What I'm Reading
I've been thinking a lot during this haitus from blogging, and for what it's worth, here's a look at what I've been reading.
The Call:Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life, by Os Guinness. I know, I know...Rick Warren already told us our purpose, but for those of us who like a bit more meat on our bones, Os Guinness is worth a read. He's a brilliant man who wants
"to bridge the chasm between academic knowledge and popular knowledge, taking things that are academically important and making them intelligible and practicable to a wider audience, especially as they concern matters of public policy."
From Guinness's bio at The Trinity Forum.
Guinness had a strong relationship with Francis Schaeffer and has written some great books, including The Dust of Death, a great critique of the '60's written during the thick of it.
We're going to be studying The Callthis fall in our Arts Ministry Bible Class. Always looking for guidance about how to know what to be doing.
Anthony De Mello has been messing with my brain again as well. He's a radical sort of the Jesuit writer, whacking away at what he calls our "attachments" pretty convincingly. His book Awareness argues, among other things, that love is primarliy awareness, because once you've stopped having conversation through the prism of what you need from the other person (you're no longer "attached" to them) you can actually see them, which is a much better postiion from which to help--and love--them.
For fun, I've been whizzing through the Ender Series, as in Science Fiction, by Orson Scott Card. Great fun, and in Ender's Game, I was thrilled by the great reversal at the end. For those of you who know the book, I was totally shocked by the reversal. Why is that so satisfying? If you like sci-fi and haven't read it--and the books that follow--go do it.
Tomorrow, I'll tell you about my latest radical decision...
It's about my books...
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