Okay, McKinely, you get the award for the most faithful blogging pastor.  While everyone else either rejoices or mourns trivial matters like the election, you offer book plugs for the pastor who wants to evangelize and a swift kick for those of us anti-social hermits who hide in our studies refusing to meet with other pastors.

Brother, I'll take your "get out the pastor" challenge.  Good counsel.

And thanks for the plug on The Pastor Evangelist.  It's in my stack of things to read on evangelism this year, and you've just moved it up a notch or two.  Actaully, you've just moved it up to the top of my "next" list, but I didn't want your massive influence to undermine your deep sense of humility.  Just trying to serve you, brother.

You mentioned C. John Miller as one of the contributors in The Pastor Evangelist.  This morning I finished reading his A Faith Worth Sharing: A Lifetime of Conversations About Christ (P&R).  It's something of a biography told through the lense of evangelistic conversations--failures and successes--he had over his Christian life.  It was like eavesdropping on restaurant conversations... filing away the juicy and helpful bits.  Good stuff for others who want a friendly, encouraging, easy and quick read.