Totally random thoughts:
- I like the photo above. It’s a fig tree. The things God makes are just plain cool. And I’m so glad He made people who can capture them in ways we can all enjoy.
- I was driving home last night from a Mom’s Night Out and there was a kitten sitting in the very middle of the road. I had to swerve way into the other lane and the little peanut just sat there with nary a flinch. Sometimes I wish I was that gutsy ignorant.
- I don’t just love God, I really, really like Him. And I’m totally diggin’ my treadmill moments with John Piper and his series Romans: The Greatest Letter Ever Written. That is deep, soul-grabbing stuff.
At this very moment I’m staring at my copy of Katt’s in the Cradle by Ginger Kolbaba & Christy Scannell. I was approached by someone at Simon & Schuster a while back and asked if I would read it and blog about it. Well, I read it, and I know I need to blog about it (other than this very brief mention I gave previously). It was never specified that I needed to dedicate an entire post to it, and internet friends, I don’t know if I got a whole post about it. The truth is, it was just OK for me. Actually, I should probably start by saying I’m really not a novel type of girl. Give me non-fiction over fiction any day, and the more heart-wrenching the better usually. I know, I know, I’m sick. What can I say? It’s just that I’m generally of the opinion that the tough stuff in life is the rich soil of the deepest and most profound growth. Anyway, Katt’s in the Cradle was a bit too light & fluffy for me. And the fact that the 4 main characters (PWs) in the book are not real made it hard for me to “connect.” (Can you tell I was not an imaginative child?) But still, I bet every PW could relate to at least a few things in the book. So, if you’re out for an easy, relatively quick read that provides a bit of the behind-the-scenes issues PWs and their families face, you might like it.- Speaking of books — and even novels — I loved The Kite Runner which I read recently. I’m also just about to finish the feast which is He Leadeth Me. Now there’s a meaty book. Now that you know my taste in books, anyone got a recommendation?
- Well, naptime has apparently ended, so this post has too. Have a great weekend internet friends.
Photo courtesy of marcello u.
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Love the fig tree photo!
Personally I can take very little of the “christian romance” type novels out there, but do like historical fiction. Mostly I read books for “work”, i.e. churh. Re-reading “Reformission” by Mark Driscoll right now and “The New Rules of Marketing and PR”.
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Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust is an AMAZING book.
If you’re looking for soul-touching, give Henri Nouwen a try. I love everything I’ve ever read by him, probably because he never tries to sugar-coat anything. I also love “God of the Valley” by Steve Griffiths. It’s actually a book on grief, but you’ll find that at its core, it seeks to reflect on some of the toughest questions we all face (about God, life, hope, despair, etc.).
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Messy Spirituality by Mike Yaconelli “messed” me up big time. Jim & Casper go to church is another good one by Jim Henderson. Right now I’m reading the Poisonwood Bible by Barbaraa Kingsolver and love it so far.
I’ll keep thinking about this and get back if I come up with more.
Well, it’s fiction, but I like the AD Chronicles, and the Zion Chronicles by Brock and Bodie Theone. They are fiction based on history.
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