My head is a bit mashed. With the wonder of audio books I'm actually managing to get through some pretty great Christian books at a respectable speed. There's something much easier and about listening and absorbing stuff about God than there is about sitting down to read anything but my Bible. I think it's totally psychosomatic, I was never a lover of text books and I think I've made an unhelpful association with boring school work and non-fiction books...
Last week I listened to Sex God by Rob Bell. I really enjoyed it, there was so much to chew on in this genuinely refreshing look at sexuality and connectedness. I actually plan to go back and listen to it again next week as I hadn't quite caught onto the fact that I might need my journal to hand to help me process my thoughts. This week (because the lovely Andrea Percy gave it to me) I'm mostly listening to Rob Bell's other book Velvet Elvis. He's very good isn't he.
All I keep thinking is, "Man... you're really smart" and, "How much study did it take you to know that? How are there enough hours in life?!"
I have to confess I'm a bit intimidated. Rob is trying to make us think about the things we believe, to develop a culture of discussion based learning and careful study of the word of God. I have to admit a couple of the examples he's given have made me go, "Woh there, are we allowed to question that?" It's a bit of a mental shift for me. I totally have to listen to this one with a journal next to me and I spoke to Steve earlier asking if we can listen to some of it together and discuss what we think. It's good. The main outcome is the certain knowledge that I need to study God's word more and it's always good to be provoked about why I think what I do. My brain's just a little fried... xc