End of the “End Times” . . .?

It’s the end of the world as we know it . . . as described by REM  . . .  or not.

If you are reading this post, it did not happen . . . at least not on May 21, 2011.

Book Review: The Sacred Journey by Charles Foster

If I had known this was the last book in the Ancient Practices series, I might have started with something less challenging.

This book is about serious Christianity and the practice of moving.  Moving as in going on a journey, a pilgrimage, with less “baggage” than most of us would think essential for an overnight trip to a relative’s house.

Make no mistake – this is about physically walking.  Foster talks the talk, but has also walked the walk . . . literally.  His focus in this slim volume is the “fundamental relationship between the man, his feet, and his place in the universe.”  The basic action of movement is lifted up as the natural state of man and the way he finds himself and God.

Book Review: A Year With God

For anyone who wants to know the Bible more intimately, A Year With God can help you carry out that goal.

As the title implies, you should consider this book one page at a time over an entire year.   Selected Old Testament Bible verses in nine general topic areas provides focused study on such themes as “Love and Hate”, “Faith and Doubt”, and “Forgiveness and Anger”.

After each verse, a short discussion follows to put the lesson into a more useful framework.  This book is “handy” and offers much in easily digested daily doses.