Posts Tagged ‘Books’

Christian New Year’s Resolutions

I’m tempted to write a satire called Christian New Year’s Resolutions. It would go something like this: Pray without ceasing. Ever. Don’t watch secular television. Become a physically fit Proverbs 31 woman. Read the bible every day and nothing besides it. Go to church every Sunday. Is there...

January 19th, 2011 | Essays, Featured | Read More

I Could Learn from…Scot McKnight

I could learn a few things from theologian, professor, author, blogger, and former football sportscaster, Scot McKnight. Yes, sportscaster. More on that later. I recently finished Scot’s latest book One.Life. The book is Scot’s attempt to rescue Christianity from personal piety and...

January 17th, 2011 | Books, Featured | Read More

Renting Lacy

I have been a part of Midnight outreach for four years, going into the streets late at night, reaching out to prostitutes, once or twice a month for four years. I also work for a federal grant program aimed at helping homeless and at-risk youth, most of our clients are either currently being pimped...

December 29th, 2010 | Books, Featured | Read More

Recovering Our Creativity

“All children are born artists; the trick is to remain one as you grow up.” – Pablo Picasso My most memorable creative moment happened when I was a small child of about five or six. It was a significant point in my life as an artist, but unfortunately, it’s all been pretty much downhill from...

October 28th, 2010 | Arts, Featured, Visual Arts | Read More

The Greatest of Feats

The UPS man has been coming to our door a good deal lately. I’m not sure why. Perhaps we’ve been ordering more than usual during this season as we prepare for our first home. Perhaps there has just been a confluence of gifts from friends and family as we prepare for our first child. Whatever...

October 27th, 2010 | Essays, Featured | Read More

BtB Excerpt: This Present Darkness, by Frank Peretti

(Editor’s Note: Here’s round two of our long, slow burn of a marketing campaign: my essay on Frank Peretti’s This Present Darkness. You can learn more about our book, Besides the Bible, here and here. You can buy it here.) There’s an inherent snag to writing Christian action:...

October 20th, 2010 | Books, Burnside Sells Out, Featured | Read More

We Wrote a Book.

So, remember when Dan Gibson and I did this? It was a couple summers ago. Dan and I drove from Phoenix/Tucson to Denver for the 2009 International Christian Retail Show. We went for a number of reasons, but I think we mostly went because we’d have fun doing it. Thanks primarily to the Falling...

October 13th, 2010 | Books, Burnside Sells Out, Featured | Read More

Driscoll v. Young – ROUND ONE…FIGHT!

Okay, okay…not a fight per se. More like a terse discussion. Before we go any further, I should point out that we here at Burnside are generally big fans of William P. Young (we published one of the first reviews of The Shack years ago and Mr. Young graciously joined a book project we worked...

September 3rd, 2010 | Blog, Featured | Read More

“Jesus” for Sale

(Editor’s Note: Becky Garrison is awesome. Sometimes, she sends us stuff to publish, and we feel awesome, too. This previously appeared at Killing the Buddha, which is also awesome.) God may not have appeared to Mother Theresa, but He needs to promote His book. For the uninitiated, Book Expo...

August 14th, 2010 | Essays, Featured | Read More

Penguin Inks: Judging a Book by Its Cover Art

They—the ubiquitous they—tell us not to do it, and yet we do it anyway, don’t we? We judge books by their covers. The sentiment behind the old adage surely rings with the type of truth that speaks toward enlightened thinking—not just about books, mind you, but life in general. After all,...

April 15th, 2010 | Books, Featured, Visual Arts | Read More