January 04, 2007
beg a book.
Every Christmas since High School, I've been haunted by an idea my Junior Bible teacher gave us--beg a book for Christmas. Instead of a bunch of other "useless" (as he called it) stuff, ask for things that will serve you in your walk with Christ. He even gave us extra-credit for doing it! This Christmas was beg a book overload. Now, if only my seminary teachers would give me points for raking this stack in. Hah.
I am blessed to have family and friends that cared about me enough to hook me up with this stuff!
The ESV Journaling Bible is a great gift indeed! I just received one for Christmas and I love it!!
Posted by: Tom at January 4, 2007 09:19 PMso... are you a fast reader? 'cause that's a stinkin' lot of books.
Posted by: lee at January 5, 2007 06:44 AMBeg-a-book...talk about a walk down memory lane...
The book I've been meaning to read for a long time but haven't gotten around to it yet is The Cross and Christian Ministry. I really need to put it on my list.
Enjoy your books!
Posted by: dan at January 5, 2007 08:00 AMFunny that you mention Beg-A-Book. I hadn't thought of it for a long time and the memories recently resurfaced. I remember it was a lot of fun for students, parents, and (presumably) teacher. It was a good deal for me, because books are the one form of "stuff" I'm willing to let stack up in my house.
I've been trying to figure out if I could implement a similar idea in my class, since there are a lot of spiritual truths that I'm not able to thoroughly teach in my graphic design curriculum but that I still want to impart to my students.
Posted by: Michael C. at January 6, 2007 12:34 AM