Category: Books
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Life is about books
Guess life’s about books:Better than an iPhone;though still “unreal”,at least they’re not virtual. Some say it’s escape;I strongly disagree.If the book is any good,it’s an undiscovered country full of wonders and ideasand new people and strange places.And when I finally close the coverI then understand life better. And that is the whole purposeof all reading […]
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Books Read in 2019
I should have posted this before 2019 ended but I was quite busy. At any rate, here they are: January – JONATHAN EDWARDS: PURSUING HOLINESS IN THE LORD (edited by T.M. Moore) – Robert Maurer’s ONE SMALL STEP CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE – Babineux, et al. FAIL FAST, FAIL OFTEN – Binnings’ THE CHRISTIAN’S PRIMARY […]
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Books Read in 2018
Happy New Year everyone! Every end of the year for a number of years now I post a list of the books I’ve finished reading in that year. I’m sorry I don’t have time to also put in the corresponding links to Amazon but you can always look these books up yourself. So here they […]
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The Happiness Track
Today is Saturday. Yes, I did post yesterday that I’ll be posting a Dennis’ Reader’s Diary article only once a week [note to Philippine Theo Law Gee readers: I originally posted this on my FB page]; but on Saturday mornings I usually do nothing but read (unless I have a class to teach), and today […]
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A Little Greed?
“So how do you beat laziness? Once again, the answer is a little greed… Without that little greed, the desire to have something better, progress is not made… So whenever you find yourself avoiding something you know you should be doing, then the only thing to ask yourself is, “What’s in it for me?” Be […]
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What I’m Reading
“If a person has a contribution to make, he must make it in public. If learning is not made public, it is a waste.” (Potok’s THE CHOSEN) One of things I’d like to do this 2018 is to share what I’ve learned from the books I’ve read. I’ve been encouraged to do this when I […]
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Books Read in 2017
Reinke’s NEWTON ON THE CHRISTIAN LIFE R. Holiday’s THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY Jacob’s A THEOLOGY OF READING Dreher’s THE BENEDICT OPTION Dreher’s HOW DANTE CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE Homer’s ODYSSEY (Fagles’ translation) Nimmo’s BARTH Christensen’s HOW WILL YOU MEASURE YOUR LIFE? MAMMOTH BOOK OF WORLD’S GREATEST CHESS GAMES John Flavel’s SAINT INDEED (in Works, […]
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Charitable Reading for Lawyers
I’ve just finished reading Alan Jacobs’ A Theology of Reading: A Hermeneutics of Love. It’s a book I need to reread in order to understand it better. But I’ve already learned a number of valuable things from it. Such as, read with this motivation: Love for God and love for neighbor. Whether you eventually agree […]
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Happy New Year – I’m Back!
And without further ado, here are the books I’ve read (print or ebook) and listened to (audiobook) in 2016: JANUARY Crawford’s THE WORLD BEYOND YOUR HEAD Stephen J. Nichol’s THE REFORMATION
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