“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” Hardly the uplifting or encouraging words you might expect from a book that influenced my life. But Dietrich Boenhoeffer didn’t pull any punches when…
C.S. Lewis is one of my all time favorite authors. This list of 25 books that influenced my life could probably include several of his writings, but that would be unimaginative. Â So I have chosen…
Here’s a book that almost everybody I know should read. Henri Nouwen was brilliant, of course. He gave a talk on fundraising and somebody had the good sense to publish it as A Spirituality of…
Few books stand the test of time. But for over 125 years Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain has been able to entertain readers, irritate people, and force all of us to reflect on…
It was 1999 when my father gave me the book Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company by legendary Intel CEO Andrew Grove. Dad’s comment to me was,…
Junkyard Wisdom is 4-years old now. Topics have bounced from leadership ideas to wine reviews, from PathLight updates to family stories, and a wide range beyond all that. All of it has reflected my range…
When I think about the books that influenced my life, I have to think about the books that shaped my world view. As a child of the 1950’s, it would be great if I could…
The first time I read a novel or any work of fiction it’s all about the story. Who did what, where, when and why. If the story is compelling I will fly through it, eager…