Welcome Back… Josh
November 6, 2009
I know, I know. I was getting along pretty good and then, BAM! I hit a wall. While it has been unusually busy here as of late, my mind has not ceased to grind out its daily thought processes and threads about anything and everything possibly connected to this life in the light of God’s grace. However, you all must be content for now, to wait. I have some good thoughts brewing, but like a good stew, they must be left to cook and simmer as to maximize their flavor. In due time, in due time.
On another note, I got a big box of books from CBD the other day (Christmas for me!) and I am excited to dive into another good pile of books. I am especially excited about Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck’s, “Why We Love the Church”. DeYoung and Kluck first authored, “Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be)”, which was probably my favorite read of all last year. I am looking forward to this title first because I appreciate DeYoung and Kluck’s writing… straightforward, honest, often humorous and a geniune love for the Word and it’s application to life. Secondly, I think this a topic that so desparately needs to be addressed in the culture we live in as we see a deeper secularization of people, churches and even some branches of Christianity while we attempt to navigate this world in the post-modern matrix. Anyway, anyway… I’m very eager to get into it. Also very excited to read my uncle’s book, “Meet Me for Breakfast” which is hot off the press. Conversational and devotional, I know it will be an encouragement to me, not only as I strive ahead in pastoral life, but as I seek to strive for “a long obedience in the same direction”. Biggest steal of the order, though, was I was able to pick up four classic pieces of Christian writing for under $18 because the were “damaged”. After examining them, I have yet to see what “damage” is evident. Anyway, I’ll take four books that should have been much more for pennies on the dollar. Titles include, “The Imitation of Christ” by Thomas À Kempis, “The True Vine” by Andrew Murray, “Answers to Prayer” by George Mueller and “The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life” by Hannah Whitall Smith. Pretty pleased.
Well for those who stop by faithfully, please be patient a little longer. I hope to get a post written soon! Thanks for reading and thinking with me!
