» Eugene Peterson's latest in his spiritual theology series, "Tell It Slant." Due Oct. 15th, this is probably the most eagerly awaited book I see on my short-term horizon. Reading the first three books in this series was a blast and Peterson is a fantastic read. There's an audio series available that offers a preview of the book. I'd be a little more tempted if the pricetag was a shade lower. Then again, I'll most likely cave and give it a listen anyway. One drawback I found to Peterson's series is that they take a while to ease into, but once you're in, it's hard to put the book down.

» Yet another Rob Bell book: Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile. Again, there's audio if that helps. I'm trying to remember if I've previously downloaded this before. Kinda sad when the memory slips like that. Either way, the book is out Oct. 1 and I'll be sure to pick up a copy. So long as I remember.

» I've previously mentioned the promise of new tunes by Lincoln Brewster. But the first tune, "Today is the Day", is already available for download if you care to pick it up.

» No idea when Chris Tomlin has new product out, but he's already got a new tune for sale - "Jesus Messiah".

All that aside, I think I'm settling my upcoming books of the month as follows:

Jesus Brand Spirituality: He Wants His Religion Back (Ken Wilson)
Thanks to Ken shamelessly plugging his wares after I noted my appreciation of his series of lectures at Vineyard-Ann Arbor. I don't exactly consider it "shameless" when the product is good.

Acts for Everyone, Part 1
I tend to vacillate on which of Wright's commentaries to pick up next. Thus far, I'm rationalizing this as not caving in to buying his Luke commentary until I've gotten all of Greg Boyd's sermons on Luke. But this is the next best thing. There's still an occasional temptation to pick up the Prison Letters edition instead ... or to head over to nonfiction and pick up something there for a change of pace. But so far, I'm doing good to stick with this plan for a solid week. That's like a record for me.