Comments on: Books You’ve Read

By: Anthony Doheny

Anthony Doheny — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:11:45 +0000

Let’s keep trying to hammer out a time to gather. What about a Sunday afternoon/early evening? And Brewed Awakening is cool!

By: Catherine Amber

Catherine Amber — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:10:17 +0000

I don’t know if I can do this Saturday, but let’s talk!! Brewed Awakenings is my hands down favorite coffee place in this town!! I’ve got to get a handle on my kid’s schedule then I can get something on book. Coolness

By: Angela Harms

Angela Harms — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:33:54 +0000

Let’s all have coffee!

Are we morning people? Saturday at Brewed Awakening?

By: barbara

barbara — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:34:43 +0000

Cat - HI!!

My world is indeed “better-er”. I’ll drop you an email and catch you up.

hugs - barbara

By: Catherine Amber

Catherine Amber — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:43:29 +0000

Angela,

Let’s have coffee some time. I have read Secret Message, Shack and am currently reading Jesus wants to save christians. Josh, I am not too far into it, but it is lining up for me. If yany of you haven’t read Last Word by Mclaren, it might be good to go back to.

hey, Barbara, hope all is better-er in your world.

Cat

By: barbara

barbara — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:15:22 +0000

I’d be down for going deeper in The Shack too — was it here, or on Rick’s blog, that Young joined in the conversation? Anyway, that would be good.

I am currently re-reading a couple of John Fischer books I love - and Fearless Faith is one and Twelve Steps for the Recovering Pharisee (Like Me!) is the title of the other. Both are excellent - he is a spiritual hero of mine, and if anyone would ever like to delve into those, I’d love that conversation too.

Soooo glad to find life still here - I’ve been so wrapped up in my own and in the election, I’ve been forgetting to check in here. Good to be back. WELCOME ANGELA.

By: Angela Harms

Angela Harms — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:27:46 +0000

The library just came through for me, with The Secret Message of Jesus (McLaren). I need that stuff, because I’m really new at thinking it’s safe to call myself a follower of Jesus. It’s still a little hard, being surrounded by… weird theology.

I mean, I’m walking down the street basking in God’s love, and appreciating Jesus and all that, and I’ll run into, I don’t know, a bumper sticker that says “Christians aren’t perfect, just forgiven.” And then all those demons jump up in front of me saying “See? You are fooling yourself.” (I always wonder if the fine print says, “And you’re not! Nya-nya!”)

I shouldn’t whine, though, because really, what I mostly notice is how much easier seeking God is now that I’m willing to let Jesus lead the way.

Was that off-topic? In my defense, I started with a book I’m reading. Anybody else read this one?

By: Joshua Kagi

Joshua Kagi — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:24:45 +0000

Angela, I’m glad that you’re enjoying the Shack. I too, enjoyed it much more than I anticipated. I’ve got a post in the works to prep people for a Shack discussion… with audio from a recent William Young (the author) talk on the book. From there we’ll discuss a date that will work for most epinoians.

I’m about a third of the way through Jesus Wants to Save Christians (Rob Bell’s newest book), and to this point, I’m a little disappointed. But, I’ll be sure to let you know how I feel about it.

By: Angela Harms

Angela Harms — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:40:40 +0000

Josiah, Do you mean this?
“U behave, and I not burns u 4 all eternity. Deal?”

By: Josiah

Josiah — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:14:59 +0000

I wonder whether the reason our church clubs don’t work well is because they don’t focus on teaching us to embrace the suffering Jesus but instead to focus on the “santa” Jesus, you know, I do this for you, you do that for me?