Trying to stay as productive as possible - during my 'wait-for-Costco-to-finish-my-tires-3-hours-after-they-said-they-would stint I made every call, text, email I could think of - so now, I blog
I just received the book, Stuff Christians Like by Jonathan Acuff in the mail, having ordered it the first day it was available.
I ripped through it in one afternoon and a bit - laughing and snickering through most all of it.
He nailed it! Picking up on many of the idiosyncracies I have come to see in 'christian life' but could never adequately communicate.
From altar-calls to 7 people you'll meet in a prayer circle; from diagrams of worship-style to the smell of old hymnals with much more in between.
And yet, within the tongue-in-cheek wit of Acuff is a genuine heart for God and people; a man struggling to know.
With the profound insight and scathing poignance of Acuff, I can't help but think that God is laughing right along, though possibly under his breath so not to give the angels the wrong idea. cough
I just received the book, Stuff Christians Like by Jonathan Acuff in the mail, having ordered it the first day it was available.
I ripped through it in one afternoon and a bit - laughing and snickering through most all of it.
He nailed it! Picking up on many of the idiosyncracies I have come to see in 'christian life' but could never adequately communicate.
From altar-calls to 7 people you'll meet in a prayer circle; from diagrams of worship-style to the smell of old hymnals with much more in between.
And yet, within the tongue-in-cheek wit of Acuff is a genuine heart for God and people; a man struggling to know.
With the profound insight and scathing poignance of Acuff, I can't help but think that God is laughing right along, though possibly under his breath so not to give the angels the wrong idea. cough
