:\\ Reading
The Dream of Rome
Boris Johnson
After hearing many people recommend this book,
I succumbed and bought my own copy. I wasn't disappointed. Having
read history at university I am well aware of how history books
can have the tendency of loosing the reader's attention and
end up getting bogged down in historical detail, so much so
that the reader barely gets past page 1. However, Johnson has
the knack of making the contents of the book come alive and
engage with you as you read, in such a way that it's difficult
to put the book down. It all makes for a great and lively read
on the Roman Empire, its successes and failures.
Can Man Live Without God
Dr Ravi Zacharias
This was the first book by Zacharias I had read....and
it won't be the last! Written by someone who obviously understands
the subject matter on which he writes, Zacharias puts forward
a compelling apologetic response on the Christian faith in the
face of post-modern thought. A modern Mere Christianity
perhaps?
Futurewise: six faces of global change
Dr Patrick Dixon,
A truly fascinating and insightful book. Dr Patrick Dixon has
been called Europe’s leading futurologist and is sought
the world over by major corporations and governments. In this
book he looks at the six faces of global change: fast, urban,
tribal, universal, radical and ethical. If, like me, you wish
to make a meaningful different and be a key influencer in the
future, this is a must-read.
The Tipping Point - How little things can make a big difference
Macolm Gladwell
Gladwell, a staff writer for the New Yorker, very
ably analyses and researches the 'tipping point' - that point
in time when ideas and social trends cross a certain threshold
and become full blown 'epidemics'. The kind of people who are
needed to create the 'buzz' about an idea and the factors that
are required for this to occur make up the core of what this
book seeks to explore. Superbly written, using everyday life
examples, it's a book not to be missed.
Culture Changers - How to be an agent of change
Matt Bird with Row Bazlinton
If you're the type of person who really desires to see the
Church involved in every aspect of life, making a meaningful
contribution to the life of others, then this book would be
well worth a read. It asks the crucial question that if there
are 168 hours in a week and we sleep for 8 hours each night,
leaving us with 112 waking hours....what precisely do we do
with them?! Making the suggestion that we could apportion our
time into the spheres of household, workplace, neighbourhood
and congregation, Matt helps us to explore what's involved in
'changing our glasses' and seeing the world in which we live
from God's perspective.
High Tech/High Touch: technology & our search for meaning
John Naisbitt with Nana Naisbitt and Douglas Philips
The main theme of this book is how changes in technology are
affecting our culture and humanity. In a very lucid manner the
authors set out and detail what they term the 'Symptoms of High
Tech Intoxication' (such as our favour of the quick fix, from
religion to nutritio; our fear and worship of technology; living
our lives distanced and distracted). From a perspective of understanding
'high tech' to be all things cyber, networked, digital and 'high
touch' to be embracing that which acknowledges all that is greater
than us, this book emerges as a human lens. A lens which urges
and directs us to embrace technology that preserves our humanness
and reject technology that intrudes upon it.
How Now Shall We Live?
Charles W. Colson, Nancy Pearcey
As a former high-flying lawyer and White House aide to President
Nixon, Charles Colson was implicated in the Watergate scandal
and spent time in prison as a result. In this helpful book,
Colson (and his co-author Nancy Pearcey) look at and study how
the Christian worldview differs from that of post-modern culture.
The book's content is supported by extensive research and well
compiled background investigation. The recommended reading list
at the back of book is worth the price of the book if nothing
else!
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