ALL GOOD THINGS

All good things must come to an end.

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Some of the books my two-person, long-distance, by-telephone Friday morning book club has read the past few years. It comes to an end for the time being due to life changes, but it was glorious while it lasted.

 

"Deep and wide" theological discussions with books, authors, the church, and one another. 

We just finished Say Yes: Discover the Surprising Life Beyond the Death of a Dream by Scott Erickson. 

The Long Weeping: Portrait Essays by Jessie van Eerden was my favorite read of the stack.

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Our "book club" has taken various forms (and pauses) over the years, but when we started about two decades ago, we read Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy by Walter Brueggemann, which was (and is) and absolute beast of a book. Our study of this book was intense and personal. It's influence was both intimate and universal. I still refer to this book and delve into it's pages as needed.

For me, along with the Bible, it has been one of the "touchstones" to guide my readings of all of the other books that my book club has had the pleasure of reading since.