbath, Fasting, The Sacred Meal, The Pilgrimmage, The Liturgical Year and Tithing.

This book is about the rediscovery of Christianity as a way of life and not just a system of beliefs or putting it another way how do we find sacredness in all that we do, everyday. How do we become more spiritual and less religious? How do we tend or care for our souls or how do we strengthen our character? Brian's writing always challenges me

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