Stop Preaching and Start Communicating goes well with the theme of the John Maxwell interview in this same issue, because it also addresses the reality that it is not enough to talk-we must find a way to speak so people listen.

Gardner C. Taylor is one of the pivotal figures of the 20th century pulpit, and this new collection of essays is a worthy and appropriate tribute to a great preacher and faithful pastor.

Can preachers learn something about communication from television? Absolutely, and TV veteran Tony Gentilucci offers practical guidance in his new book Stop Preaching and Start Communicating (Castle Quay Books). As Andy Stanley observes, the book "goes right to the heart of what it means to be an effective communicator in the 21st century."

In We Speak Because We Have First Been Spoken (Eerdmans), Asbury preaching professor Michael Pasquarello deals with the life and character of the preacher. He offers "a vision that is grounded in personal character, wisdom, judgment and discernment."

Students of the history of preaching (and of American history) will enjoy Preaching Politics (Baylor University Press) by Jerome Dean Mahaffey.

In his book Border Crossings, Rodney Clapp says, "A noted Western philosopher, introduced to the world in 1926, was one day sitting on a log when he heard a buzzing sound. He was puzzled and fell to pondering. As his leading chronicler remembers the event, the philosopher reasoned along the following lines: