Questioning Spirituality................
A while ago i got this book! I am tempted to stop right there with this post! You can read more of the official info here. Hey, i even exchanged a couple of messages with Phyllis Tickle on Facebook, she wrote the foreword, which on my pre-release copy was missing! I am not sure what else to say, i admit to almost throwing it away a few times, that would have been silly. I will not get into a deep theological criticism of the book. For one, i am not intelligent enough to do so but also i got frustrated and have not yet completed it so it would be unfair to judge the whole book on a partial reading of it. Here's the thing, i got fed up with Questions! Questions, one after the other and very few answers. I am sure there are answers in the book somewhere, i just wasn't seeing them. As some of you who read 'supersimbo' regularly (2 of you) will know i am not exactly John MacArthur but neither am i Brian Mclaren, if you see what i am saying? I don't expect all the answers but id like some and when i read a book by a "senior pastor" it concerns me to find such an abundance of questions and compromising. I will repeat that these thoughts are based on reading just over half the book. I have a friend who was raised in "Church" and at 30 years old is full of doubt, questions and difficulties with God, Faith and his soul. I know the solution to his situation is not more questions, it may not be a "slap in the face" barrage of truth either but again, i hope you see where i am going? Questions CAN be good, they are not always good though, especially if its all we have. I don't see this as a review of the above book, just an observation or first impression. I will most likely read the rest of it when i am less inclined to burn it or throw it across the room, stay tuned.
Labels: books, emergent, God, Jesus, spirituality
posted by supersimbo at 4/14/2008 10:59:00 PM
11 Comments:
oh, my friend. . sometimes i think of all the books and all the words. . . wouldn't we all have gotten it by now?? I read them too. . and i read them and i read them. .i think the next book is going to THE book that gives me a jolt. i fill my head with all those words and sometimes i think it does me more harm than good. . . making me lopsided. . cramming in all the information and 'feeding' my brain -- yet my feet and arms wither for lack of action. .
I'm actually the author's daughter, and I can assure you that my father has plenty of answers (he certainly provided me with many :)). You may not like the answers, but next time, perhaps try reading the entire book before writing a review.
I'm his his high school daughter and he has too many answers for me!
i did state that i was not reviewing the book, just making an observation on my first impressions! I have, as said in the post struggled with it and yes that is why i am being slightly critical at this stage! I doubt that my opinions count for much anyway & im sure your father will have far harsher criticisms than me, i guess when you speak publicly in a book, blog or from a pulpit its inevitable!
supersimbo, wail away good man! more than worth it to have my daughters thus mobilized...you've done a dad a wonderful favor. Actually I think yours was the first thing out on the blogosphere besides a couple of things from people who know me. So we've had a great time on the phone with the daughters--me asking them nothing but questions, them begging for answers. What could be better? Ken
wail? Holy Toledo, i hardly think i am wailing!!
Supersimbo, bringing families together.
Awh
I am interested in knowing what inclines you to burn the book or throw it across the room? Maybe that's another post/blog...I look forward to it! I appreciate how you passionately share your perspective; I never thought I would meet someone who use's more exclamation marks than me when they type :) Keep seeking bro'
Phil, just my perception of the book which led me to believe i was reading more questions than answers! But i am not finished with it yet, so stay tuned!
Thanks Phil, sometimes it gets me in trouble being honest and then when we get misquoted that makes it worse..............yawn!
supersimbo,
thanks for the comment on my blog; i re-read yours and see your point and blogged about it.
ken
Sometimes God wants us to ask questions so that others start to think. When they start to think, they start to seek, when they start to seek, they find.
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