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This one has been languishing on my review pile for a while. Not from being too busy (though I have had a few mishaps in that department) or because it’s a bad book. I just had a hard time getting through it and have now given up trying. Be Last, by Jeremy Kingsley, covers a topic sorely needed. In fact, my small group at church is covering essentially the same principle, servant leadership. The tone of the book is a little preachy, but mostly in a good way. Imagine the most engaging sermon, most memorable speaker, you’ve ever heard, and that’s a lot like whatRead More →

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 Dear Andrea, Since leaving a church some months ago, I have stopped praying and reading the bible. I feel slightly guilty about this, but the feeling of freedom is much greater! For years I forced myself to do these things, because that’s just what Christians do. In fact I’m pretty sure I have read the whole bible about 15 times through in my life. Recently though, I can’t handle pressure of any kind. I have not abandoned faith – on the inside it’s as real as ever and I have this sense of sharing my life with God as it moves along – but theseRead More →