I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. After tomorrow, the fall semester will officially conclude for me. I have to admit, I’m looking forward to a reprieve. In 2006, I’ve taken 24 hours of graduate classes. That’s given me a huge boost toward graduation (summer ’08, with fingers crossed), but I’m feeling the cumulative effect of so much schooling right now. Add a full-time job, two toddlers and — oh yeah — my wife and I’ve been a fairly busy guy this year. Don’t misunderstand me…I’m not complaining at all. But the flip side of such a hectic schedule is that I don’t have a whole lot of time to read for leisure. Most of my reading these days is limited to grad school texts and commentaries. So I’m looking forward to a few weeks of being able to read what I want to read rather than what I have to read. Here are a few things on my list:
- God’s Politics by Jim Wallis. I’ve been wanting to read this one for the past year or so. I finally picked up a copy last month and it’s moved to the top of my list. I think I’ll dive into this one tonight.
- 3 Nights in August by Buzz Bissinger. I planned on making this my summer baseball read, but I’m not sure I can wait that long. Bissinger chronicles a Cubs – Cards series from a few years back, capturing “the strategic and emotional complexities of baseball’s quintessential form, the three game-series,” (from the back cover).
- The Challenge of Jesus by N. T. Wright. I read Wright’s Simply Christian last month and devoured it. I’ve since picked up copies of several of his other works. I know I’ll probably have to read this for grad school somewhere down the line, but I don’t care.
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. I have to be the most Lewis-deficient seminarian on the planet. And I promised a good friend that I’d read this one soon. Lucy, before the year is out, I’ll have at least started on this series. I promise.
Well, that’s probably all I’ll have time to read before I have to start prepping for next semester (I’m taking Systematic Theology in the spring…I hear the reading list is a bear). Have you read any of these? What are you reading these days?
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Throw “Dissident Discipleship” onto that pile. It’s a great companion piece to “Mere Discipleship” and an essential Anabaptist primer. It’s by Augsburger.You can’t read too much C.S. Lewis. I imagine that if you start him some of the other works might move to the backburner.Wallis’ book is good stuff. At this point it’s not going to plow a whole lot of new ground for you, but will still be beneficial.And I can’t say enough good about Wright’s book.Happy reading.
I noticed you’d been reading Dissident Discipleship. If it’s in the same vein as Mere Discipleship, I’m in.The only Lewis work I’ve read entirely is A Grief Observed. Mere Christianity is one of those books I’m always meaning to read, but I never get around to it. I figure I’ll start with Narnia and go from there. (I think I said that this time last year, too.)
I read Wallis’ book last year. It seemed repetitive at times, but it was worth the read.I’ve only read one of the narnia books (The lion…, of course, several years ago). I’ve been meaning to read the rest, but haven’t gotten to it yet.
Hooray! I’m praying for blessings on your readings.-Lucy P.