Books
Finished reading: Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God: The Scandalous Truth of the Very Good News by Brian Zahnd 📚
The title is intended to be a direct counter to Jonathan Edward’s sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. For me the best chapters of this book are the ones that put Revelation in proper context as revealing a loving God.
Micro.blog Bookshelves Issue
Update: The issue below has been resolved.
Today I tried to move a book listed in micro.blog bookshelves that I was currently reading to finished, but when I clicked “Move To Finished” the book was removed from the currently reading list and not added to finished. I do notice that the book title still appears in the rendered version of the reading list on my blog. I then tried to manually add the book to Finished and it doesn’t appear. I also tried re-adding to Current Reading and it is not adding their either. Something appears to fundamentally not be working for the moment. Reported to help@micro.blog.
Finished reading: In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World by Pádraig Ó Tuama 📚
I really enjoyed this book because it contains so much wisdom scavenged during life lived. Chapter 8, Hello To Change, is particularly good with the following standing out:
“For many, the possibility of being wrong is a threat to the foundations of thought, morality, or empire. And without a doubt, those who advocate scientific thought are as prone as other schools of thought to being superior. But written into the heart of science is the embrace of the gift of being wrong.” page 197 (I would add, due to my current political mindset, that in a similar way written into the heart of democracy is the embrace of the possibility of losing an election. I see a common denominator between the emergent anti-science and anti-democracy ideaologies.)
“The Greek word translated into English as “repentance” is metanoia. The prefix meta means “beyond,” hence metaphysics being the study of—or speculation about—what is beyond the natural. The word noia means “thought” or “mind.” Together, however, metanoia means to change your thoughts, to change your mind, to turn in a new direction, to reverse a direction and go a different way” page 198
“Technically, then, this should mean that the Christian faith is a faith that is adapted to change, a faith that is not undone by realizing that its precepts or propositions are incorrect.” page 198, empahsis mine.
Currently reading: The Myth of a Christian Religion: Losing Your Religion for the Beauty of a Revolution by Gregory A. Boyd 📚
Currently reading: A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal by Sarah Bessey, Amena Brown, Barbara Brown Taylor, Lisa Sharon Harper 📚
Finished reading: Genesis for Normal People: A Guide to the Most Controversial, Misunderstood, and Abused Book of the Bible by Peter Enns, Jared Byas 📚
Currently reading: Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs: The Simple Truth About Food, Weight, and Disease by David Kessler 📚
Currently reading: The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Church History: Flaming Heretics and Heavy Drinkers by Bill Leonard, Tripp Fuller 📚
Currently reading: Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation 📚
Finished reading: That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation by David Bentley Hart 📚
Finished reading: The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith by Marcus Borg 📚
Finished reading: So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo 📚
Finished reading: The Idolatry of God: Breaking Our Addiction to Certainty and Satisfaction by Peter Rollins 📚
Currently reading: The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith by Marcus Borg 📚
Currently reading: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo 📚
Finished reading: Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church by Barbara A. Holmes 📚
Finished reading: Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom by Kelley Nikondeha 📚
Currently reading: These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore 📚
Finished reading: The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Abrams 📚
Finished reading: Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US by Lenny Duncan 📚