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Looks like we lost one of my favorite threads so here we go again. Boo hoo.

I'm currently reading The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch. I talked about it in the other thread so I'll leave it at that.

I don't know what happened to the other thread, but I apologize to the members for the inconvenience. Let's get it going again!

I'm reading Isaiah in the Ruckman Reference Bible, and The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin.

I finished Ezekiel and started Daniel last night, also in the Ruckman Reference Bible.

I got this out of the library yesterday, and will be starting it tonight:

(12-04-2009 09:18 AM)Laura Wrote: [ -> ]

I'm currently reading The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates. It's the first book I've read by that particular author, and it's quite intriguing to read since the storyline occurs against the accurate scenic portrayal of Niagara Falls such as she's written. But then, since she's from that part of New York, she's probably as familiar with the Falls as I am!

I had that book in my hand in the bookstore and then replaced it with something else she wrote instead so I'll be really interested in what you think of it when you're finished. I love the author.

I'm reading The Dialectic & Praxis: Diaprax and the End of the Ages by Dean Gotcher because I was brainwashed in an Illuminati controlled (if you'll give me that) private college and although I think I've swept my mind clean of Hegel's influence, I want to be sure. From what I've learned so far about Dean Gotcher, he seems a real Christian.

I finished The Dialectic & Praxis: Diaprax and the End of the Ages by Dean Gotcher (don't be impressed; it's just a booklet on his website) and profited by reading it. He seems to have a rock solid faith, quotes extensively only from the KJB, and deals succinctly with the men I was exposed to extensively in my late teens: Piaget, Maslow, Skinner, Hegel, Marcuse, etc.; you know, the usual suspects in the socio-psychological arm of the New Age. He also deals with TQM (Total Quality Management), the dialectic so heavily promoted in the business world (of which I've been a part for over thirty years) and the global economy.

It strengthened my faith and served as a good reality check to see if my thinking has straightened out. Also, it helped arm me in my dealings with a dearly beloved loved one who has a PhD in psychology with a heavy behavioral and personality assessment background. It looks like Mr. (Professor?) Gotcher has some good articles on the dialectic and the Church Growth and Emergent Church movements as well. I may look at them given I was involved with that. Or, I may just consider it all in the past.

So now I'm on to Modern Art and the Death of a Culture by H.R. Rookmaaker!!! Art and its relationship to culture is one of my favorite subjects. :woowoo10:

A book caught my attention today at the library and I had to check it out. Very interesting indeed. I am sure several of our more learned readers will probably be familiar with the work, but it is novel to me (no pun intended).

The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne, (November 24, 1713 - March 18, 1768) was an Irish-born English novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics. Sterne died in London after years of fighting consumption.

I just finished Numbers and am now beginning Deuteronomy. I have a digital copy which I can blow up to read, I also have the Bible on audio so I listen as I read, it has made my Bible reading a new experience. It is like someone telling me a story or an account and I can visiualize the events more vividly.

Gary

I just finished Angry Conversations with God: A Snarky but Authentic Spiritual Memoir by Susan E. Isaacs, read by the author.




I had not seen nor heard of this book but my husband wanted me to listen to it so much he loaded it on to my iPod himself. He rarely so strongly suggests I read something, so I was intrigued.

I have no idea if this is being marketed in Christian bookstores because I don't shop in them and I'm really wary of new, hot, Christian bestselling anything, so if this is the state of this book (and I'm not saying it is), I'm glad I didn't know about it because I found this book to be really wonderful.

It is a memoir of a women who took God to couples counseling. At first I was afraid it might be sacrilegious, especially since this women is in Hollywood, but instead, I found myself listening to an honest testimony of a Christian woman. I figured out my husband wanted me to hear it because in many ways her relationship with God is similar to his, not mine. I think he wanted me to understand him a little more. I checked with him and he smiled and told me I was right.

(12-06-2009 12:05 PM)Lynne Wrote: [ -> ]It is a memoir of a women who took God to couples counseling. At first I was afraid it might be sacrilegious, especially since this women is in Hollywood, but instead, I found myself listening to an honest testimony of a Christian woman. I figured out my husband wanted me to hear it because in many ways her relationship with God is similar to his, not mine. I think he wanted me to understand him a little more. I checked with him and he smiled and told me I was right.

Aww....that's really neat, Lynne!