I realize that the last post was long and complicated. Sorry about that. Thanks to anyone who has the patience to read through it. It's pretty heavy stuff to deal with in my mind and my heart. Prayers appreciated. :)
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*The World is Flat (Thomas L Friedman)
*Harry Potter -Book 7 (JK Rowling)
*Fit to be Tied (Hybels)
*Mere Christianity (CS Lewis)
*No Man is an Island (Thomas Merton)
*The Chronicles of Narnia -yes, all 7! (CS Lewis)
*The Four Loves (CS Lewis)
*Till We Have Faces (CS Lewis)
*Girl meets God (Lauren Winner)
*The Blood of the Lamb (Peter DeVries)
*The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
*Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
*The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
*Serve God Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action (Dr Matthew Sleeth)
*Surprised by Joy (CS Lewis)
*A New Kind of Christian (Brian McLaren)
*Holy Hunches (Bruce Main)
Dakota (Kathleen Norris)
The McDonaldization of Society (George Ritzer)
Real Sex (Lauren Winner)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Last of the Mohicans (Cooper)
The Freedom Writers (Erin Gruwell)
Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)
Breathing Space (Heidi Neumark)
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollack)
Funny In Farsi (Firoozeh Dumas)
Do Hard Things (Alex/Brett Harris)
Deep Justice In a Broken World (various)
Godless (Pete Hautman)
The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier)
Simply Christian (N.T. Wright)
The Wednesday Wars (Schmidt)
Walk Two Moons (Sharon Creech)
Getting Marriage Right (Dr. David Gushee)
Boundaries (Dr. Cloud)
Keep a Quiet Heart (Elisabeth Elliot)
My Utmost for His Highest (Oswald Chambers)
Peace Child (Don Richardson)
Seven Storey Mountain (Thomas Merton) <--I've been working on this one for a long time. I just need to finish it!!!
Son of Laughter (Frederick Buechner)
The Celebration of the Disciplines (Richard Foster)
The Divine Conspiracy (Dallas Willard)
Muslims Meeting Christ (Shirley W. Madany)
The Five Love Languages (Gary Chapman)
The Next Christendom (Jenkins)
The Spirit of the Disciplines (Dallas Willard)
Through Painted Deserts (Donald Miller)
Non-violence: 25 Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea (Mark Kurlansky)
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
The Myth of a Christian Nation (Gregory A Boyd)
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less (Barry Schwartz)
Enrique's Journey (Sonia Nazario)
Katherine, Called Birdy (Karen Cushen)
Anne of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery)
Brendan (Frederick Buechner)
"It's out of my hands" is a phrase for resignation-- if it's out of my hands, there's nothing left to be done. Sometimes people use it to excuse themselves inappropriately. As Christians, however, when we give it up to Him, it truly is out of our hands. God is in control. So now this phrase takes on another meaning: I simply hold out to Him what I have "out of my hands," a willing and sincere love offering, including my prayers, petitions and praises. These "Three Ps" come from Philippians 4:6, which says: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Hello, my name is
- Betsy Joy
- I'm a disciple of Christ. I'm not perfect, but I'm learning that leadership doesn't require perfection: it reqires obedience, humility and a willingness to serve.
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Things to do before I die:
- Graduate from Calvin! (with a 3.7 GPA... not 3.5!) **DONE!!!**
- Teach English in the US **DONE!!!**
- Visit Central America **DONE!!!**
- 1. Read all of CS Lewis' works
- 2. Be involved with community development
- 3. Teach English in a foreign country
- 4. Do Teach for America or Peace Corp
- 5. Take a photography class
- 6. Hear my favorite music artist play live
- 7. Be on staff with a church plant (in Italy?)
- 8. Live abroad for at least 2 years
- 9. Go to an actual monastery for a retreat
- 10. Go back to Glasgow and visit the Scottish highlands
- 11. Spend a summer backpacking/climbing mountains
- 12. Graduate from a seminary
- 13. Write a book
- 14. Intentionally mentor someone long-term
- 15. Ride in a hot air balloon!
- 16. Get married :)
- 17. Visit every European country
- 18. Visit Australia
- 19. Visit Africa
- 20. Visit South America
- 21. Visit Asia
a reading list for 2009
*Harry Potter -Book 7 (JK Rowling)
*Fit to be Tied (Hybels)
*Mere Christianity (CS Lewis)
*No Man is an Island (Thomas Merton)
*The Chronicles of Narnia -yes, all 7! (CS Lewis)
*The Four Loves (CS Lewis)
*Till We Have Faces (CS Lewis)
*Girl meets God (Lauren Winner)
*The Blood of the Lamb (Peter DeVries)
*The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
*Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
*The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
*Serve God Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action (Dr Matthew Sleeth)
*Surprised by Joy (CS Lewis)
*A New Kind of Christian (Brian McLaren)
*Holy Hunches (Bruce Main)
Dakota (Kathleen Norris)
The McDonaldization of Society (George Ritzer)
Real Sex (Lauren Winner)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Last of the Mohicans (Cooper)
The Freedom Writers (Erin Gruwell)
Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)
Breathing Space (Heidi Neumark)
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollack)
Funny In Farsi (Firoozeh Dumas)
Do Hard Things (Alex/Brett Harris)
Deep Justice In a Broken World (various)
Godless (Pete Hautman)
The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier)
Simply Christian (N.T. Wright)
The Wednesday Wars (Schmidt)
Walk Two Moons (Sharon Creech)
Getting Marriage Right (Dr. David Gushee)
Boundaries (Dr. Cloud)
Keep a Quiet Heart (Elisabeth Elliot)
My Utmost for His Highest (Oswald Chambers)
Peace Child (Don Richardson)
Seven Storey Mountain (Thomas Merton) <--I've been working on this one for a long time. I just need to finish it!!!
Son of Laughter (Frederick Buechner)
The Celebration of the Disciplines (Richard Foster)
The Divine Conspiracy (Dallas Willard)
Muslims Meeting Christ (Shirley W. Madany)
The Five Love Languages (Gary Chapman)
The Next Christendom (Jenkins)
The Spirit of the Disciplines (Dallas Willard)
Through Painted Deserts (Donald Miller)
Non-violence: 25 Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea (Mark Kurlansky)
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
The Myth of a Christian Nation (Gregory A Boyd)
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less (Barry Schwartz)
Enrique's Journey (Sonia Nazario)
Katherine, Called Birdy (Karen Cushen)
Anne of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery)
Brendan (Frederick Buechner)
Under the Banner of Heaven (?)
[*Books I read in 2007]
[*Books I read in 2007]
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