>
>Things have been TOO QUIET here lately!  Maybe everyone is busy reading? <g> 
>I just finished Penelope Stokes' "The Treasure Box" - it was quite good.  As
>you know, I don't often read fiction, but I had done a big shopping for our
>church library ($650 after 25% off!) and that book caught my eye.  Actually,
>I had a whole PILE I wanted to read, but alas, I had to take them to church
>on Sunday so they could be processed.
>
>Now I'm reading "Seeking the Face of God" by Gary Thomas.  It's about reading
>the Christian classics - there are excerpts in there.  I'm very interested in
>reading Christian classics, but haven't actually done much of it.  The author
>of this book says that many Christian bookstores don't even carry some of
>these authors - Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, etc.  A lot of these
>people were Catholic because that's the only Christian church there was at
>the time!  There's a lot to be gained by reading these older classics.
>
>I also have read most of another book by Gary Thomas "Sacred Pathways" - how
>different people approach their relationship with God.  Some people are
>contemplatives, some are moved by seeing God's creation in nature, some are
>more intellectual in their approach and some are more ritualistic in what is
>meaningful to them.  It's a wonderful book.
>
>What's everyone else reading??
>
>Susan

I get a mailing every couple of months or so from a used Christian book
reseller - apologies to Dee and other authors who would prefer I buy 
new (haha).
If I can find the catalog I will post the address here for you. They have all
of those you mentioned and oh so much more. Good stuff, and good prices too.

As to what I am reading, I am now reading a very good book by John B. Olson
and Randall Ingermanson called, "Oxygen". It is very engrossing. Well written
and aggravating - in that I get so into the story and think of what I 
would have
said. When the story drags me in and has me feeling like a character in it, I
just love that.

As an aside... there is one book that I recommend VERY, VERY highly and that is
"Stepping Heavenward" by Elizabeth Prentiss. It was written in the 1800s
but is still - or perhaps ever more - encouraging, (especially to women,
according to my wife.) It is presented as a diary. It goes through the girl's
teen years and on to her 60's or 70's. I can't tell you how many times that
she presents her reaction to a situation and I said to myself "Yes, that was
a very Christian response." Then the next entry or so she writes that her
reaction was wrong and why. And I found myself hanging my head and
admitting that I, too, was wrong in how I would have handled it. A very
growth enhancing experience.

One more book that I look at from time to time, "The Life of God in the
Soul of Man" by Henry Scougal. I wept my way through this treatise.
It was the book that brought George Whitefield to Christ. It is written
in the english of the early 1700's since that is when it was written. But
if you can get past the grammar and linguistic idiosyncrasies, you will
be blessed right out of your socks - or, I guess stockings for the 
ladies <grin>.
You will definitely come away with a truly new understanding of the love
of God. I don't know the cost of the book since I have not purchased it in
quite some time. After I read it the first time, I purchased a whole stack
of them to give to every one I considered to be a mature Christian and
I now have only the one copy left. I may just buy more in the near future.
The address to get that book is:
Sprinkle Publications
P.O. Box 1094
Harrisonburg, VA 22801


Jeff