Living more intensely

Hey guys... I was just messin around with the blog, and I noticed (again) the quote that I chose as the subheading of our blog. Have you read it?

I was wondering how reading Elie Wiesel's book has changed us. Has it caused you, in any way, to "live more intensely" because you read it? Was it worth your time investment to read the book?

For me, I think the answer to that question is that God is using it as part of a journey in my life of opening my eyes more widely to the incredible depravity and horror of the world around us. How easy it is for me to be comfortable and to shield my eyes and my heart. I pray that God would use me as His hands to help hurting people and eliminate injustice so that His will may be done "on earth as it is in heaven."

Also, in case you are new-- we have decided to read "Kite Runner" with our 'due date' of April 15th. (Eek! I don't know if I can do it! I'm in seminary and I really don't know if I can get in another book!!!) Anyways, you should all be able to 'contribute' on this blog and make posts with discussion questions as we finish up the book. Also, I think it would be great to continue to develop the "community" aspect of this group. Since most of us don't get to see each others faces very often.. if at all... keep us all posted on your lives too! Pics would be fun too!!

So, anyways, would love to hear your comments on how this book club is fulfilling its purpose as related to the above quote! Blessings!

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So..... I guess we have the following options. Please comment and rank them #1 (one you want to read most) to #6 (least desiring to read).

Here are the options:

Future Grace by John Piper
Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer
Kite Runner by Kahled Hosseini
For One More Day by Mitch Albom
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson
Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change

Another Idea

Jessica and I are both already reading Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change for our Biblical Counseling courses. It's a book written for the average Joe to read, so it's not like a textbook or anything. It might be a good one for discussion as well as present and future application.

Suggestions

So I have an idea. Let's all suggest 1 book we'd like to add to the list (if you want), and then we'll add that to the top 2 of last time: Future Grace by Piper and The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer. Let's try to do this by Wednesday evening, and then we can all number them from 1 to whatever in the order that sounds interesting to us. Then we can see which book rated in each of our top 3's.

The one I'd like to add to the list:

A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson