As many of you know, reading has become a big part of my life since I went to college just three years ago, but it was not until May that I was given the opportunity to have free time. This free time brought about the opportunity to make myself read books. Not just any books either, but books that I actually want to read and if you know me you know that this opportunity has caused me to become a nerd. A nerd that if I had the opportunity would go to Half Price Books or any other bookstore for hours searching for books, old and new.
As I have become a nerd, I have read a great amount of books with countless books to go (42 new books if you want the real number). As follows are the books:
Poems - Emily Dickinson
Jesus for President - Shane Claiborne
Communicating for a Change - Andy Stanley
Harry Potter 7 - JK Rowling
A Grief Observed - C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis
The Abolition of Man - C.S. Lewis
The Problem of Pain - C.S. Lewis
Simply Christian - N.T. Wright
The Weight of Glory - C.S. Lewis
10 Commandments of Marriage - Ed Young
The Penultimate Peril - Lemony Snicket
The Sacred Marriage - Gary Thomas
George Macdonald - C.S. Lewis
Slow Fade - Reggie Joiner
As you can tell I have spent a lot of time with C.S. Lewis this summer, but what I have found lately is that marriage books are much of my focus. I have learned a lot from these books as I prepare to marry Jenny Schroeder of turquoise feathers and through these readings God is teaching me how to be the true provider and protector of my new family.
As I continue on through the rest of the year I am hoping to continue to read 50 pages a day and soon enough finish all 75 books in my library (about 40 to go). The writers of these different books have each taught me something different this year and I am so excited to continue to learn and grow with the ideas found on the pages.
till another day,
normallyINDIE
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
My Reading List
As many of you know one of my goals this summer is to read 50 pages a day everyday. Although I have not exactly kept up with the goal to a T it has been great to go through my once unknown library of books and read through much of it. Right now I have about 30 books that are still unread in my library and I look to finish all of these books by the end of the year. Lofty goal, but I feel if I stay dedicated I can do it. Here are some of the books I have read since my internship began 7 weeks ago:
Love Wins - Rob Bell
Poems - Emily Dickinson
Jesus for President - Shane Claiborne
Communicating for a Change - Andy Stanley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
A Grief Observed - C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis
The Abolition of Man - C.S. Lewis
Each of these books have given me different nuggets of knowledge and truth that I have begun to try to include in my daily life, scripture reading, and sermons on a regular basis.
I was given the privilege to purchase the Signature Classics by C.S. Lewis which includes the much heralded Mere Christianity. But as well as this Christian Masterpiece, it includes eight other books that I have been dying to jump into: Screwtape Letters (read), Grief Observed (read), Abolition of Man (read), Great Divorce (read), Problem of Pain, Weight of Glory, Miracles, and George MacDonald. All of these books give the reader a deeper insight into the thoughts of C.S. Lewis not only as a writer, but as a person. Int he book Grief Observed, Lewis tackles his feelings about his recently deceased wife. You can just feel in the words that he is unable to handle this tragedy and is uncertain how or why a God who loves him would do something like this. This truth just simply bleeds through his writings and you can truly feel the emotions he is feeling. Each of the Signature Classics have this feeling of emotion and power to them unlike any other writer I have come across.
That being said, I have committed to reading all nine of his Classics in hopes that after reading them I will have gained a new insight into the God that he and I both serve.
If you may hear anything in this post hear this, Lewis' writings will give you a new and profound look at the God you serve and will open your eyes to an entirely new being you otherwise did not know existed. His passion, emotion, and dedication for the living God is unparalleled and these same feelings will surely be a product of your reading these Classics.
Till Another Day,
Alec
Love Wins - Rob Bell
Poems - Emily Dickinson
Jesus for President - Shane Claiborne
Communicating for a Change - Andy Stanley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
A Grief Observed - C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis
The Abolition of Man - C.S. Lewis
Each of these books have given me different nuggets of knowledge and truth that I have begun to try to include in my daily life, scripture reading, and sermons on a regular basis.
I was given the privilege to purchase the Signature Classics by C.S. Lewis which includes the much heralded Mere Christianity. But as well as this Christian Masterpiece, it includes eight other books that I have been dying to jump into: Screwtape Letters (read), Grief Observed (read), Abolition of Man (read), Great Divorce (read), Problem of Pain, Weight of Glory, Miracles, and George MacDonald. All of these books give the reader a deeper insight into the thoughts of C.S. Lewis not only as a writer, but as a person. Int he book Grief Observed, Lewis tackles his feelings about his recently deceased wife. You can just feel in the words that he is unable to handle this tragedy and is uncertain how or why a God who loves him would do something like this. This truth just simply bleeds through his writings and you can truly feel the emotions he is feeling. Each of the Signature Classics have this feeling of emotion and power to them unlike any other writer I have come across.
That being said, I have committed to reading all nine of his Classics in hopes that after reading them I will have gained a new insight into the God that he and I both serve.
If you may hear anything in this post hear this, Lewis' writings will give you a new and profound look at the God you serve and will open your eyes to an entirely new being you otherwise did not know existed. His passion, emotion, and dedication for the living God is unparalleled and these same feelings will surely be a product of your reading these Classics.
Till Another Day,
Alec
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