Review: Counseling Before Marriage

Counseling Before Marriage by Everett L. Worthington Jr.
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I thoroughly enjoyed this journal. Recognising my own biases as a postmodern thinker, I have had my prejudices and apprehension about pre-marriage/pre-courtship counselling reduced significantly. My strong worldview would not have budged if the author had made ungrounded assertions.

As a seminary student preparing for marriage, it has brought up extremely useful bible-based insight as to what is to come in the days ahead. All these mixed with an enjoyable dose of what Christian psychologists have gleaned from their field and years of study/practice.

I strongly recommend this title. You'd probably have to grab a second hand copy as a brand new one is going to be really expensive!

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Review: Practicing Greatness: 7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders

Practicing Greatness: 7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders by Reggie McNeal
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Thankfully, this book was a compulsory course reading requirement and proved to be a joy to read! It made me consider wanting to purchase other titles from the same author. The book consists of some thoughts and processes that (as I observe how my new church functions), I could possibly highlight for consideration to the pastoral team. As an instinctive problem-solver, I unconsciously seek out more efficient methods and processes of my surroundings. I thought that the notion of benchmarking was brilliant, with its potential for vision, modelling and affirmation to be caught from a posture of rest from service.

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