Summer reading

[Lydia Nelson]

What kind of books are people reading this summer? Anything insightful about God, faith, and life?

[Lydia Nelson]

So far this summer our book group at Luther Seminary has read Unveiled by Francine Rivers, The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson, and The Silver Chalice by Thomas Costain.

Unveiled is a retelling of the story of Tamar in Genesis, as part of Rivers' Lineage of Grace series. We would highly recommend this book for a church book grou. Mack is about an unbelieving Scottish pastor who encounters the devil and slowly goes mad. This one was not as good as we expected - it was more agnotic than we had anticipated. The Silver Chalice was an enjoyable summer read, full of action and description and romance. Not bad for a book popular in the 1950s!

[Scott Johnson]

I read Johnny Cash and the Great American Contradiction by Rodney Clapp - incredible book, really, from both a musical and a political perspective.

[Katy Resop]

I just finished The Catcher in the Rye--first time I ever read it! And I'm reading Touching the Holy, a recommendation by Pastor Joy, admissions at LSTC. Loving it.

[Lydia Nelson]

Right now I'm reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. It is helping me to think about the ethics of food and the importance of stewarship of the earth and the importance of supporting a local food culture. A great read!!!!

[Katy Resop]

I've been meaning to read that book for so long now! But my list is huge... and next on my "non-fiction" list is The Gender Knot. But right now I'm finishing up Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time by Borg and then I'm switching to Fiction--Jane Austen! Northanger Abby.

[Erin Daubert]

I'm almost finished with "Three Cups of Tea." It's a book that recently just became very popular, and for good reason. Following the true story of one man, the reader can see how God can call even ordinary people to do great things. After accidently drifiting toward a small town on a climb in Pakistan, Greg Mortenson sees the poverty the people live in and realizes he can do something about it. He decides to build a school. With no money, living out of his car and only a part-time night job back home, it takes a lot of time and patience but with hard work, Greg does amazing things. He has now built 55 schools. While the book doesn't direclty bring religion into the story, it's clear that God is working through Greg and it's great to read how "ordinary" people are doing "extraordinary" things.

[Katy Resop]

ah, I've also been meaning to read this book for the longest time!!!

[Lydia Nelson]

I've read that book too - another great read!

[Ray J Gentry IV]

I've been on a Christopher Moore kick this summer. I definitely recommend "Lamb: the Gospel According to Bif, Christ's Childhood Pal." It's spectacular book. I also read "Fluke" and am currently working on "Dirty Job." I haven't had this much fun reading in a long time :)