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Continue reading →: A Reading Life (pt 7): Reading the Life of Christ
Just in time for Christ the King Sunday. By Joe LaGuardia A Reading Life is a blog series focused on the literature that has shaped my life and call to ministry. Find the introduction here. This, the seventh article, was published on Christ the King Sunday, November 2018. When my wife…
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Continue reading →: A Reading Life (pt 6): Second-Hand Books
By Joe LaGuardia A Reading Life is a blog series focused on the literature that has shaped my life and call to ministry. Find the introduction here. Any pastor will tell you that a part of being a minister is receiving books or book recommendations from parishioners. Most people can attest…
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Continue reading →: A Reading Life (Pt 5): The Bible
By Joe LaGuardia A Reading Life is a blog series focused on the literature that has shaped my life and call to ministry. Find the introduction here. One of the ways you can tell someone is going to be a minister or go into ministry is if, as a child,…
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Continue reading →: A Reading Life (Pt. 4): “…And the Gunslinger Followed”
By Joe LaGuardia A Reading Life is a blog series focused on the literature that has shaped my life and call to ministry. Find the introduction here. I love scary stories. My first scary story, which my mother read to me nearly every night, was The Berenstain Bears and the…
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Continue reading →: A Reading Life (pt. 3): Peretti on the Staten Island Ferry
By Joe LaGuardia A Reading Life is a blog series focused on the literature that has shaped my life and call to ministry. Find the introduction here. What ever happened to Christian fiction author Frank Peretti? Perhaps he is still writing books; but, since I haven’t looked at a Christian…
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Continue reading →: A Reading Life (pt. 2): Choose your own Adventure
By Joe LaGuardia A Reading Life is a blog series focused on the literature that has shaped my life and call in ministry. Find the introduction here. I rarely enjoy predictable endings. One of the hardest things about being a preacher is that you can’t conclude a sermon without mentioning…
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Continue reading →: A Reading Life: Books that shaped me (part 1)
By Joe LaGuardia This is the first part in a multi-part article series on my “reading life”. Enjoy! On a recent mission trip to Cuba, I spent some time reading C. S. Lewis’ memoir Surprised by Joy. Like other books by Lewis I’ve read, I found it hard to follow his…
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Continue reading →: “A Whispering Call” now available in paperback
In A Whispering Call, Joe LaGuardia explores the treasure of God’s unfolding drama of salvation from the earliest pages of Genesis to the advent of Jesus Christ. It is a celebration of scripture and a plea to take a renewed interest in the First (Old) Testament. “By way of neglect,”…
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Continue reading →: And the Church went away, grieved
By Joe LaGuardia In Mark 10, a rich young man asked Jesus how to possess eternal life. Jesus told him to follow through on the Ten Commandments. The man was religious and had a routine. He served God and made charitable contributions to society. “But there is one thing…
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Continue reading →: Unity and World Communion Sunday
By Matt Sapp The first Sunday in October is World Communion Sunday. So this Sunday at Central Baptist Church, we’ll celebrate the Lord’s Supper in worship as thousands of churches and millions of Christians all over the globe do the same. Over the years, I’ve developed a growing appreciation for…
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Rev. Dr. Joe LaGuardia
Rev. Dr. Joe LaGuardia is a pastor, writer, and chaplain residing in Florida. He is author of three books and regular contributor to Smyth & Helwys’ Formations Series. His articles have appeared in USA Today, Baptist News Global, Christian Ethics Today, TCPalm, and Rockdale Citizen.
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