5 Books for the New Year
Last year I offered five books I had read in the previous year that I recommended for the new year. If doing this two years in a row makes it a blog tradition — well , so be it! Here are five books that come with my highest recommendation: Doers of the Word: Putting Your Faith Into Practice, by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan (2009) — In this wonderful little book Archbishop Dolan offers short reflections on Christ, the Church year, the saints, the Church, the Blessed Virgin, and other topics. His short, pithy stories are a great example of his ability to explain the faith clearly...
Read MoreWhat is Web 2.0? Webinar – Footnotes and Further Reading
This afternoon I gave a short presentation to the board of the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership on Web 2.0. As promised to them, here are some links to additional resources and readings on the topics we discussed. Books The Cluetrain Manifesto by Rick Levine, et al Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson (also available as a free, unabridged audio book) Branding Faith: Why Some Churches and Nonprofits Impact Culture and Others Don’t by Phil Cooke Articles Web Squared: Web 2.0 Five Years On by Tim O’Reilly and John Battelle 3 Easy Things Anyone Can...
Read MoreFive Reading Picks for the New Year
There has been much written in the past few years about the “death of the book.” Certainly with the advent of the Kindle and new ways of conveying writing online we are changing the way we read. But I think it’s premature to write the book’s obituary yet. Instead I think we’ll see a shift in the way books are published – away from large publishing houses to smaller niches publishers. In addition, print-on-demand solutions will allow anyone to publish a book quickly and cheaply. To ensure that the book has a few more years of life, I’d like to recommend the following books that I...
Read More
As Featured On
