August 6, 2004

• 10 books on my to-read list

  
  

  I finished organizing my bookshelf and picked off 10 books that have been moved to my bedroom nightstand table:

  
  

  Gig: Americans talk about their jobs | Since re-reading Po Bronson’s book, I’ve been interested in how we find our ideal careers.  And why don’t we talk about this more in church?  When I have more time, I am going to organize a lecture series or panel discussions on careers.

  
  

  All About Love: New Visions (Bell Hooks) | I read this last year, but it was beyond my understanding.  Hoping to have matured some and get more out of it the second time around.

  
  

  Wyrms (Orson Scott Card) | Card is one of my favorite fiction writers, and I haven’t read much fiction lately.  I bought this used off ebay, read the first few pages, and liked it enough to put it on the list.

  
  

  20:21 Vision (Bill Emmott) | I started this recent world history primer a few months ago when cesareborgia recommended it.  Then I read through half the book in preparation for a Harvard panel discussion on U.S. foreign policy.  Now I need more motivation to finish the book.  It’s good, but not very relevant to my current priorities.

  
  

  Natural Church Development (Christian Schwartz) | Another book I read last year, but this year it’s assigned reading for Highrock overseers, so I’m going to go through it again when I have a spare two hours.

  
  

  The Seven Deadly Sins of Small Group Ministry (Donahue and Robinson) | Daveswaim gave me the book to read a few pages on church integration, and now I feel I should skim the rest of it before returning.

  
  

  Kokoro (Soseki) | From Edwin’s collection of books he didn’t want when he moved.  I tried a few pages and liked it.

  
  

  The Dilbert Future (Scott Adams) | Sometimes humor is the best way to get to the truth.  Trends that will shape our working world, unfortunately.

  
  

  Created for Community (Stanley Grenz) | More assigned Highrock overseer reading.  It’s supposed to be a good overview of Christian theology, and how it supports the idea of community.  Heavy on the Bible references, so it’s slow reading for me.

  
  

  On Writing Well (William Zinsser) | I used to think I was a half-decent writer until I happened to open this book to a random page and read:

  
  

  
  

  The Exclamation Point. Don’t use it unless you must to achieve a certain effect.  It has a gushy aura–the breathless excitement of a debutante commenting on an event that was exciting only to her: “Daddy says I must have had too much champagne!”  “But honestly, I could have danced all night!”

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