by Susan Barnes | 28 Jan 2009 | Book Reviews
Brian McLaren in his book, Finding our way again : the return of the ancient practice (Thomas Nelson, 2008) employs ‘going to the gym’ as a metaphor of spiritual life. I found this a helpful way of looking at spiritual practices: reading the Bible, prayer, fasting,...
by Susan Barnes | 26 Jun 2008 | Book Reviews
Brian McLaren has written a well paced book called, Everything must change(Thomas Nelson, 2007). It is a disturbing book which exposes many of the crises facing the world today. McLaren shares his experiences from his overseas trips to paint an alarming picture of...
by Susan Barnes | 7 Nov 2006 | Book Reviews
Brian McLaren writes about Jesus’ message from the perspective of its original hearers and then explains what that means for us in the 21st century. I particularly enjoy the way he writes about the four political groups that were around in Jesus’ day and...