Worth Reading
What I recommend, sometimes what has been recommended to me, for the lifelong pursuit of wisdom
The Return Of The Prodigal Son
Reviewed by Susan Tiffany
The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming” by Henri J.M. Nouwen
Visitors to the magnificent Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, can drink in the pleasures of the world’s finest masterpieces. One work...
Recommended by Susan Tiffany
The Reverend Susan Tiffany recommends Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
The human mind is a wondrous thing. It helped humanity discover the surface of the moon, plumb the depths of the oceans, and design buildings that reach more than 2,000...
From The Heart Flows The Life
What we love matters. We do---by nature it seems and training--love some of the right things. But often in the wrong way, especially by excess. And very often, we love the wrong things. These generalizations about human nature are hard to...
A Severe Mercy
What is the book recommendation that will appeal immediately to the greatest number of potential readers? How about this: Once you begin reading this book, you will not be able to put it down. That was my experience, decades ago, with A...
Paul For Everyone by N.T.Wright
Getting the transformative power of the Scriptures into our lives depends in large measure in getting into them, listening to them when read and preached upon, studying them, calling them to mind, trusting their testimonies. Urging people...
About Church and The Younger Generations . . .
Sustainable Youth Ministry by Mark DeVries
Growing Young by Kara Powell, Jake Mulder, and Brad Griffin
For insights into youth ministry, Sustainable Youth Ministry is hard to beat. I reread it while reading for the first time, Growing...