literary hunger
in the past two months, i have read more than i have in the last two years! it seems weird to me, but i'm starting to understand why. after four years of sometimes savoring, sometimes trudging, but always faithfully assimilating contents and contexts of books, i have spent these last two years mostly not reading.
i didn't mean to...that is, i bore no grudge against black words on white pages. it is rather that i dove wholly into the domesticity of life that i so longed to fulfill but couldn't because of school duties. In a typical college five-day stretch, What Evolution Is (among other books) might have to be read and understood, chapter 7 and 8 of Matthew translated from the Greek, and two chapters of my thesis turned in. and then there was three days of choir, and twelve hours to put in at the mortgage office. i frankly don't know how we got through it, except that it was the mercy and strength of God Himself.
all that to say, graduating college left me satiated academically, socially, and spiritually, but ravenous for all things domestic. oh, to have time to: shop, cook, bake, clean, and then enjoy the home and husband for which i've done all these things! You NSA-students-turned-wives out there, these sentiments may ring true for you too! and so, diploma in hand, what was one of the first things i did with my fresh education? i picked strawberries and made jam - two years of jam - and it was one of the most delicious, fulfilling things i have ever done!
it has been in tasks like these, and others more mundane but equally wonderful, that i have been employed these two years. and then, one day two months ago, i plucked a book off the shelf and started to read. and read. and read. and then i plucked another one. and then another. and now, as i felt six years ago when i first arrived at New Saint Andrews and sat down to read City of God, i feel as though my world has been enriched ten fold and my soul is dancing.
so, what have i been reading then?
The Raphael Affair - Iain Pears
Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis
Perelandra - C.S. Lewis
Leepike Ridge - N.D. Wilson
The Garden and the Dragon - N.D. Wilson
In the Time of Noah - N.D. Wilson
A Great Mystery - Peter Leithart
Martin Luther - Paul L. Maier
i am also deep in the middle of
That Hiddeous Strength - C.S. Lewis
Building Her House - Nancy Wilson
Living the Sabbath - Norman Wirzba
Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Graham
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment - Jeremiah Burroughs
word and picture, story and metaphor - it's God's magic.
(remember, comments are open to ALL now) :)
i didn't mean to...that is, i bore no grudge against black words on white pages. it is rather that i dove wholly into the domesticity of life that i so longed to fulfill but couldn't because of school duties. In a typical college five-day stretch, What Evolution Is (among other books) might have to be read and understood, chapter 7 and 8 of Matthew translated from the Greek, and two chapters of my thesis turned in. and then there was three days of choir, and twelve hours to put in at the mortgage office. i frankly don't know how we got through it, except that it was the mercy and strength of God Himself.
all that to say, graduating college left me satiated academically, socially, and spiritually, but ravenous for all things domestic. oh, to have time to: shop, cook, bake, clean, and then enjoy the home and husband for which i've done all these things! You NSA-students-turned-wives out there, these sentiments may ring true for you too! and so, diploma in hand, what was one of the first things i did with my fresh education? i picked strawberries and made jam - two years of jam - and it was one of the most delicious, fulfilling things i have ever done!
it has been in tasks like these, and others more mundane but equally wonderful, that i have been employed these two years. and then, one day two months ago, i plucked a book off the shelf and started to read. and read. and read. and then i plucked another one. and then another. and now, as i felt six years ago when i first arrived at New Saint Andrews and sat down to read City of God, i feel as though my world has been enriched ten fold and my soul is dancing.
so, what have i been reading then?
The Raphael Affair - Iain Pears
Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis
Perelandra - C.S. Lewis
Leepike Ridge - N.D. Wilson
The Garden and the Dragon - N.D. Wilson
In the Time of Noah - N.D. Wilson
A Great Mystery - Peter Leithart
Martin Luther - Paul L. Maier
i am also deep in the middle of
That Hiddeous Strength - C.S. Lewis
Building Her House - Nancy Wilson
Living the Sabbath - Norman Wirzba
Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Graham
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment - Jeremiah Burroughs
word and picture, story and metaphor - it's God's magic.
(remember, comments are open to ALL now) :)
posted by jen at
7:34 PM
3 Comments:
Well aren't you the little blogger lately! Love hearing from you...
Wow, look at you go, you bookworm! ;) You are putting me to shame - I feel like I NEVER have time to read anymore! Good list, I'll HAVE to carve some time out now :)
who's that anonymoose on the top floor up there? i'd love to know! at any rate, i'm glad you love hearing from us. :) we love you too, whoever you are. ;)
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