At the beginning of the year I set a goal for a certain number of books I was aiming to read this year. I think I am fairly far behind it right now. The goal was more to encourage me to continue to search out voices to hear. I don’t really read a book just to get through it. I’ve found myself slipping into an old habit of reading more than one book at a time and taking a while to finish any of them. Therefore, I am proposing to myself that I grab one book this weekend intending to read the whole thing in one go. I haven’t done such a thing in many years. I think the last time was grade nine while reading a fantasy series by David Eddings called The Belgariad (fantastic, as I recall – which would be why I read the whole five book series in one week).
So, tomorrow I’m going to turn pages in Post-Charismatic? by Rob McAlpine (aka RobbyMac). I’m not from the charismatic stream officially, but have interacted with the local Pentecostal and Vineyard churches quite often throughout my life. I’m especially interested in learning to engage more fully with this stream of Christianity to move forward into a more generous and spiritually expressive future. I’m excited about the opportunity to look both look backward while facing forward into a hopeful future together with my charismatic and post-charismatic sisters and brothers.
Oh, and Rob, I’m really sorry about the absence of picture on the amazon.ca page. That’s actually my fault and it will be corrected next week!
Pax
Tags: reading, charismatic, postcharismatic, robbymac,
4 Comments
do we have local vineyard churches?
Rob’s book is well worth the read. On an odd note, last night I started rereading the Belgariad. What are the odds? Did you know that the 5 book series was followed by a sequal series, the Mallorean? Then they published two prequels to the series which are also very interesting. Just FYI.
Peace,
Jamie
P.S. Oops… should be “sequel series”.
Adam: not local local. more kw area.
Jamie:That’s bordering on the ridiculous! I’ve read one of the prequels – Belgarath the Sorcerer. I don’t think I ever finished the second series. I should dig them out again.