Jeff Bridgforth :: Webcraftsman

Current Readings, February 23, 2005

February 23, 2005

Books

• Hear­ing God — I just started Dal­las Willard’s book, Hear­ing God, last night. I have seen it before and I have read two other of his books that form a loose series. The book is about a con­ver­sa­tional rela­tion­ship with God. I was inter­ested in it recently after see­ing a rec­om­men­da­tion from John Elderedge, who is another author I like. Joh had explored the theme briefly in his lat­est book, Wak­en­ing the Dead. I was also inter­ested in the book because of my recent expe­ri­ence of God direct­ing us to go to Hun­gary this summer.
• Search­ing for God Knows What by Don­ald Miller — I had enjoyed Donald’s first book, Blue Like Jazz. He has an inter­est­ing style. I would describe him as being very authen­tic and reflec­tive. I can relate some­what to his style but not nec­es­sar­ily to his view­points. But he is refresh­ing and he is will­ing to tackle top­ics that oth­ers would not touch. This book is some­what sim­i­lar to the Dal­las Willard book in that it is explor­ing the rela­tional aspect of know­ing God. Don­ald is chal­leng­ing the pop­u­lar evan­gel­i­cal view­point that you fol­low­ing God is about fol­low­ing for­mu­las. I am only two chap­ters into the book but I am enjoy­ing it very much.