My Barrage of Vacation Books

Well I am back from my two summer vacations, the first one to the beaches of Delaware followed by a trip to Yellowstone and Montana.

While on vacation I read lots of books:

Fasting by Scot McKnight (had a head start reading before vacation)
Sabbath by Dan Allender
Ancient-Future Worship by Robert Webber
The Devil Reads Derrida by James K.A. Smith
The Folly of Prayer by Matt Woodley
The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
Pontoon by Garrison Kiellor
The Fidelity of Betrayal by Peter Rollins (half way through)

I also brought along The Jesus Way by Eugene Peterson but his prose is far too glorious to read in large quantities.  It is best dolled out in small doses like poetry, so I read one chapter and put it back.

It was great to get back into fiction and to read a diverse set of theological books.  The poet Franz Wright was mentioned by many of the authors, and I had never heard of him before, so I will have to read some of his poetry.  Another meme was the church fathers.  I must start reading the church fathers much more.  Time to visit CCEL and print some works off.

I will be reviewing the theological books in the coming days.