Tag! You’re It! All About Books
I’ve been tagged by Ted Gossard (a friend and a blogger worth reading). So, here goes:
1. One book that changed your life: “Streams of Living Water” by Richard Foster. It provided such a generous embrace of diversity.
2. One book that you’ve read more than once: “Ockham’s Razor: A Search For Wonder In An Age Of Doubt” by Wade Rowland. LOVE it.
3. One book you’d want on a desert island: “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel. It would be fitting to be stranded with the book.
4. One book that made you laugh: “Blue Like Jazz” by Donald Miller.
5. One book that made you cry: “The Long Loneliness” by Dorothy Day. She is a hero to me like none other.
6. One book you wish had been written: “How To Discover Your Vocation and Be Sure You’ve Got It Right” Enough said.
7. One book you wish had never been written: “Wild At Heart” by John Eldridge. I know many people love it and benefit from it, just NOT ME. Ok, I’m over-reacting… a little.
8. One book you’re currently reading: “Lust For Life” by Irving Stone. A fictional biography of Vincent Van Gogh.
9. One book you’ve been meaning to read: “School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism” by Rutba House. It’s up next.
10. Tag 5 others: Kyle Mason, Kim Arpin-Ricci, Paul Martinson, Bill Millar, Gerry Michalski
Jamie,
Thanks for your very kind word.
#1 impacted me alot also. #6 right on. #7 book I haven’t got enthused enough to really want to read it. Thanks for the heads up and your thoughts on the rest!
Ted,
#7 is about 80% ok, but the remaining 20%… grrr… I highly recommend #5 for a great autobiography and #3 for some very creative fiction.
Peace,
Jamie
Fun to read your choices of books here, Jamie. I’ve read several on your list, but I just can’t bring myself to read much fiction (so haven’t read those choices of yours). I read The Long Loneliness awhile back. Twenty or so years ago, Scot and I had some very good friends who had an unofficial Catholic Worker house which we visited often (they lived in the town next to us, so we would just drop by and enjoy all the hub-bub from time to time, dinners, etc.) We still think of these people with such fond memories. They have since moved on and we have lost track of them
Question: Have you ever subscribed to the Catholic Worker newpaper? I have (it is 1 cent per copy) and you will forever be on their subscription list. I subscribed MANY years ago, and it still comes in the mail even though I have never resubscribed nor sent in any more money to resubscibe. Scot and I chuckle every time it comes, and I pretty much just scan through it now.
Kris,
Fiction has been robbed of much of its value within Christians literature. I think it has a power to communicate truth like few other forms of writing. I have a list of fiction that I try to read regularly just to keep me from forgetting their power and their messages.
I have thought about subscribing for the CW newspaper, though the paper and the movement has changed a great deal in the last couple of decades. Still good, but different. Perhaps I will give it some more thought. Thanks for stopping by! Always great to hear from you.
Peace,
Jamie