Christianity for the Rest of Us, Diana Butler Bass
I can't remember where I saw the ad for this one. As soon as a I read a description, I headed straight over to a computer so I could put in a request for it. I've even thought that it might be an appropriate next book for our Adult Ed (read: Sunday School; I hate that moniker) class at Royal Lane. Here's a quote from the jacket:
For Decades the accepted wisdom has been that America's mainline Protestant churches are in decline, eclipsed by evangelical mega-churches. Church and religion expert Diana Butler Bass wondered if this was true, and this book is the result of her churches across the country. her surprising findings reveal just the opposite--that many of the churches are flourishing, and they are doing so without resorting to mimicking the mega-church, evangelical style...
...certain consistent practices--such as hospitality, contemplation, diversity, justice, discernment, and worship--emerged as core expressions of congregations seeking to rediscover authentic Christian faith and witness today.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver
You may recognize the Kingsolver name as she is the author of the deeply-affecting novel, The Poisonwood Bible. The non-fiction piece is part-memoir, part-journalistic investigation into good food and the foods that we eat.
...[she] makes a passionate case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life and diversified farms at the center of the American diet.
This is the story of a year in which we made every attempt to feed ourselves animals and vegetables whose provenance we really knew...and of how our family was changed by our first year of deliberately eating food produced from the same place where we worked, went to school, loved our neighbors, drank the water, and breathed the air.
Also, I received Where Have All the Leaders Gone?, Lee Iaccoca, for my birthday. I'll let you know how they turn out.
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