As for what I've been reading... Well, I did a lot of Christmas knitting, and that cut into reading time. I spent about three weeks reading Jacquelyn Mitchard's Twelve Times Blessed. I gave up about three-quarters of the way through. Now, I LOVE this lady's books, but the main character in this book just kept making really stupid decisions and saying really crazy relationship-destroying things, and I finally just got to a point where reading the book upset me to the point of mild depression. When I start dreading reading a book that is supposed to be relaxing, it's time to pull out the bookmark and put the book aside. If anyone out there has read this book and thinks that I should finish reading it through, please let me know.
For my parish's book club selection in January, we are reading Elizabeth Johnson's The Quest for the Living God. This appears to be a college freshman level introductory theology book that has been strongly criticized by the American bishops. When I get through reading this book, I intend to read the bishops' statements very carefully. I am about halfway through the book, and it is well written and would be easily accessible to anyone who looking for a basic introduction to the great currents of contemporary Christian theology. Her chapter on the post-Holocaust theology that emerged in the 1940s-1960s is a lovely complement to Karen Armstrong's chapter about the development of Jewish theology in the 20th century in her book A History of God.
Finally, I have to show you why I've been typing this all hunched over on a folding chair.
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I like this arrangement, too.
There was a display of Lone Star quilts in Houston (from the innovative-for-its-time lone star book whose name and author I have since forgotten). Two friends and I enjoyed the quilts, but found ourselves noticing what a difference fabric placement makes--we unanimously preferred the quilts that had a strong contrast at the star points.
Isn't it amazing how some cats LOVE those rolly office chairs? A favorite perch of my little girl cat, Grace Hopper, is my sewing chair.
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