whatever you do.

About a month ago I announced that I would be blog-journaling through Don Postema’s Space for God. I believe that will most likely actually begin soon. Bear with me! I’ve also recently received an advance copy of Scot McKnight’s soon-to-be-released The Blue Parakeet. It’s a really great read and I’ll be blog-reviewing that in the next week. Already I would love to recommend it to you all. It is a wonderful help for anyone with questions about how we can read the Bible more fully and responsibly. Sort of a How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth for our post-modern context. Tonight I’m continuing to read through a couple other fantastic books. Richard Foster’s Celebration of Discipline and Donald Whitney’s Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. These are required reading for my Spiritual Formation class but I am thoroughly enjoying them. Especially Foster. Similar to Henri Nouwen, Foster has a way of writing that gets into your fingernails and makes you feel like you haven’t finished reading him until you have put it into practice.

I don’t know where my recent love of books has come from. When I was a child I read constantly, but from adolescence through till I was about 25 I hardly read a thing. I am very glad that I have been re-energized to engage with the written word. I feel so much richer for it. A very good kind of rich.

Anyway… nose back in book!

Tags: reading, mcknight, foster, postema, journaling,

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