Books
Tia tagged me for a book meme awhile back. I actually have not read a lot of books that are incredibly memorable but I’ll give it a go. Let’s just say off the bat that the Bible and/or books within the Bible apply to most of these so I’m not including the Bible as an answer for anything. If you’re interested in viewing my library, I have a shelfari account here. It’s not complete but I’m adding to it.
One book that changed your life:
I’m not given to sentimentality or statements like “that changed my life” so I can’t really answer this. I will say that Blue Like Jazz by Don Miller and the Shaping of Things to Come by Alan Hirsch and Michael Frost gave voice to a lot of the changes in my spirituality at that time and gave me permission to move forward - they were the right books at the right time for me.
One book that you have read more than once:
The Great Divorce by CS Lewis
One book you would want on a deserted island:
Anything by Shel Silverstein but the Giving Tree is probably my favorite
One book that made you laugh:
The Girlfriend’s Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood by Vicki Iovine - this was ROFLOL funny for me. The Girlfriend’s Guide to Pregnancy was also hysterical. I don’t generally read funny books now that I think about it.
One book that made you cry:
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold which says a lot because I rarely cry
One book that I wish had written:
I can’t answer this question, I don’t think that way… but I will say that were I to write a book it would either be a children’s book or a book about post modern spiritual parenting.
One book that you wish had never been written:
Growing Kids Gods Way by Gary Ezzo
One book you are currently reading:
Everything Must Change by Brian McLaren
One book you have been meaning to read:
Intuitive Leadership by Tim Keel
and as an added bonus, here are the “books to read” on my shelf (in addition to Keel’s):
How (not to) Speak of God by Pete Rollins
Watchmen (a graphic novel) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (I started this and haven’t finished)
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
Saving the World by Julia Alvarez
…and my two favorite authors at the moment are Charles Todd (mother/son author team actually) and Anne Perry. I really like historical mysteries.
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While not exactly historical mysteries, you might check out “The Chalon Heads” by Barry Maitland. It’s part of a series of “Brock and Kathy” mysteries I have found surprisingly well written (except for his latest). They are murder mysteries and can be a bit gruesome in spots, but I’ve found them very compelling.
Oooh…tell me how the Alvarez book treats you. I love her
~H
Makessha
Oh my goodness, thanks for including a book that you wish was never written.
About 10 years ago I was put on a church curriculum committee for a large church to review “Growing Kids” because I was so adamantly against it. It became such a burden for me that I had to find some way to “let it go” a bit because I thought it was all such a load of crap.
I remember buying up the notebooks/books at garage sales and throwing it away just so no one else would run across it. We are no longer at that church and I hadn’t heard anything about “Growing Kids” for years. I hope all of Ezzo’s stuff is no longer around.
unfortunately brad not only are they still around but they’re still being used in churches as parenting curriculum. sadly, it’s still a growing ideology.
Wow that is REALLY too bad to hear.
It is amazing in Christian circles how little time/effort we put into thinking well. We just want someone to tell us what to do, even if it is wacked. The bottom line is “does it work.” In our Ezzo discussions I use to say often that just because something “works” through behavior modification doesn’t make it right. Okay I better stop . . .
I know, it is sad. Plus, I think it’s disturbing that his *stuff* has been lifted up as “God’s Way” - UGH.
have you seen the site ezzo.info?
by the way brad, I’m encouraged by your thoughts on ezzo’s stuff. It’s actually hard to find anyone in churchy circles who understand much less agree.
thanks Pete, I’ll have to check them out
Mak
Thanks for the link to ezzo.info
It is good to see someone has put together a site like this. My wife and I have a huge folder of materials that we collected against all the ezzo crap. (folder, yes that was 10 years ago.) I like the brochure they have put together, I will have to print some of those out.
I still can’t believe the ezzo books/materials haven’t faded away. I also can’t believe that church leadership can’t see through all the theological/biblical problems with it.
I remember one of the biblical foundations for letting your baby “cry it out” was that God the Father didn’t respond when Jesus was “crying out” on the cross. What the heck?
Thanks for getting me all fired up again with this Ezzo crap . . . pelase no more!