6 posts tagged “book”
It is so encouraging, enlightening, challenging and - IT JUST NEEDS TO BE SAID! Thanks to Shane Claiborne and The Simple Way for getting the message of the Gospel of Peace out.
It's a shame the Gospel has to be taught to "Christians."
Damnit Tim, why'd you give me this book? I just finished the first chapter and I'm already crying and hating my life.
A couple nights ago I was bored and I don't have any Netflix in to watch. So I looked through my library thinking about what I haven't read yet. I'm going to branch off and come back here.
I'm pretty disappointed that I haven't read in a long time. The books I have read I haven't finished and I don't know where I am with them. I pretty much have decided it's because I have been reading non-fiction exclusively. I needed to read a novel to kick-start my reading.
I pulled Silence of the Lambs off my shelf and started reading it. I'm about 1/3rd through it already and I'm really enjoying it. It's not as suspenseful as it should be because I've seen the film a few times (and love it), but I'm especially enjoying imagining the story in my head as it progresses instead of the usual movie watching where you check out.
I am happy because I finally finished another book. This one was Donald Miller's Blue Like Jazz. It was a good book, simple and vulnerable, but very spiritual. I was encouraged by it, and I recommend that everyone read it at least once - even if you're not Christian. I know there is a lot of hype around the book and people over-analyze it, but I think it should be read for its simplicity, not for its complexity. I think it was meant as an open-ended dialog, not a book of theology or world-view. It's open-endedness is appealing to me as spirituality is quite complex, yet very simple.
Nicole has been going on and on about this book and how it's changed our lives ("our" because she does the grocery shopping). So I started reading it a few days ago (yes, along with the 4 other booksI'm working my way through), and it is very good so far. It's fully documented along the way and explains how we went from hardly any heart disease in the 1920s to it being the number one killer in the 1970s. It explores traditional and native diets and food preparations, and the ill effects of the processed foods we eat on a daily basis.
I think it would do the whole world a lot of good to read it, at least. But you can hold on to it forever because it's also full of recipies.
I finished reading Under the Overpass last weekend, and I thought is was pretty good. A couple of years ago, I had the same idea, but not nearly for as long. I thought Maybe a couple weeks at the most, and these guys went for five months with nothing but the clothes on their backs, two sleeping bags and two guitars. They panhandled their way from city to city to see what it was like to live with the full reliance of God, trusting he would take care of all their needs. It's definately worth the read.
I was happy just to finish it because I haven't finished a book in almost two years. I'm reading abotu four books right now, but it's taking me forever to get through them.
