I can’t decide between a soothing “aaaaaahhhhh” and a panicked “WHOA!” Several years ago, I read Marva Dawn’s “Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God.” That experience was really unlike anything I’d gone through before. The words were challenging, harsh, and they turned the world …
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“What I would wish for the so-called Counter culture…I would wish that rather than fancy itself ‘counter’ to the culture, its compassionate ideas would take root in the land and people, and begin to transform them both…I fear this breath of fresh air, this grass-roots …
Read MoreThat book I linked the other day? It’s big time!
Ok, I’m getting SERIOUSLY impressed with my friend Debby and her book on Henry Ward Beecher. Her book made the cover of the LA Times book review section yesterday! I’m continuing to enjoy the book myself. Check out her website on the book, if you …
Read MoreFriends in high places
I feel like my status in the world is going up…simply because of the people I know. Yesterday, I received my THIRD “comp-ed” book of the year…you know, where the publisher sends a complimentary copy of a not-yet-published book for review purposes. This one comes …
Read MoreMiscellaneous catch-up
Been neglecting the blog of late. Many apologies. Much of what I’ve been thinking about isn’t really for public consumption, but I’ll try and get back in the swing of things with a potpourri post. Monday night, I’m helping Aubrey, our preschooler, brush her teeth. …
Read MorePreaching re-imagined
I can be an obsessive person. After all kinds of input at this conference, more prolific blogging and journaling than I’ve had in forever, I found myself at the Hartford airport pulling out Doug Pagitt’s book, Preaching Re-imagined. Kathy looked at me and said, “You’re …
Read MoreHappy Birthday!
Today, September 22, is Bilbo and Frodo Baggins’ birthday! What are you doing to celebrate? Hobbits celebrate birthdays by giving presents to other people. Sometimes the presents are just a mathom, some useless something that gets passed from person to person. But Bilbo set the …
Read MoreMountains Beyond Mountains- A Review
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=greggsgambles-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0812973011&fc1=000000&=1&lc1=0000ff&bc1=000000<1=_blank&IS2=1&bg1=ffffff&f=ifr If this book had been written, and I had read it in high school or college, I probably would have applied to Harvard Medical School. It’s that much of a radically life changing book. Tracy Kidder tells the story of Dr. Paul Farmer, a …
Read MoreAnd the winners are…
Thanks for the input about books! Hemingway appears to be the most controversial. People love him or hate him. Here’s my reading choices, in the anticipated order of reading: “Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway”“The Karamazov Brothers ” by Fyodor Dostoevsky“To the Lighthouse” by Virginia …
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