Six weeks ago my friend Dave Gibbons told me he has a new book coming out. I immediately asked for a copy because Dave ALWAYS has a unique insight worth hearing. Honestly, I didn’t even know what the book was about, but I still wanted to read it!
So he sent me an early copy of Small Cloud Rising: How Creatives, Dreamers, Poets, and Misfits are Awakening the Ancient Future Church
Dave Gibbons writes, “I don’t believe we’re necessarily supposed to reject or transform culture. Our calling is to wisely flow with culture, guarding our hearts and minds, artfully engaging the world.”
So begins a book that will make you stop and think at every page. XEALOTS: Defying the Gravity of Normality is that kind of book. It’s for those of us who are different and see the world through alternative lenses. Which, really, is all of us. It’s a book that celebrates the dreamers, the geniuses, the creative types and the entrepreneurs. Which again, is basically all of us if …
Sometimes the most interesting relationships are formed by accident. And those serendipitous connections often lead to the most fascinating insights. Such is the case last week when D’Aun and I met Pete Greig.
It began with a lunch date with our friend Dave Gibbons. Before we met, Dave texted me and asked if it would be okay to invite Pete Greig and his friend Bob Jobes. Um, sure … sounds good.
Turns out that Pete and I had mutual friends (Byron and Lisa Borden, two of my classmates from Westmont). Also, Pete and his wife Sammie lived about two miles …
Three more book reviews …
Hovering in the middle of the New York Times Bestsellers List is Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff. I was hesitant to read this book because Cleopatra isn’t exactly an unstudied personality. More has probably been written about her than any woman of the ancient world. But the reviews were so good that I gave it a try. I’m glad I did. Schiff has sorted through a lot of the misinformation about Cleopatra, whose history was mostly written by her detractors. One of the interesting threads of the book is how the cultural and gender …
