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SOUL CRAVINGS

i love ish, it makes me cry.

i love it so much that a friend of mine painted me a canvas that just says ish and i hang it on my wall as a reminder that just because i might be told i'm not good enough smart enough, pretty enough, cool enough, fill in the blank enough…… doesn't mean i can't or shouldn't or won't succeed or be amazing.

i'm also reading Abba's Child right now!

Love McLeod…but I do think he's doing what he loves as his day job…if you follow his blog at all his life is one seamless artistic marketing thrust, which makes it a lot of fun.

I'm re-reading a novel called Chasing Shakespeares by Sarah Smith. It's a literary mystery: an American grad student stumbles across a letter that may have been written by Shakespeare – but if it's authentic, it means the "real" Shakespeare wasn't the guy in Stratford. Very entertaining, with lots of historical details. Makes me want to visit London again.

Before that, I was reading the memoir by James Orbinski called An Imperfect Offering, about his work with Medicins Sans Frontieres. Couldn't finish, because his descriptions of the genocide in Rwanda kept me awake at night. Which is sort of his point: if we can't bear to hear about the horrific suffering in the world, why do we stand by and let it happen?

Ooooh! I love Richard Foster.

I'm reading Prayer Is A Place: America's Spiritual Landscape Observed by Phyllis Tickle.
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
and
Mere Christianity by (duh) C.S. Lewis… because it is the assigned (church) staff reading.

I'm reading The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus by Brennan Manning. I just finished The Furious Longing of God and it was amazing.

Umm are you really reading 5 books at once.. can you finish them when you are reading 5 books at once… I just don't have the concentration span for that!

1. Your God is to Safe by Mark Buchanan
2. War of Words by Paul David Tripp

Bringing Up GEEKS (Genuine, Ethusiastic, Empowered Kids) – How to Protect Your Kid's Childhood in a Grow-Up-Too-Fast World by Marybeth Hicks

inspired by your blog about how you hope you raise Dorks — I reposted your blog on my FB page and a friend recommended the book –a good read so far. . .

Ruth Barton's Strengthening the Soul of Leadership! Love it! I am a huge B.Manning fan & feel that her writing is very close to the same themes! Foster's Discipline is awesome!

On my list this year:

Usually re-read Ragamuffin Gospel & Ruthless Trust through the year.
Re-reading Prodigal God by T. Keller – read it too fast
Hole in the Gospel by Stearns
Relational Intelligence by Saccone

I'm reading "I'm Saved, So What?" by Elizabeth Moreau – http://www.servantsfeast.org – and "The Divine Conspiracy" by Dallas Willard. Both are excellent – as is Celebration of Discipline…one of my faves.

1. The Unexpected Adventure-Lee Strobel & Mark Mittelberg
2. Sacred Echo-Margaret Feinberg
3. Sacred Marriage & Sacred Parenting-Gary Thomas
4. Am I Smart?-Kathy Koch

Ignore Everybody!!! That guy got me to start writing hand written letters to several friends on a weekly basis and drawing elaborate cartoons on the envelopes, which offer insight into what the letter will be about. I never knew I could draw, until that day! But most people who get my letters have said I've got some real talent! It's like, envelope cartoons look better than my regular cartoons…hmmm…

JON! Wow , the first one was written by a hungarian like I am. Never heard of him, though.

1.) Crazy Love – I'm re-reading it.
2.)Million Miles in a Thousand Years.
3.)Spiritual Leadership-by O. Chambers

I am currently reading:

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski – its about a house that grows bigger on the inside than the outside. It is long, but engrossing.
Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold – because I saw the previews for the movie and wanted to read the book first
Myths To Live By, Joseph Campbell – Because I find it intriguing to learn about different ways people think and the ways myths influence our daily lives
Seizing Your Divine Moment – Because I absolutely love Erwin McManus and the way he writes about faith.

Its bad for me to buy multiple books at the same time because I inevitably start reading them all at once…

Blue Like Jazz! (Again! )

I was talking to one of my friends the other day that I had given "Celebration of Discipline" to for Christmas. She said, "at first I thought what a lame book, discipline is never fun, so how could you celebrate it. So I put it in my stack of books and just let it sit there. Then today I saw that it was a book that Jon Acuff was reading. I thought to myself I have that book and found it in a random pile in my room. I've started reading it and loved it." So apparently the fact that it is the book that has changed my relationship with God the most didn't mean anything to her and the fact that you are reading the book meant everything to her.

A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving – GOOD BUT THE ALL-CAPS ARE GETTING TO ME
My Grandfather's Son, by Clarence Thomas – Incredible!
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Bronte – Good if you like 19th century British lit.

Lots of interesting titles in the comments today. Looks like there's quite a bit I'm missing by currently limiting my reading to the paranormal genre…

Epicenter by Joel C. Rosenberg. (Because I think Ezekiel 38 and 39 are extremely interesting in the light of current events)

The Official Guide to the TOEFL Test. (I want to go to Grad school in the States)

Taming Your Tongue by Deborah Smith Pegues. (Because I'm tactless)

My Utmost for His Highest. (Got curious because of Biblegateway and someone else's blog I follow)

The Last Jihad by Joel C. Rosenberg. (Because when I was looking for Epicenter, it was sold out)