This year I’ve become a huge fan of the work of James Bryan Smith. If you follow this blog, you’ll recall that I’ve already posted two reviews on Smith’s work from his previous two volumes. The Good and Beautiful series has been refreshing and has provided a needed boost to those who are either committed…
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The Good and Beautiful Life
Some time ago I read and reviewed The Good and Beautiful God by James Bryan Smith. This first book serves as Volume 1 of Smith’s Apprentice Series on spiritual formation. Today I finished the second volume, titled, The Good and Beautiful Life. The emphasis of the first book in this series was that spiritual formation…
The Good and Beautiful God
Though much of what we have available today on the subject of spiritual formation has been written by people from antiquity, there is a rising breed that has picked up the banner and have begun to wave it riotously. Among the more notable names are Dallas Willard and Richard Foster. While they have become the…
Counting Your Blessings
In his book, The Good and Beautiful God, James Bryan Smith tells the story of a business leader who used an illustration to teach his team a valuable lesson. The leader went to the white board and drew a big, black circle. He asked his team what they saw. To the person, they replied, “A…
