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Preaching, Prevailing, and Seeking
By LeRoy Lawson The Collected Sermons of Fred B. Craddock Fred B. Craddock Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2011 When You Come Home: The True Love Story of a Soldier’s Heroism and His Wife’s...
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Pondering Religion, the Bible, and How to Grow a Church
By LeRoy Lawson Roadside Religion: In Search of the Sacred, the Strange, and the Substance of Faith Timothy Beal Boston: Beacon Press, 2005 The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of...
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Shakespeare, Steve, Science, and Scripture
By LeRoy Lawson Shakespeare: The World as Stage Bill Bryson New York: HarperCollins, 2007 (Audible.com version) Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson New York: Simon and Schuster, 2011 The Language of Science...
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Africa and Afghanistan, Ethics and Unity
By LeRoy Lawson Say You’re One of Them Uwem Akpan New York: Little Brown and Company, 2008 The Places in Between Rory Stewart Orlando: Harvest Original/Harcourt, 2004 Just Ministry: Professional Ethics...
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Missionary Books, Missionary Enterprise, and Workings of the Mind
By LeRoy Lawson The Jesus Documents (The Missiology of Alan R. Tippett Series) Alan R. Tippett (Shawn Redford, editor) Pasadena: William Carey Library, 2012 River of God: An Introduction to World...
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Choosing to Love, Discovering the Enemy
By LeRoy Lawson I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity Izzeldin Abuelaish London: Bloomsbury, 2010 Son of Hamas Mosab Hassan Yousef, with Ron Brackin Carol...
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Leadership Proverbs and Models of Change
The Leadership Wisdom of Solomon: 28 Essential Strategies for Leading with Integrity Pat Williams with Jim Denney Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 2010 Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard...
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Failing, Fathering, and Falling Toward Maturity
By LeRoy Lawson The Damnation of Theron Ware Harold Frederic Various editions; first published in 1896 Gilead Marilynne Robinson New York: Picador, 2004 Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two...
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Shared Secrets for Ministers, Useful Advice for Elders
By LeRoy Lawson Open Secrets: A Memoir of Faith and Discovery Richard Lischer New York: Broadway Books, 2001 Answer His Call (2009) Reflect His Character (2009) Lead His Church (2010) Enjoy His...
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Churches, Brains, and Change
By LeRoy Lawson Messy: God Likes It that Way A. J. Swoboda Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2012 Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships Daniel Goleman New York: Bantam Books,...
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From Three of My Favorite Female Authors
By LeRoy Lawson Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson Boston and New York: Mariner Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), 2009, 2010 An Altar in...
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From the Trivial (but Interesting) to the Eternal (and Compelling)
By LeRoy Lawson At Home: A Short History of Private Life Bill Bryson New York: Doubleday, 2010 The Divine Embrace: Recovering the Passionate Spiritual Life Robert E. Webber Grand Rapids: Baker Books,...
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40 Under 40: Amy Hanson
AMY HANSON Speaker, writer, and consultant When I first heard about Amy Hanson, I had to ask twice to be certain my unreliable hearing hadn’t deceived me. She’s the 50s-plus ministry director? At the...
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A Conversation with LeRoy Lawson
Meet Our Contributing Editors: In this, the second of our series of interviews with CHRISTIAN STANDARD’s contributing editors, an elder statesman talks about—and speaks to—the young leaders our...
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Stymied by Stuff
By Mark A. Taylor Just as most Americans don’t think they’re wealthy, most American Christians don’t think affluence has affected their faith. And American church workers likewise don’t see how money...
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Love Story, Leadership Principles, and the Faith of a Scientist
By LeRoy Lawson Joni & Ken: An Untold Love Story Ken and Joni Eareckson Tada Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013 On Point: Four Steps to Better Life Teams Del Harris Charleston: Advantage Media Group,...
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Your Church Is Like a Family
By LeRoy Lawson Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue Edwin H. Friedman New York: The Guilford Press, 1985 A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix Edwin H....
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Five ‘Must-Read’ Books for Ministry
By LeRoy Lawson Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth Richard J. Foster New York: HarperOne, originally published in 1978 In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership...
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Books I Enjoyed about Subjects I Don’t
By LeRoy Lawson Fermat’s Last Theorem Simon Singh London: Fourth Estate, 2002 Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory Edward J. Larson New York: The Modern Library, 2006 Massive:...
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Questions, Answers, Death, and Life
By LeRoy Lawson Honest Questions, Honest Answers: How to Engage in Compelling Conversations about Your Christian Faith David Faust Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 2012 Cheating Death: The Doctors and...
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