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Category: Reading

Books for the trip

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On October 2, 2026

In Reading

Lots of people have told me over the years I need to read Victor Frankl’s “Men’s Search for Meaning.” I bought it to read on our upcoming trip to Boston to meet up with Christian, but I am having second thoughts about it–I started it and liked it enough that I might just give it to Christian and buy another copy. The other book is Stephen C. Meyer’s book, “The Return of the God Hypothesis,” another book I have wanted to read. These books are really starting to stack up and, for the record, I have pretty much given up on cheap detective and spy thriller type novels.

Feeling my age (in a good way)

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On September 20, 2026

In Projects, Reading, Work

I have a birthday coming up and something has change with regard to how I think about that age and what I “ought” to be doing at this time of life. I have had grandiose ideas I have thought I might take on. It has dawned on me, though, that I probably do not have the time and might not have the energy in a few years to see those through to the end. That idea is new enough to me that I know I need to give myself some time to figure out some tractable projects worth of my efforts in the time I have life. That time could be as much as 30 years, but I am sure that only maybe 10-15 could be actually productive time when I am able to work well. Maybe less. So, God willing, I am going to give myself some time, work on the GRIME’s, get our new house build, continue on our Mexico projects, continue my day job for a few more years, and work toward the point where I only work half time or fully retire to do more stuff with Lorena, Kelly, and Christian. But I am going to try to walk and read more while a think about it all for a month or two.

Books on church and the soul

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On July 7, 2026

In God, Reading

I bought two books from ThriftBooks.com that I hope are a lot meatier than the last two novels I bought. I did enjoy the novels, but not as much, I think, as I have enjoyed that kind of thing in past. It was not so much the quality of the novels–they were OK, but I think I have changed and want to read things that make me think a little more on things that are of higher importance. And it is not that I think novels cannot do that. I actually think they can. But there are spiritual and operational questions with which I struggle at this stage in my life for which I want answers and getting them a little more directly rather than through story seems a good place to start.

The first book is a popular level book on the soul and how its existence gets in the way of materialism as a worldview. It was recommended I read that before I try to tackle any of his more technical works on the subject. The second book is on what the church should be and maybe how the institutional church has lost its way or maybe even never found its way from the beginning. I like the premise, but am a little wary of the authors who might not be that well equipped to address that topic given their backgrounds, but I am going to give it a try.

Ordered some novels

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On June 23, 2026

In Reading

I spend too much time on social media and have decided to start doing some things to reduce that. One of those things is to read more books. There is one in particular I want to finish, Richard Bauckham’s Jesus and the Eyewitnesses. The problem is I packed that book away for a possible move. That gave me an excuse to buy a couple more cheap books. I bought two novels–I had been trying to move away from reading non-fiction. When I was trying to figure out what to read, it dawned on me that I want to continue reading more non-fiction books, but really miss reading fiction. I used the excuse that we are headed into a very busy few months if we sell the house, so I did not want dense reading, but something way lighter until we get settled. When the books arrived, I decided I need to keep some fiction in the mix, just because of joy. I will try to find fiction that is fund, but also a little more meaningful than the spy thrillers I have read in the past. We will see how that goes.

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