Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Interrupted, by Jen Hatmaker




Started:  10/21/2014
Finished:  10/25/2014


"I can't unknow what I know, and I can't unsee what I've seen.  It leaves me aching." ~p. 112

"We painfully overhauled our personal budget, freeing up some excess to share."  ~p. 113

"Shane Claiborne described his experience at the Home of the Destitute and Dying when working with Mother Theresa in Calcutta: 'As I looked into the eyes of the dying, I felt like I was meeting God.  It was if I were entering the Holy of Holies in the temple - sacred, mystical.  I felt like I should take off my shoes...' ".  ~pp. 109-110

"It us en vogue to broadcast anti-materialism while tweeting via an iPhone upgraded from last year's model."  ~p. 180

"Believer, your life is too essential to waste on pettiness or word wars, greed or ladder climbing, anger or bitterness, fear or anxiety, regret or disappointment.  Life is too short."  ~p. 182

"If the gospel is good news to all, then it's not just an idea to consider, a time slot on Sunday, or a task assigned to a select few -- it's a life to live.  And it's bigger than all of us."  ~p. 187

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Hudson Taylor, by Janet and Geoff Benge

Here's one that's been on the shelf for a long time.  Some of the kids read it, but I had never picked it up.  I didn't know much about this missionary to the lost country of China until I read this "Christian Heroes, Then and Now" book.