Over the past several years, ChurchMag has posted various book and music reviews. Book reviews have traditionally been posted on occasion without any kind of consistency and the music reviews have been off and on just the same—titled: Turntable.
I’ve never been interested in ChurchMag becoming some kind of music and book review site, but I am interested in reviewing media that is relevant to the ChurchMag community. This would include music of various genres—not just worship—and the books would vary from Sci-Fi to social media, as well as leadership and management. There’s even room for film and video games!
A few years ago, in the former ChurchMag Authors Guild, we discussed a creative way to do these reviews more often. I had thought of starting up a ‘Saturday Morning Book Review,’ when Chris Wilson came up with the idea of also including music and film and simply calling it the “Saturday Morning Review.”
And that’s how the Saturday Morning Review began…
The Saturday Morning Review
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Book Reviews
‘The Power of Fifty Bits’ by Bob Nease
‘The Inevitable’ by Kevin Kelly
‘Off To Be The Wizard’ by Scott Meyer
‘Peak’ by Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool.
‘Is Your Church Ready to Quit?’ by Kevin Kendricks
‘Visual Theology’ by Time Challies & Josh Byers
‘Daily Rituals’ by Mason Currey
‘Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan’ by Rick Bowers
‘Small Data’ by Martin Lindstrom
‘Nonesense’ by Jamie Holmes
‘Glory Days’ by Max Lucado
‘Smarter Faster Better’ by Charles Duhigg
‘Deep Work’ by Cal Newport
Super Sunday: Planning Easter for Your Church
The Big Fish Experience
‘Overworked and Overwhelmed’ by Scott Eblin
‘The Storyteller’s Secret’ by Carmine Gallo
‘Louder Than Words’ by Todd Henry
Blessed Assurance: The New Hymns of Fanny Crosby
‘Show Your Work!’ by Austin Kleon
#Struggles by Craig Groeschel
Right Click: Parenting Your Teenager in a Digital World
The 5 Choices – The Path to Extraordinary Productivityxx
‘One Second Ahead’ by Rasmus Hougaard
‘On Writing Well’ by William Zinsser
God Rest Ye Stressed Communicators
‘Discover Your True North’ by Bill George
Intentional Living by John Maxwell
The Media Story by Dustin Comm
A Technique for Producing Ideas by James Webb Young
‘Made to Stick’ by Chip and Dan Heath
‘Brain Savvy Leaders’ by Charles Stone
‘How I Write: The Secret Lives of Authors’
‘Set the Stage: A Manifesto for Church Stage Design’ by Jonathan Malm
‘Likeable Social Media’ by Dave Kerpen
‘Captivology’ by Ben Parr
‘The Art of Social Media’ by Guy Kawasaki & Peg Fitzpatrick
‘Do Over’ by Jon Acuff
‘The Internet is Not the Answer’ by Andrew Keen
‘The Wounded Spirit’ by Frank E. Peretti
‘Talk Like TED’ by Carmine Gallo
‘Everyone’s a Critic’ by Bill Tancer
‘Rookie Smarts’ by Liz Wiseman
‘Twitter is Not a Strategy’ by Tom Doctoroff
‘An Advent Journey Of Hope’ by Louie Giglio
‘The Wingfeather Saga’ by Andrew Peterson
‘Created for More’ by Jonathan Malm
‘The Social Media Gospel’ by Meredith Gould
‘The Social Church’ by Justin Wise
‘The Unofficial Book on Hootsuite’ by Mike Allton
‘Manage Your Day-to-Day’ by 99u
‘Ready Player One’ by Ernest Cline
‘Crazy Busy’ by Kevin DeYoung
‘It Began with a Promise of a Pencil’ by Adam Braun
‘UNBLOGGER’ by Darrell Vesterfelt
‘Early to Rise’ by Andy Traub
‘Going Social’ by Terrace Crawford
‘Quiet’ by Susan Cain
‘Viral’ by Leonard Sweet
‘A Million Random Digits’ by RAND
‘Gracenomics’ by Mike Foster
‘Addition by Adoption’ by Kevin Hendricks
‘Untitled’ by Blaine Hogan
Music Reviews
‘Soon the Sun Will Come’ by Rock Europa
‘Of Dirt and Grace’ by Hillsong United
‘An Other Kingdom’
‘Between the Pavement and the Stars’ by FIF
‘Hollyn’ by Hollyn
‘One Place to Live’ by Tasha Cobbs
‘Tuned to the Key of Praise’ by Gangai Victor
‘The Burning Edge Of Dawn’ by Andrew Peterson
‘You’re My Avalanche’ by John Mark and Sarah McMillan
‘Mighty’ by Kristene DiMarco
‘This Is Not A Test’ by TobyMac
‘Live in Focus’ by Kings Kaleidoscope
‘Mobile Orchestra’ by Owl City
‘Faithful’ by Newsong
‘Let It Be Jesus’ by Christy Nockels
‘Adonai’ by Awakening
‘Outback Worship Sessions’ by Planetshakers
‘Carry the Fire’ by WorshipMob
‘The Woven Whisper’ by Sarah Brusco
‘Lead Us Back’ by Third Day
‘I Will Follow’ by Jeremy Camp
‘Brother’ by The Brilliance
5 Christian Albums You Missed in 2014
Top 10 Christian Albums of 2014
‘We Will Not Be Shaken’ by Bethel Music
Passion: The Essential Collection
‘Neon Steeple’ by David Crowder
Music for the Pre-Winter Blues
‘Decisive’ by Dan & Chip Heath
Salt of the Sound
‘Love Ran Red’ by Chris Tomlin
‘Songs of Innocence’ by U2
‘The Undoing’ by Steffany Gretzinger
‘Anomaly’ by Lecrae
’Seek You First’ by Jordan and Kristin Rippyx
‘Engine of a Million Plots’ by Five Iron Frenzy
Lecrae’s ‘Church Clothes, Vol. 2’
‘I Was Wrong, I’m Sorry & I Love You’ by Derek Webb
‘Meet Me at the Edge of the World’ by Over The Rhine
‘Beyond the Frame’ by Andy Gullahorn
‘The Mantis and the Moon EP’ by Son of Laughter
Summer Jam Edition
‘Thrift Store Jesus’ by Heath McNease [Free Download]
‘Five Album Giveaway’ by Josh Garrels
‘The New Song’ by Gangai Victor
Gray Havens [Free Download]
‘For the Glory’ by The O.C. Supertones
‘Gravity’ by Lecrae
‘Eye On It’ by tobyMac
‘Ctrl’ by Derek Webb
Video Game Reviews
Sky Force Reloaded
Black Mesa
Pokemon Go
Downell
Terraria
Forza Horizon 2
Podcast Reviews
The Weekly Briefly Podcast
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