Thursday, August 25, 2005

New Books

I'm so happy. My order from Amazon.com came to me today, and I now have five more books to read among all the other ones I have started or have meant to start.

The five books:

Through Painted Deserts by Donald Miller - this book was originally called something else, this is his first book - but it didn't sell. Now that he has sold a lot of books, the decision was made to reprint it under a different title. Which I'm glad, because the former book is being sold for a lot of money on amazon and ebay.

Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell - I watched a Nooma video for the first time yesterday thanks to Mike, and it was great - so I'm really looking forward to this book.

The Last Word and the Word After That by Brian McLaren - I'm anticipating finishing the trilogy.

Alternative Worship by Johnny Baker - This is something I've been wanting to get for awhile now, it's a book about the alternative worship scene in England. I've visited several websites of churches who have alternative worship, so I'm interested to see what this book is going to say. And there's a CD at the back.

God's Politics: How the Right Gets It Wrong, and the Left Doesn't Get It by Jim Wallis - I like Wallis a lot, his website and magazine called Soujourners are great and really where I am at right now.


Well, gotta go and get started!

3 comments:

Rochelle said...

"Velvet Elvis" is my next book to start I am reading "God's Politics"right now I listened to a presentation that Jim Wallis did on the internet and it was wonderful That's what made me buy the book I just told Mike last week that I was going to buy "Through Painted Deserts" I've read "The Last Word and the Word After That" ..it was my favorite of the trilogy I want to see how fast you read it :) Have fun reading ..we should have a book club .instead of Oprah it can be Adam :)

john chandler said...

Gasp...you just saw your first Nooma?

Adam said...

Yes, I know. I've been deprived. I don't know why Nooma and Rob Bell have passed me by in the last couple of years. I'm glad I've discovered them and him though. His book Velvet Elvis, so far, is incredible.