tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post116555582645416698..comments2024-01-25T03:56:02.403-08:00Comments on Presbyterian Bloggers: Friday Review . . . End of Year Best of ListsMirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380861596539183040noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-1165659113487668262006-12-09T02:11:00.000-08:002006-12-09T02:11:00.000-08:00"Of course, the nice thing about no longer being i..."Of course, the nice thing about no longer being in graduate school in English Literature is that I can skip the Solzhenitsyn."<BR/><BR/>Sheesh! Did graduate school drive out of you any sense of reading for pleasure? Or has the Presbyterian Church driven out of you any moral sensibility?<BR/><BR/>Solzhenitsyn is worth reading on either score.stpetrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961792423937962991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-1165633327101916822006-12-08T19:02:00.000-08:002006-12-08T19:02:00.000-08:00on the fictional Mary-Magdelene front, I highly re...on the fictional Mary-Magdelene front, I highly recommend "Mary Called Magdalene" by Margaret George. She's known for writing biographies, but this obviously is a novel (it even says so on the front cover!)...but it's a really well-written and moving story.<BR/><BR/>for churchy books, I have to say that I enjoyed the Secret Message of Jesus in a suprising way. McLaren's description of disciples (us) as "secret agents of the gospel" makes me feel cool. :-)Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-1165605194232963192006-12-08T11:13:00.000-08:002006-12-08T11:13:00.000-08:00Strangers and NeighborsWhat I Have Learned About C...Strangers and Neighbors<BR/>What I Have Learned About Christianity by Living Among Orthodox Jews <BR/><BR/>By Maria Poggi Johnson <BR/><BR/>The compelling, insightful, and challenging memoir of a Christian woman's exploration of her faith while living in community with strictly Orthodox Jews. As Maria Johnson explains: "I knew that Christianity is rooted deep in Judaism, but living in daily contact with a vital and vibrant Jewish life has been fascinating and transforming. I am and will remain a Christian, but I am a rather different Christian than I was before."Stushiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693178228505134028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-1165603424659926152006-12-08T10:43:00.000-08:002006-12-08T10:43:00.000-08:00Ok, you caught me. I've got my own pile of things...Ok, you caught me. I've got my own pile of things to read and not blog about. Hey, this ain't my ring. Miranda invited me to fill this slot -- I gotta try to keep the closet dark , if not shut!<BR/><BR/>My introduction to Tom Robbins was Still Life With Woodpecker. Am I dating myself? <BR/><BR/>The Magdalene book you describe looks interesting. I may have to look around for it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading.<BR/><BR/>JusticeSeekerJusticeSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17476712603906274088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-1165596732392312672006-12-08T08:52:00.000-08:002006-12-08T08:52:00.000-08:00Hi Justice Seeker. Pretty profound works. I was ...Hi Justice Seeker. Pretty profound works. I was going to spend 2007 thumbing through my old Mad Magazines. <BR/><BR/>In addition, I am going to finish my collection of Tom Robbins novels. I have finished 6 with two left. Robbins is a wild man, but I think, very enlightening on issues of life and meaning. <BR/><BR/>I am going to catch up with the buzz on Mary Magdalene. I will read Jean-Ives Leloup's Gospel of Mary and the new Secrets of Mary Magdalene, edited by Dan Burstein and Arne J. De Keijzer. The contributors to this work include Tori Amos, James Carrroll, Bart Ehrman, Karen King, Elaine Pagels, Anna Quindlen. It is a look at Mary from all kinds of perspectives. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Also on my list is Nigel Leaves, The God Problem. <BR/><BR/>I just love the title. That's me--a guy with a god problem!<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/>jJohn Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.com