This post begins a short series on books I’m recommending for the people on your list. It will be the perfect gift-giving (or requesting) list, provided your taste in books is exactly like mine.
Category: books
why boys don’t read
Even before they could read for themselves, we read our sons compelling, important and mostly adult books in a variety of genres and styles. On the other hand, if you read one book about flatulence you’ve read them all.
the secret to innovation
Sharing God’s image allows us to explore the adjacent possibilities, creating both poetry and iPods.
the blessing of work
I’ve been reading The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Bottom, and the book itself is a joy. It’s well done literary non-fiction, an exploration of work in ten fields, everything from being an accountant to the manufacturer of cookies. I can’t begin to do justice to the literary and philosophical texture of… Continue reading the blessing of work
how to be a fake Christian
Being a Christian is not about being passionate or articulate, although of course it doesn’t exclude it. And that’s my concern about a study of fake Christians that doesn’t define what a Christian is.
the daysman 