1915...

One thousand nine hundred and fifteen. That is how many pages (of books, not articles) I've read mostly for Covenant Seminary in the last two months (although some was for the missionary prepartion program at Wheaton Bible). Within the next 25 days that number needs to be two thousand seven hundred and seventy seven pages total. I guess for a normal person who reads a bit that is not really that much...say 30+ pages a day, but given that I went from reading very little (except presentations at work and also stuff online) - this has been a huge adjustment for me. Also, many of these books I would categorize into 'smelly old textbook' which can make them brutal to get through. The books on the list thus far are:

Introducing Christian Education*
Teaching for Reconciliation*
The Heart of Evangelism
The gospel and the New Spirituality*
Introducing Postmodernism
Evangelism in the early church
Chameleon Christianity
Let the Nations be Glad
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Becoming a contagious Christian

Clearly some are better than others but if I had to chose my favorite (I've read 70% so far - all but the ones starred) I would say it is 'The Heart of Evangelism'. Dr Barrs is the professor of the class (Apologetrics and Outreach) I'm taking at Covenant Seminary and I have learned a tremendous amount from him. I have to write a small reflection on many of these books so if you want some fantastic night time reading do let me know and I will send them along.

It is hard to believe that Christmas is only 7 days away. I think as a child you always spend a whole month gearing up for the big day so it takes forever to roll around. As with most things in life, the older you get the busier, and important days seem to sneak up on you. Luckily, I think our family is mostly done with Christmas shopping so the stress of the season should be at a minimum. That being said, all of us (Christy, Sammy, Elizabeth and I) have all had a little case of some sort of bug that we can not seem to shake fully. In conjuction with that, my Crohn's symptoms (for those of you that do not know - can not imagine who you would be - I have Crohn's disease) have been coming back. This is especially frustrating after I had been off any medicine for several months. Certainly a matter of prayer for the whole family getting back to a healthy, if not at least normal, state. That being said, staying up until 1:30am probably does not help so I am off to get some sleep...