I'm reading JI Packard and just finished The Bark of the Bog Owl-awesome read!
Childhood reading:Archives of Anthropos series, and The Princess and Curdie.
L.L. Barkat
· 2 years ago
My daughter reads Narnia over and over too (ah, the lure of Lewis!)
As for me, I'm reading... -Zondervan's Genesis commentary -Zondervan's Luke commentary -The Jesus Creed -Austerlitz -Stronger than You Think -Harvest of Hope -Sabbath Keeping -Evil and the Justice of God -The Long Exile -Grapevine
Okay, so how can I be reading all these? I keep skipping from one to another. The best ones win, until they get read from cover to cover, then the others move up the line unless I add new ones that overtake them. (Case in point, I never finished The Long Tail. It was shallow, not well-rounded. So now it's back at the library!)
Marcus
· 2 years ago
Bob, you should! I like swamp monsters, too.
Matthew, I have heard about Andy Stanley in various places. Maybe I should check him out. N. T. Wright is on your upcoming list, I see. He's fantastic!
Eve, J. I. Packer is awesome. He comes out to Laity Lodge all the time. His teaching on the woman at the well was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.
L.L., you win the ADD reader award! I have times like that too. Usually when I'm looking for a good book and not finding one.
every square inch
· 2 years ago
I'm reading -
The Long Tail God Entranced Vision of All Things Church History in Plain Language
All three are really good... earlier this summer, I finished Blink and Jesus Creed as well.
steve
· 2 years ago
The Path of Celtic Prayer, by Calvin Miller: Inspirational
A number of business books-- good stuff, but rather dry.
Marcus
· 2 years ago
ESI, The Long Tail is super fun. I loved that book. Church History in Plain Language sounds really interesting.
Steve, Celtic Prayer sounds interesting. My mum is Irish. I'm with you on the dryness of business books. Though Long Tail wasn't dry at all. I think that qualifies as business, right?
spaghettipie
· 2 years ago
Yea! You did the writing meme. I found it quite interesting, and am enjoying seeing what others are reading (although it's making my list grow quite long).
I'm currently reading: The Emotionally Healthy Church - Peter Scazzero Life Together - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Feathers from my Nest - Beth Moore
Ted M. Gossard
· 2 years ago
Evil and the Justice of God, N.T. Wright Exclusion and Embrace, Miroslav Volf Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity, Lauren Winner The Message Bible, Eugene Peterson
childhood: Kenneth Taylor's Bible story book, called something like, Pictures for Little Eyes, had a good retelling of a Bible story for children. Mom read them to us kids.
Marcus
· 2 years ago
Spaghettipie, I need to read Bonhoeffer. I've only read excerpts. Ted, ditto on Miroslav Volf. That man is a genius. How is Lauren Winner's book?
Ted Gossard
· 2 years ago
Marcus, I really like it and think it worth the read. And I think it can be very helpful to many. At the same time she is rightfully humble in that some of this is her opinion, though I think it's an informed, well thought out one. And what I like most is that she really tries to engrain her thinking in the theology of Scripture and the church.
Lady Jane Grey
· 2 years ago
aaaaah.... those Choose Your Own Adventure books are the BEST! I have had the good fortune of finding some of the originals at Half Price Books for our son, and he loves them too.
The best part of being a parent is getting to re-read all of your favorite childhood books with your kids!
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Childhood reading:Archives of Anthropos series, and The Princess and Curdie.
As for me, I'm reading...
-Zondervan's Genesis commentary
-Zondervan's Luke commentary
-The Jesus Creed
-Austerlitz
-Stronger than You Think
-Harvest of Hope
-Sabbath Keeping
-Evil and the Justice of God
-The Long Exile
-Grapevine
Okay, so how can I be reading all these? I keep skipping from one to another. The best ones win, until they get read from cover to cover, then the others move up the line unless I add new ones that overtake them. (Case in point, I never finished The Long Tail. It was shallow, not well-rounded. So now it's back at the library!)
Matthew, I have heard about Andy Stanley in various places. Maybe I should check him out. N. T. Wright is on your upcoming list, I see. He's fantastic!
Eve, J. I. Packer is awesome. He comes out to Laity Lodge all the time. His teaching on the woman at the well was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.
L.L., you win the ADD reader award! I have times like that too. Usually when I'm looking for a good book and not finding one.
The Long Tail
God Entranced Vision of All Things
Church History in Plain Language
All three are really good... earlier this summer, I finished Blink and Jesus Creed as well.
A number of business books-- good stuff, but rather dry.
Steve, Celtic Prayer sounds interesting. My mum is Irish. I'm with you on the dryness of business books. Though Long Tail wasn't dry at all. I think that qualifies as business, right?
I'm currently reading:
The Emotionally Healthy Church - Peter Scazzero
Life Together - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Feathers from my Nest - Beth Moore
Exclusion and Embrace, Miroslav Volf
Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity, Lauren Winner
The Message Bible, Eugene Peterson
childhood: Kenneth Taylor's Bible story book, called something like, Pictures for Little Eyes, had a good retelling of a Bible story for children. Mom read them to us kids.
Ted, ditto on Miroslav Volf. That man is a genius. How is Lauren Winner's book?
The best part of being a parent is getting to re-read all of your favorite childhood books with your kids!