Mild at heart
In my daily round of the internet news outposts this morning, I couldn't help noticing this review in the UK Times about Wild at Heart, the latest book to take churches in the US by storm, a book that encourages men to “recover their masculine soul”. Or, to quote from the website, “This is a message about the recovery and release of a man's heart, his passions, which he has been given by God.”
If you're anything like my (admittedly fairly cynical) self, then your alarm bells will be ringing at any book that has proven to be a runaway hit after being out for three months. Is it popular because it is truly advocating a godly lifestyle that involves hard work and dedication to the kingdom of God, or because it's touting a solution that gives an easy and popular solution to life troubles? I know my alarm bells certainly don't stop ringing when I read that there's already a Wild at Heart Field Manual available. Oh, and a Wild at Heart: A Band of Brothers Video Series. Not to mention the Wild at Heart Boot Camp Retreats.
I'll reserve my full judgement until I've read a copy for myself, but these two reviews don't give me too much more confidence. There's just something not quite right when the first chapter of a book based on God's Word quotes a proverb out of context.