I just finished The Jesus Way, and loved it. Also his other two in this trilogy, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places (love the title, and I'll probably read/reread pieces of this book the rest of my life), and Eat This Book which I started and need to get back to. I wanted to read The Jesus Way because I'm doing a weekend retreat's Bible study on the Gospel of Luke (How Jesus taught and lived the Old Testament concept of Jubilee). Another book you might like is Messy Spirituality by Michael Yaconelli, and still another, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. I notice you are interested in adoption...we have three biological daughters and our third child is adopted Korean son. When we were missionaries in Korea, about 50 children were adopted "from our home," in that we had some part in the adoptions. We had 14 foster children during those 20 years as well. Blessings, Martha Huntley

posted by MarthaHuntley at 4:32 pm (EST) on Mar 5, 2008

Well, Amy, I'm with you all the way. I have always loved libraries, and was in charge of the Resource Center of the Presbytery of Tampa Bay for 20 years before retiring Oct. 1
One of the best books I've ever read on Left/Right/Center Christians is Brian McLauren's Generous Orthodoxy. It was a life changing book for me, and I have spoken on it and recommended it in a number of talks. I'm reading Eugene Peterson (one of my favorite writers)'s The Jesus Way as well right now. I'm preparing for a retreat in April that will cover the Gospel of Luke, what Jesus taught about the Hebrew scripture concept of Jubilee, and The Jesus Way makes a very nice parallel. I think I'm a just plain Christian, but I notice Jesus when faced with a decision that was between a rule/regulation or a real live person, usually favored fixing/redeeming/healing/encouraging the person. And it hasn't escaped my attention that the group of people who gave him the most grief and appeared to make him maddest was the religious leaders of his day -- I think he could see so much better things they could be doing and saying. Blessings, Martha Huntley

posted by MarthaHuntley at 1:55 pm (EST) on Feb 20, 2008

My, I think we must have right much in common. The nine books listed in LT that we share are some of my very favorites. And how did you answer Andrew's question about the Christian Left in America?! Martha Huntley

posted by MarthaHuntley at 7:53 pm (EST) on Feb 18, 2008

Hi,

I have some difficulty understanding the topology of the church in North America.

Can you help me with an explanation of "Christian Left"?

Greetings,
Andrew

http://www.librarything.com/profile/andrewb47

posted by andrewb47 at 2:25 pm (EST) on Aug 18, 2006