VT Christian Reading Challenge discussion

The rain has begun! Not great since we are working through fall sports, but it gives us an excuse to play games and snuggle up with a fire and hot cocoa, so I won’t complain too much. 😉

So, I picked up The Complicated Heart: Loving Even When It Hurts and appreciated it. I love how God takes two imperfect people and works their stories together. It also made me consider mother/daughter relationships themselves. A mom holds a huge part of our heart for good or for ill. As both a mom and a daughter I found myself pondering the implications of that.

I also finished The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them because we have some genetic variations in our family…and I’m just a nerd like that!

For October I started Companions in Suffering: Comfort for Times of Loss and Loneliness. There are so many hard things going on lately. It seems appropriate. I also want to read Frankenstein: The 1818 Text for the category of an author under the age of 30.

How about you? Got any good books set up for the rainy season?

Ah, yes, it has begun raining here just this afternoon and looks to be a rainy week. We were enjoying an outdoor fire, but books don’t like rain, so I meandered inside. :)

I have a lot of books started. It looks like I’ll likely finish Karen Jobes’s commentary on 1 Peter this month as I continue memorizing 1 Peter. I’ve picked up Elyse Fitzpatrick’s study “Uncommon Vessels” afresh as I seek to discipline myself to eat to the glory of God. I’m also working through Keri Folmar’s study on James as I prep for our bi-weekly small group meeting.

Thaddeus Williams’s book, Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth, has been excellent, so I’m continuing that.

I ordered Carolyn Newheiser’s recent book, When Words Matter, and hope to read it soon as I seek to better balance grace and truth in my conversations. So much to read, so little time!

Hi ladies! We've been having AMAZING fall weather! It's not normal for October to be this warm here on the prairies, so we are just soaking it up!

Christabelle, "The Complicated Heart" looks like an amazingly challenging story! Such a good invitation to love in the midst of hurt. I'd started reading Companions in Suffering, I was enjoying it, but somehow got lost in the shuffle of others reading ;)

Elizabeth, I read When Words Matter, and I really enjoyed it. I found it convicting and practical, I'll look forward to hearing your thoughts :) I've not done any of Keri's studies yet, but they've looked good.

This month I'm reading Do You Believe?: 12 Historic Doctrines to Change Your Everyday Life and Is Christmas Unbelievable?: Four Questions Everyone Should Ask about the World's Most Famous Story and You're Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why That’s Good News.

Have a great day!