(I really wanted to be back to the blog before now, but when I went to post last week, I ran into some major issues. As a result, we’ve spent the past week or so moving servers, and now, hopefully, things can resume semi-normalcy. Coming up: more food, updates on life with baby, and how…
Category: books
{Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor} Barbara Brown Taylor’s An Altar in the World might just be one of my favorite books ever, especially as far as faith related books go. And while this one is different, I loved it, too. Leaving Church tells the story of Taylor’s journey to become an Episcopal priest and her very…
{I figured I should get this up now that it’s April.} {The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz} The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is so different from anything I’ve read recently. It tells the story of Oscar, who was a geeky kid from the Dominican Republic living in the US…
{Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate by Justin Lee} Torn is written by Justin Lee, founder of the Gay Christian Network, who grew up in a conservative Christian home and church and was just sure that we was not gay, even though it turns out he was. In Torn, Lee tells the story…
{Bittersweet by Shauna Niequist} This is a book of essays about a particularly difficult time in Shauna Niequist’s life, when she was dealing with a miscarriage and wanting to move and wanting to have another child. There is lots of bitterness in the book, but she also has a way of finding the holy moments…