in review...

Let me just preface this post by saying I've never been one to jump on the bandwagon on books & movies. I am actually proud to say that I'm in the low percentage of people that populate this earth that have not read, nor watched any Harry Potter or Twilight books/movies. Not that I think they are bad, I just never cared for it since their was a huge hype over them. And when it comes to books being turned into movies, I believe I've only watched a handful of those (The Lion, the Witch & The Wardrobe, The DaVinci Code, Water for Elephants, and a few Dr Seuss movies - if those count?). I'm sure there are more, I just can't remember them right now. Anywho, with all that to say...
A friend from church recently lent me this book...


You may and may not have heard of it before. (insert sarcasm). I wasn't even dying to read it - I just figured since everyone in our small group has read it (plus the rest of the series and watched the movie), I'd better be "in the know". It's still sitting on our table - untouched. But I do desire to see this movie this time, although we'll wait 'til it comes out on Redbox or something. So, for those of you who have read it (probly everyone) - don't spoil it for me.

Speaking of small group. We are currently going through this book, by David Platt.

It's been really interesting see how different people are viewing his method and how we are each challenged in different ways. For me, this book has been challenging, yet encouraging. It's so easy to live our Christian lives in simple form; easy to take the "easy road". No one really likes to be pushed out of their comfort zone, myself especially. Yet this book makes me want to really live out my faith in a new way. Besides all of that, the book is fun to read since the church he pastors is the one I attended while in college (SEBC) in Birmingham. It was interesting to be there during a time of BD (Before David), and then to see the church begin to shift to where it is today, all within a few short years. God truly is using him and his ministry at Brookhills, and across the world.