The View

Quick reviews of books I've recently read or am reading.

This book is about how the younger generation (Mosaics & Busters - I hate these stupid labels) view Christians. The research findings done by the Barna group were not particularly surprising to me. It is such a shame that we are most often viewed as hypocritical, anti-gay, sheltered, too political, and judgmental. So ironic considering Jesus was NONE of these things. With God's grace I want my life to be characterized by honesty, acceptance, engagement, holiness and love (to name a few). Rich beware: far too many Starbucks references in the book.

Excellent book for helping to piece together the story of the Early Church in its chronological order. Particularly like the sections where Viola paints the picture of what Ephesus, Corinth, Rome etc... looked like in the 1st century.

The power of the good news of the Kingdom of God was & is AMAZING and was the only thing that could band together rich, poor, merchant, slave, Jew, gentile, man & woman into one group - the church. Praying we can see this same love and power of the gospel in our age to transform our homes, communities and world.

Both Celine & I really enjoyed this book. It's a great one sitting pre-Christmas read. I love books that give a glimpse into the heavenlies/spirit realm.

I have been in a dry spot for reading material lately. Just can't get into anything and nothing is grabbing my attention. Thanks to facebook (and a friend's favorites list) I found out that Anne Lamott has a new book. Yipee!

We went to the library this morning to get this and a couple other books I requested from inter-library loan. The kids also picked up a ton of books, as usual, and we spent a couple hours enjoying the comfy library on this rainy summer day.

So, this afternoon is reading time. Kid's are resting/reading. I'm making tea and about to tuck into a good book. I have a few options now so I think I'll start with "The Birth House" by Ami McKay. Mmmm, what a perfect afternon.

Somewhere in the transition from spring to summer I finished up the books I was reading and started to tire of the "how to do house church", "defining the emerging church" and "living a disciplined Christian life" type books I was reading. I now find myself with no good books on the go. This is a sad state to be in. I'm desperate. Hoping to make it to the library sometime this week to prowl through the stacks hoping to find a treasure. Any light reading recommendations??