What I'm Reading Now
Robert E. Webber: Evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail: Why Evangelicals Are Attracted to the Liturgical Church
The next time someone asks me why I changed denominations (from Baptist to Episcopal), I'm just going to give (lend?) them a copy of this book. It says pretty much everything I want to say, and then some. (*****)Dallas Willard: The Divine Conspiracy : Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God
This is getting to be an annual thing with me ... Every year, I find new gems in this book. Dallas Willard is both profound and accessible - a rare quality indeed. (*****)Paul Elie: The Life You Save May Be Your Own : An American Pilgrimage
I bought this in hardcover last year and am just now halfway through it. Not an easy read, but rewarding. This is a work that Publishers Weekly calls a "masterful interplay of biography and literary criticism" that examines the lives and work of four great 20th century Catholic American writers: Flannery O'Connor, Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day and (my personal favorite) Walker Percy. (****)Brian D. McLaren: Generous Orthodoxy, A : Why I am a missional, evangelical, post/protestant, liberal/conservative, mystical/poetic, biblical, charismatic/contemplative, ... anabaptist/anglican, metho (EMERGENTYS)
I've read some of McLaren's other books (The Story We Find Ourselves In, More Ready Than You Realize, A New Kind of Christian), and while I don't always agree with his conclusions, I do agree that the questions he asks are important. But then, I suspect that's all he's really after. (****)HarperCollins Spiritual Classics: Teresa of Avila : Selections from The Interior Castle (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)
I got this excerpt from Teresa of Avila's The Interior Castle because it had a introduction by Dallas Willard, but now I'm hooked. Even across five centuries, her explanations of how we progress in the journey to Christlikeness are completely relevant. (****)
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Biography
I'm a 40+ freelance writer with a B.A. in English who's working her way through graduate school. I'm seeking an M.A. in Communications (special emphasis on New Media) so I can expand my career into web writing and consulting.
I was born and raised in the southeastern United States, and I now live on the beautiful central Gulf Coast. After being raised in the Southern Baptist tradition and coming to Christ at age 16, I began a rather convoluted spiritual journey that has (thus far) culminated in my becoming an Episcopalian. And the changes (and surprises) keep comin' ...
While everyone's story is unique, I do think I share much in common with others who are, as Robert Webber refers to them, evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail.
Interests
Philip Yancey, Dallas Willard, Frederick Buechner, Robert Webber, Anne Lamott, Richard Foster
