I cannot recommend highly enough Mark Batterson's book In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day. The premise of the book is basically that some of the biggest obstacles in our lives, some of the most difficult situations, are opportunities for God to work in our lives in incredible ways. It's easy to read and incredibly inspiring.

Bedside Reading

At my bedside right now, there is a recent copy of Field and Stream magazine, John Burke's book No Perfect People Allowed: Creating a Come As You Are Culture in the Church, and The Lady and Sons Savannah Country Cookbook Collection by Paula Deen. What does this say about me?

Recommended Reading

I've just finished reading Lee Strobel's The Case for a Creator. It is an excellent, entry-level look at the intelligent design movement. Basically, the theory of intelligent design says that certain features of the universe, the earth, and life itself are best explained by an intelligent cause rather than an undirected process such as natural selection.

Strobel is a former atheist and was once chief legal affairs editor for the Chicago Tribune. That backgrounds forms the basis for Strobel's approach to the subject matter. Each chapter is a journalist's interview of a leading expert in a particular field within the intelligent design movement.

I would recommend this book to Christians seeking to gain greater understanding into the scientific arguments for creation. However, I would not recommend using it as a tool to give to your unbelieving friends. Use it to inform your own understanding so that you can interact with your friends about the subject.