Reading

Just to keep my blog current, and for the benefit of my reading public (which comprises, well, me), I wanted to provide a brief explanation as to where I've been the last little bit.

Quest is continuing the series on Ephesians, and each week has been more thought-provoking and insightful than the last. Unfortunately, I've missed the Wednesday service the last couple of weeks due to a child-care crisis that has thankfully been resolved. Still, though, there's been plenty to process just from weekend services and Life Group. So, I could have written plenty had I had time to do so.

But I haven't, as I've spent almost all my free time the last couple of weeks reading. Now, that in and of itself isn't that big of a deal - I read a lot anyhow. But I've just in the last little bit really gotten into religious writings, a field I used to dismiss out-of-hand as hopelessly idealistic or biased, depending on the author.

Turns out, though, there are actually some *really good* writers out there, and they're not nearly as "preachy" as I'd assumed all religious writers to be.

Right now, I have going the following:

• Ragamuffin Gospel, by Brennan Manning - suggestion of a good friend
• Mere Christianity, by CS Lewis - classic
• Rumors of Another World, by Phil Yancey - mentioned in a Quest sermon
• The Bible Jesus Read, also by Phil Yancey
• Fingerprints of God, by NPR's relgion correspondent Barbara Bradley Haggerty

All of which is to say, I'll be writing more later!