Comments on vinceantonucci.com: Survey Saturday!!!

Wide Open Spaces by Jim Palmer. I hated some chapt...

2008-05-06T18:20:00.000-04:00

Wide Open Spaces by Jim Palmer.

I hated some chapters but the others allowed me to see the church and religion from a different angle.

Abraham Lincoln, a Man of Faith and Courage: Stori...

2008-05-04T21:20:00.000-04:00

Abraham Lincoln, a Man of Faith and Courage: Stories of Our Most Admired President by Joe Wheeler

I've been reading so many stinkin' great books on how to "do" church and how to grow as a leader but I saw this book in the store and had to buy it and I've been devouring it in the past couple of weeks.

"Simple Church" by Thom Rainer & Eric GeigerI've a...

2008-05-03T23:04:00.000-04:00

"Simple Church" by Thom Rainer & Eric Geiger

I've applied so many of the theories to church, my workplace, and my husband's start-up... how many books can you say that about!?

And of course, "I became a Christian and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" by Vince.

It's giving me courage to be weird and, hopefully, in the process share Jesus with others first-hand.

Forgot to say why I thought "Lousy T-shirt" was su...

2008-05-03T22:12:00.000-04:00

Forgot to say why I thought "Lousy T-shirt" was such a great book.... I now know that there are at least 2 other people that have actually seen "Koyaanisqatsi" besides me! There's also "Powaqqatsi - life in transition", and soon to be released, "Naqoyqatsi - life as war". Yeah, I'm a nerd.

"Simple Church" by Thom Rainer, "Lousy t-shirt" by...

2008-05-03T20:33:00.000-04:00

"Simple Church" by Thom Rainer, "Lousy t-shirt" by Vince Antonucci, "Comedy Thesaurus" by Judy Brown, "Duma Key" by Stephen King, and "Letters from a Nut" by Ted L. Nancy (aka Jerry Seinfeld). I like some variety in my library.

Ok...I must admit I've only browsed through it (my...

2008-05-03T20:06:00.000-04:00

Ok...I must admit I've only browsed through it (my wife is reading it and won't let me have it 'cause she can't put it down)...but The Tangible Kingdom by Hugh Halter looks amazing!

Simple Church - Thom RainerInsightful, practical, ...

2008-05-03T18:45:00.000-04:00

Simple Church - Thom Rainer

Insightful, practical, with statistics to back up the claims. One of the best how to do church books on the market.

Big Chris
Because I said so blog

I just read a not so new book by Brennan Manning c...

2008-05-03T18:38:00.000-04:00

I just read a not so new book by Brennan Manning called Abbas Child. Very good book...highly recommend it.

It is a book that exposes the reasons why so many Christians don't mature and become the radical followers of Christ we were designed to become.

Read it! It is good.

I just read two great books-"The Shack" by William...

2008-05-03T16:08:00.000-04:00

I just read two great books-

"The Shack" by William P. Young

"Chasing Francis" by Ian Morgan Cron

I also read "Lousy t-shirt and it wsa great as well. I will probably read it again.

Bake

okay, thanks guys, but i REALLY wasn't fishing for...

2008-05-03T15:57:00.000-04:00

okay, thanks guys, but i REALLY wasn't fishing for compliments. i'm constantly reading and always looking for suggestions.

by the way: i'm gonna mention this in a post next week, but "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan is a MUST read.

Ditto, Kevin.

2008-05-03T12:07:00.000-04:00

Ditto, Kevin.

I've got three* The Reason for God--Tim KellerHe'...

2008-05-03T12:04:00.000-04:00

I've got three
* The Reason for God--Tim Keller
He's just going through the basics, but does such a good job of answering the questions of skeptics.
* the Multiplying Church--Bob Roberts.
Practical yet forward looking. He's taking us to a different level of thinking about starting churches.
* Lousy T-shirt--V.A. Barackas
simple, funny, moving, dagger in the heart moments, and most importantly...usable. I can use this book with anyone. It's easy to pass on.

I agree with both guys - "Lousy T-shirt" is the be...

2008-05-03T11:34:00.000-04:00

I agree with both guys - "Lousy T-shirt" is the best book I've read in years. "Pop" is a great read.

Books I've read this year that I'd recommend would include: "The Go-Giver" - "You don't need a title to be a leader" - "leadership and self-deception" - "dear church" - "the organic god" - I've read a few others that I wouldn't necessarily recommend

"Lousy t-shirt book" by well, you. Before you say...

2008-05-03T10:54:00.000-04:00

"Lousy t-shirt book" by well, you. Before you say, "Aw shucks, I wasn't fishing for compliments", let me tell you why I say this.
Someone recently pointed out to me that was an encourager -- a "Barnabas" to use his words. While that's not something that comes to mind when asked to described myself, I suppose I do seek out ways to lift people up. The problem is, I always know what I want to convey, but so often what's on my heart loses so much in translation when it comes out of my mouth.
In the past few days, I have e-mailed passages from your book to several of my friends. Here are a couple of comments:
("God is twenty-one"): WOW, thank you. What a great day this will be! We truly appreciate these encouraging words. God is good to us and faithful regardless of who we are but just because we are his, we have his outpouring love daily. This sounds like a great book!"
("Teddy Bear from the attic"): "I printed out the teddy bear email you sent me to read. Thank you. I needed that. I can relate to every single word of it. I am going to get that book right now."
Not only could I relate to just about every story in this book, it has given me the nudge I needed to give voice to my own stories so that I might share on a very personal level how love and grace continues to transform me daily, even when I make a mess of things. I ordered a case of these books from Baker. When I've given them all away, I'll order another one!

"Pop Goes the Church" by Tim Stevens.

2008-05-03T09:58:00.000-04:00

"Pop Goes the Church" by Tim Stevens.