Books
The Vinyl Cafe
December 17, 2007
I forgot to mention my favorite time of the day yesterday was at 2pm when The Vinyl Cafe was broadcast on our local public broadcasting station. Yay for CBC! Yay for NPR! Nothing like listening to an hour of Stuart McLean to make me miss Canada in a way I ...
An Unexpected Forest, Book review
December 16, 2007
This book was unexpectedly delightful. It's a quirky novel set in Maine & Connecticut about interesting characters venturing out of the ordinary. The story held my interest because of the character's growth and interesting life paths. Was a nice break from my usual feed of non-fiction. Recommend it.
God's Harvard, book review
December 16, 2007
God's HarvardAn "outsider's" insider view of Patrick Henry College. Which, near as I can tell from reading the book, is for homeschooled, evangelical, right winged, politically motivated students. Wow, scary stuff and a very fascinating read. Because of my own evangelical leanings (I hate labels) and the fact that I ...
On the bookshelf
November 22, 2007
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 ...
Books... finally
August 8, 2007
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 ...
Help, I'm bookless..
July 9, 2007
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 ...
