work & calling
"Lord, let me know clearly the work which you are calling me to do in life. And grant me every grace I need to answer your call with courage and love and lasting dedication to your will."
Vocation Prayer from Saint Meinrad's Prayer Book
"The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet."
Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons by Frederick Buechner
lusting for godliness
A friend recommended
this article by Dan Allender. I wanted to share it with you, too.
Lust isn't just about sex. I don't know about you, but I want to lust for
godliness. I long for the day when I will be made
whole, and am
with Jesus forever.
books, books, books
I have this "thing" with books. I realize that my "thing" with books isn't nearly as extreme as some other people who have a "thing" with books, too, but mine is still pretty bad.
I really
love books. But I don't necessarily love to
read books. Anyone relate? Here's the deal. My whole life I've wanted to be a book nerd. Honestly. I've wanted to be one of those really well-read, cool people who've read all the classics (three times), all the
obscure "classics", all the theological "greats", all the "postmodern" hoopla, etc., etc. So I buy those books. A lot of them. And I start to read them. And before I know it I've started 20 books and haven't finished any of them. Hmmm. (Maybe this should've been saved for later
until I blog about A.D.D.??) And it's not that I can't read them, or that they're "over my head", I just lose interest...for a few months...and then return to them
eventually. I even own books that I've forgotten about. I was looking at my Amazon account today and saw a book I had purchased a couple of years ago - and had completely forgotten about it! Geez.
So, are you wondering what I'm in the middle of right now?
Here's the list...books I am in the middle of...or have at least read the first few chapters and hope to finish the book within 2008:
The Reason for God by Tim Keller
Gary Vaynerchuk's 101 Wines: Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight and Bring Thunder to Your World by
Gary VaynerchukEasy Pour by Joel M. Roberts
The Wounded Heart by Dan Allender
When People Are Big and God Is Small by Ed Welch
Pleasures Evermore by Sam Storms
From Fear to Freedom by Rose Marie Miller (I first read this in 1997)
Smart Organizing by Sandra Felton
Driven to Distraction by Hallowell & Ratey
unchristian by Kinnaman & Lyons
The Revolution: A Manifesto by
Ron Paul
