Wow, another month is over, so it’s time to share what I read last month.
Here’s what I read in July:
Graced Vulnerability: A Theology of Childhood by David H. Jensen
This book was recommended by someone who has recently completed the subject that I’m currently doing. As the title suggests the book looks at childhood from a theological perspective. He talks about the importance of play, imagination and curiosity not only for children but how we can and should use these in religion as well. There is a lot of information and ideas expressed in this book. I read the book quite quickly and it would probably be worth reading again at a slower pace.
When the Church Was a Family: Recaturing Jesus’ Vision for Authentic Christian Community by Joseph H. Hellerman
This book looked so promising when I picked it up to read it. It looked at what family meant in Biblical times, particularly the importance of sibling relationships. There was a lot of interesting history. The book also talked about how our western individualism is so far removed from what family used to mean. I was hoping for a deeper look of what this means for us now but the ideas given were basic and not new to me.
The People Smuggler by Robin De Crespigny
This is the true story of Ali Al Jenabi, who had to flee Iraq. De Crespigny has written the story in first person. The book starts when Ali is about 10 and we learn why is father is imprisoned by Saddam Hussein. Later Ali is eventually imprisoned, has to leave Iraq after he gets out of prison. We learn how Ali works to get the rest of his family safely out of Iraq to Iran, then via Indonesia eventually to Australia. A very moving and powerful story.
Eating Ourselves Sick by Louise Stephen
Lousie Stephen developed an autoimmune disease in her early thirties, which led to renal failure and a kidney transplant. She began to investigate how she had become so ill, as she was living in a wealthy Western country. The modern diet of high carb, seed oils, processed sugar is not good for us. She looks at how are diet has changed so drastically and how going back to low carb, animal fats, less sugar and eating whole foods is better. We learn about some of the studies behind what we’ve been told and who is backing these studies. She also includes information about studies that we haven’t been told about. The information in this book fits with so much of what I have read, learnt or heard from others (including Quirky Cooking), since we’ve had to change our diet due to food intolerances.
With 4 books finished this month that brings my total to 31 books read so far this year.
What have you been reading lately?
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