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Life and Death, Racism, and Responsibility
By LeRoy Lawson Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery Henry Marsh New York: Thomas Dunne, 2015 The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration Isabel Wilkerson...
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6 Pointers for Leaders Getting Ready to Retire
By LeRoy Lawson While admitting there is no sure-fire formula for success in succession, I have learned a few things from retiring and watching others retire. Here’s my advice. “I wanted you to do...
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Lawlessness and Poverty, Freakonomics, and Strategies for Succession
By LeRoy Lawson The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence Gary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros New York: Oxford University Press, 2014 Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores...
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Miracles, Marvels, and the Vulnerable Minister
By LeRoy Lawson The Miracle of Dunkirk Walter Lord New York: Open Road Media; for Kindle, 2012 The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon Brad Stone New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2013...
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Car Talk, Gay Marriage, and the Death Journey
By LeRoy Lawson The Reckoning David Halberstam Available via Kindle; first published in 1986 God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships Matthew Vines New York:...
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Discovery and the High Cost of Finding
By LeRoy Lawson How Dante Can Save Your Life: The Life Changing Wisdom of History’s Greatest Poem Rod Dreher New York: Regan Arts, 2015 Water to Wine: Some of My Story Brian Zahnd Spello Press, 2016...
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To Kill or to Keep an Intriguing Idea?
By LeRoy Lawson This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress John Brockman, editor New York: Harper Perennial, 2015 The Hunt for Vulcan: . . . And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a...
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Reconsidering Lawrence, Rediscovering Conversation, and Recently Recommended
By LeRoy Lawson Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East Scott Anderson New York: Anchor, 2014 Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital...
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A President, a Poet, and Prescriptions for the Church
By LeRoy Lawson Eisenhower in War and Peace Jean Edward Smith New York: Random House, 2012 For All of Us, One Today: An Inaugural Poet’s Journey Richard Blanco Boston: Beacon Press, 2013 Why Nobody...
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These Speakers Are Writers
By LeRoy Lawson Unashamed: Drop the Baggage, Pick Up Your Freedom, Fulfill Your Destiny Christine Caine Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2016 The Scent of Water: Grace for Every Kind of Broken Naomi Zacharias...
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Good Funerals & Neighbors, Troubled Times
By LeRoy Lawson The Good Funeral: Death, Grief and the Community of Care Thomas G. Long and Thomas Lynch Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2013 A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens First published in...
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Divine Encounters, Good Good-byes, Genes Seen
By LeRoy Lawson What’s in a Phrase? Pausing Where Scripture Gives You Pause Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014 A Faithful Farewell: Living Your Last Chapter with Love Marilyn...
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The Devil, the Disbeliever, and the Politicians
By LeRoy Lawson Reviving Old Scratch: Demons and the Devil for Doubters and the Disenchanted Richard Beck Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2016 Unapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still...
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Personal Dramas, Universal Issues
By LeRoy Lawson Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawked New York: Metropolitan, 2014 The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Questto Arm an America at War A. J. Jaime...
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Other Worlds, Fond Memories, and Lessons
By LeRoy Lawson The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum Grand Haven: Brilliance Audio, 2016 The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World Edward Dolnick...
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I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together
By LeRoy Lawson The time has come. Nearly 10 years ago I submitted my first “From My Bookshelf” manuscript, wondering with fear and trembling, Is this what the editor wants? Is it something Christian...
View ArticleThe Restoration Movement: Its Vitality, Quirks, and Needs in the 21st Century
Editor’s Note: Starting today, every Thursday we will post an article about the Restoration Movement from our Christian Standard archives. While some will be more recent stories, many others will be...
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These Speakers Are Writers
By LeRoy Lawson Unashamed: Drop the Baggage, Pick Up Your Freedom, Fulfill Your Destiny Christine Caine Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2016 The Scent of Water: Grace for Every Kind of Broken Naomi Zacharias...
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Divine Encounters, Good Good-byes, Genes Seen
By LeRoy Lawson What’s in a Phrase? Pausing Where Scripture Gives You Pause Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014 A Faithful Farewell: Living Your Last Chapter with Love Marilyn...
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The Devil, the Disbeliever, and the Politicians
By LeRoy Lawson Reviving Old Scratch: Demons and the Devil for Doubters and the Disenchanted Richard Beck Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2016 Unapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still...
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