2005 Books
I’m going to mention the few books I read in 2005 that I’ll probably read again (or already read twice this year). There aren’t 10. There in no specific order:
Come to the Table by John Mark Hicks. Subtitle: Revisioning the Lord’s Supper. Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. A recent defense of Christian spirituality. Life on the Ash Heap by Jim McGuiggan. Deals with suffering from Job. VERY GOOD. A Theology of the Social Gospel by Walter Rauschenbusch. Written in 1917. All theology seen (rightly or wrongly) through the lens of social justice. The Shaping of things to Come by Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch. Not all chapters are equally good. But some are too good. The Message. “Translation” by Peterson. 9 pages a day and it’s finished in a year. The Quiet American by Graham Greene. A novel set in Vietnam, written in 1955. Did LBJ ever read it?Of course, I’d be negligent if I didn’t mention your blogs which tend to lighten up my day, often make me think and, from time to time, make me want to visit a Costco on Christmas Eve. Enjoy the day…
December 24th, 2005 at 2:48 pm
Thanks for the list Brady. My list would fall in the less than 5 catagory. Early New Year’s Resolution to increase that number.
Christmas shopping done! No Christmas Eve visits to Costco, Sam’s, or B.J. Wholesale Club for this “ice-scraperless boy.”
Time to enjoy a bottle of agbnbhm!
December 24th, 2005 at 6:07 pm
Way to get the jump on the rest of us. This is weird, Beth just got off the phone with you guys. Merry Christmas!
Let us know when the nqhwi arrrives.
December 26th, 2005 at 8:23 pm
I’ve decided to keep a notepad (one of my new shiny ANGELS notepads that Santa gave me) next to my computer this week. That way I can write down all of the book suggestions I see and add to my growing pile.
I’m pretty sure that the foundation of my house is weakest under my enormous stack of books.
Still, I love the anticipation of a new read. I finished a book last night and realized that half of my euphoria came from the finish and the other half came from the excitement of deciding what to start next.
I’ll set my list to blog sometime this week.
December 27th, 2005 at 4:02 pm
I haven’t read any inspirational books this year, I don’t think. I’m afraid my pleasurable reading time lends itself to Mary Higgins Clark, John Grisham, and (head hung in shame) Nora Roberts (in particular, a trilogy dealing with a 100-year-old ghost).
But last year, I read The Purpose Driven Life, and I have read a lot of Max Lucado’s books, and I enjoy inspirational books by Barbara Johnson.
Maybe through my association with all you guys, I’ll get into some of this other stuff.
What I AM doing that I would share is a Bible study that I’ve been thinking about doing for years. Last year, as I did my daily readings, I began to write down one thought that particularly impressed me out of each chapter that I read. I’m no where through with that, but I march on……..
December 27th, 2005 at 7:20 pm
Judy, I hope you never get anywhere through with that. It sounds awesome.
December 27th, 2005 at 8:29 pm
Steve, it has been interesting thus far, particularly when in the OT. It’s usually surprising to me what jumps out and impresses me from the passage. I find myself going back and saying, “What did that say? I never saw that before!”
December 28th, 2005 at 7:20 am
I am reading “the Shaping of Things to Come” right now. What an eye-opening experieince!