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I’m Launching A Blog For Kids!

I’m back!

I hope you are all doing well. As you can tell by my lack of content here, I’ve fallen off the book reviewing wagon. Hopefully I can get back to that again in the future.

In the meantime, I have an exciting announcement. I am launching a blog with stories for kids! They will hopefully be funny, imaginative, creative… all that and more. That’s the goal at least.

If you need a resource…

The Resurrection of Gavin Stone – Movie Review

This is a surprisingly good movie. Are secular critics going to rave about how great it is? Of course not. It’s an obviously Christian movie. Christian movies are destined for a certain type of ending, especially a feel-good one with an unbeliever being the main character. Just by reading the summary of film, you can fairly accurately guess what is going to happen. But even though the overall…

Hillsong: Let Hope Rise (Movie Review)

I’ve listened to a lot of Hillsong United music, especially through my teenager years and early 20’s (which unfortunately was quite a long time ago) so I was quite excited for a chance to check out this movie. Well, the excitement didn’t last long. The movie starts at a slow pace, leaving you unsure of where it is heading. Time goes on, and, it’s still plodding, not really going anyways, not…

Jesus Called – He Wants His Church Back (Book Review)

This book sports a title that is easy to agree with, but with a title like this stating things are wrong, you might expect a lot of negativity about what a terrible state the church of today is in. But it’s a really solid, positive, uplifting read. Ray writes with a humility and grace. He makes profound, insightful statements.…

Miracles from Heaven – Movie Review

The story in this movie really sucked me in and I was moved. So I’d have to say that this movie works. I fully entered into the story. As a father to 2 young children what the family was going through felt like something I care about because having your kids go through a horrible disease is almost unthinkable. I don’t consider myself a movie buff by any stretch of the imagination but I thought…

It’s Not What You Think – Jefferson Bethke (Book Review)

This is a worthwhile read. You can learn more about the Bible, as well as God and yourself. Bethke tackles numerous different subjects (as seen in the chapter titles) that Christians have had wrong ideas about. The title of the book is an umberella for him to talk about a wide variety of subjects compliled into one book.There perhaps isn’t a lot of cohesiveness between some of the different…

Book Review – Dairy of a Jackwagon (Tim Hawkins)

Dairy of a Jackwagon is a great read if you love sarcastic humour – this book is full of it. You will also likely find this book funnier if you have seen Tim performing. If you can get a visual of Tim telling the joke and what expressions he might be using I think you’ll be more likely to find the jokes funny. I’m not overly familiar with Tim Hawkins, although I have seen many of his videos. I…

90 Minutes in Heaven – Movie Review

Fixated on the “Fixator” One would expect a movie about a person going to heaven for 90 minutes to include death. What one would probably not expect is a dark, intense movie filled mostly with horrible suffering and negativity. I can appreciate the effort to display the seriousness of Don’s injuries from a serious car crash, and it’s fine to convey to us that his injuries were very painful.…

What Keeps You Up at Night? -Pete Wilson. Book Review

A Good Read for Sleepers and Non-Sleepers Alike I expected this book to have a fairly narrow purpose, namely addressing things that worry us and how to deal with them. Being fairly young, and having had a fairly non-tumultous life thus far, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it’s just a good overall read for the believer on how to do life well – whether you’re going through a valley or not.…

Jam-cram-packed with gold. This book is so simple, yet so helpful. It’s chuck-full of useful advice for those who not only want to be a better leader, but even just a more effective, more productive, better human being. This was my first exposure to Maxwell, and I can see why he’s such a popular authority on leadership. The book is a breeze to read, and super easy to comprehend. It’s a lot of…

What makes Donald Miller such a popular author? As evidenced in this book it’s numerous things. He’s just a plain ol’ exceptionally gifted writer. He’s a master story teller. He’s raw yet graceful with his words. He comes across as an extremely down-to-earth, humble, honest guy. He’s real. What he has to say is birthed out of experience so it doesn’t feel like he’s talking down at you. He isn’t…

First of all, to me, the cover art of this book is borderline horrible. If you like it, great. If you don’t: quick open the book and start reading it anyways.

I found this book a fantastic challenge. It looks at what people’s lives who claim to love Jesus and be all about the Gospel should really look like practically. I think the message here is very much needed in our present day where there…

The Drop Box is a heart-rending documentary filled with both beauty and horror. For myself, it’s the kind of movie I’d honestly rather just not see – not because it’s poorly done or boring, it’s hard to watch because the movie is about some pretty terrible things that shake you. This is not something you watch to be entertained. It’s something to watch to help you realize again how broken this…

Classic Judah Smith

If you’re familiar with Judah’s preaching, you’ll be able to hear his voice all over this book. He writes like he talks. In this book, as in his preaching, he is extremely accessible and has a gift for sharing wisdom in a very non-academic manner. Will he may seem very simple, I think that part of his brilliance is the ability to teach in a way that anyone can understand.…

Recently, I purchased two Ubiquiti Nanostation M2’s to beam internet from my workplace to my home. It’s about a 1.1km distance, without direct line of sight.  I’m estimating there are around 7 tree tops in the way. Right now it’s winter so there aren’t leaves on the trees, but for the month or so I’ve been using these satellites, they’ve been killer. I’m so happy with their performance. At work,…

Fantastic, Practical Book

If you think reading this book on the Holy Spirit is going to be mostly unhelpful and irrelevant to your Christian life, think again. There is a lot of meat here. This isn’t a book of cute ideas and theories, it’s the real deal. I was struck by how broad a scope of topics the book covered. I think this speaks to the quality of this book – the Holy Spirit should impact…

Only Part of the Story of Grace

Vanishing Grace: What Ever Happened to the Good News?

If you’ve already read ‘What’s So Amazing About Grace’, you will have already experienced a good taste of what this book is like. It is filled with stories about Phil’s life experiences with other people, and stories and observations about the Christian church today.

There are many interesting, shocking,…