I have a hard time with limits.
A couple months ago, when my little reading list idea came into being, I thought that a book a week would be a good, simple goal. I read quickly, and I love it deeply, so it'd be a good exercise. Well. Then I moved to a new city, where my social life now consists of Disney movie marathons with a 2 year old and a 3 year old - not something I'm complaining about. The observations of toddlers are endlessly amusing, to be honest. So my recreational activities became very limited, and I soon discovered that spending your days off watching Netflix gives you a headache and makes you feel like a slug. Consequently, I read. A lot. I've mostly knocked out the "fun" end of my list, and mostly have school books left (which haven't arrived yet, I'm not procrastinating!) and I haven't even been here a month.
Conclusion: I ordered more books; 5002 pages has become 5738; 17 books has become 20. And I'm going to a used bookstore tomorrow. Who knows how long this list is going to get. But I'm going to continue keeping a list, because now I've started. And I hate to leave something like this unfinished, even if no one but me will read these.
I already wrote a post about Andy Crouch's Culture Making - one more push, please read it! Christ Centered Worship by Bryan Chapell was good. Again, like Rhythms of Grace, it had plenty of good information, but not much I was blown away by, since it's something I've studied in other contexts. But it really did give me a good grasp of where my mentor is coming from as he and the other leaders structures the services here.
The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson was an impulse buy (shocking). Maureen Johnson is a nerdfighter related author, so when I saw her name at a thrift store, I couldn't say no. It was a sweet book. Parts were predictable, but not unpleasantly so. It was a relaxing read for a Friday afternoon.
Sneak peak, I'm starting Works of Love by Kierkegaard this week, and I've been assured it will be a game changer. Tune in again for more ramblings about things!
theList//
A couple months ago, when my little reading list idea came into being, I thought that a book a week would be a good, simple goal. I read quickly, and I love it deeply, so it'd be a good exercise. Well. Then I moved to a new city, where my social life now consists of Disney movie marathons with a 2 year old and a 3 year old - not something I'm complaining about. The observations of toddlers are endlessly amusing, to be honest. So my recreational activities became very limited, and I soon discovered that spending your days off watching Netflix gives you a headache and makes you feel like a slug. Consequently, I read. A lot. I've mostly knocked out the "fun" end of my list, and mostly have school books left (which haven't arrived yet, I'm not procrastinating!) and I haven't even been here a month.
Conclusion: I ordered more books; 5002 pages has become 5738; 17 books has become 20. And I'm going to a used bookstore tomorrow. Who knows how long this list is going to get. But I'm going to continue keeping a list, because now I've started. And I hate to leave something like this unfinished, even if no one but me will read these.
I already wrote a post about Andy Crouch's Culture Making - one more push, please read it! Christ Centered Worship by Bryan Chapell was good. Again, like Rhythms of Grace, it had plenty of good information, but not much I was blown away by, since it's something I've studied in other contexts. But it really did give me a good grasp of where my mentor is coming from as he and the other leaders structures the services here.
The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson was an impulse buy (shocking). Maureen Johnson is a nerdfighter related author, so when I saw her name at a thrift store, I couldn't say no. It was a sweet book. Parts were predictable, but not unpleasantly so. It was a relaxing read for a Friday afternoon.
Sneak peak, I'm starting Works of Love by Kierkegaard this week, and I've been assured it will be a game changer. Tune in again for more ramblings about things!
theList//
Spiritual Leadership: Henry and Richard Blackaby
Reaching Out: Henry Nouwen
Unceasing Worship: Harold Best
The Dangerous Act of Worship: Mark Labberton
Silence: Shucaku Endo
Mere Christianity: CS Lewis
Works of Love: Soren Kierkegaard
Awake: Noel Brewer Yeats
Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: Betty Smith
Blue Like Jazz: Donald Miller
Out of the Silent Planet: CS Lewis
Perelandria: CS Lewis
That Hideous Strength: CS Lewis
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