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How Your Church Family Works: Understanding Congregations as Emotional Systems by Peter L. Steinke
3.0
Really fast read. Recommend for church workers. I found it helpful for my context. His psychology is a little dated/armchair-y but systems theory is an vital lens to place on church structures, especially ones experiencing transition, which is most.
I would skip the case examples he offers if you work in a church and suggest only reading the analysis: you have your own cases to work off of and he offers a very limited lens on church ministry (little to no woman and queer leadership reflected in his examples of institutional heads. Very little reflection on how systems theory affects intersectional identities differently.)
I would skip the case examples he offers if you work in a church and suggest only reading the analysis: you have your own cases to work off of and he offers a very limited lens on church ministry (little to no woman and queer leadership reflected in his examples of institutional heads. Very little reflection on how systems theory affects intersectional identities differently.)
The Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen
5.0
This book gave me life when I read it. Thankful for reminders that one way we can combat burnout is to talk things out and spend time together.
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
4.0
Loved this book! A friend let me borrow for my trip to Hawaii and I finished while hiking around Oahu. Absolutely beautiful, poetic writing in the letters portion and an overall interesting take on relationships, war, and time.
We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang
4.0
We Gon’ Be Alright is a stark retelling of the Ferguson protests and early Black Lives Matter movement, mixed with fresh eyes to put the movement into a transracial lens. Grateful for the lens Chang brings.
(I recommend reading this book in close succession to Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis.)
(I recommend reading this book in close succession to Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis.)
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis
5.0
Davis stitches together the freedom movements of today with ease and specificity, revealing the power of the intersectional quilt they make up. i demain ever grateful to hear her particular voice witness to us in such timeless ways.