7 October 2009 5 Comments

my current reading list…

I don’t exactly know why I do this, but I don’t just read one book at a time; I do several. The method for this madness is usually the same – read a chapter or 2, then put the book down & digest it… some of the digesting takes place when I pick up another (aka ‘transitional’) book. Usually, there’s about 5 in the queue that I’m working through. (NOTE: I reserve the right to change my mind & binge read at any given point.)

The list of books on my desk right now:

  • A Grief Observed - Lewis
  • Why Churches Die – Brunson & Caner
  • The Mishnah – Neusner
  • The Colossian Syncreticism – Arnold
  • Safe People – Cloud & Townsend

    A couple conversations have led me to revisit the last book – & I’m especially interested in Cloud & Townsend’s personal traits or identifiers of “unsafe” people. Here are a few that stood out to me:

    Unsafe people:

  • don’t admit their weaknesses, but act/live as though they have it all together.
  • are religious, not spiritual.
  • are defensive, instead of open to feedback
  • are self-righteous, not humble
  • apologize, but don’t change their behavior
  • demand trust, instead of earning it
  • blame others, instead of taking responsibility
  • lie instead of telling the truth
  • avoid closeness & intimacy with others
  • are more concerned with the “I” than the “we”
  • flatter instead of confront
  • condemn instead of forgive
  • are unstable over time, not consistent
  • gossip, & don’t keep secrets

    Interesting. And please note: what I put down in a list that takes up a couple inches of virtual blog space is written on in detail over 60 pages. Still, I think that we could have a conversation or 2 on any one of these. You?

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    5 Responses to “my current reading list…”

    1. Eugene 8 October 2009 at 07:59 #

      Yes please

    2. cimmerian_maps 8 October 2009 at 11:49 #

      More than one sounds about right.

    3. Erica 8 October 2009 at 11:49 #

      Can you believe that I sold my copy of that book a few years ago in a garage sale!…what was I thinking..

    4. Destro Jones 8 October 2009 at 11:49 #

      oops that was me obviously

    5. Jeni 15 October 2009 at 21:38 #

      Wow. That's quite a list that would lead to quite a heavy conversation… Hopefully the conversation is with a safe person… :)



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