What book are you reading? #2

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Have just finished Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore with Lynn Vincent. Wonderful, inspiring true story. Has anyone else read it? (Just getting in on this thread and didn’t read all posts).
 
Yes, I read “Same Kind of Different As Me” and liked it. Of course, the action takes place in my “home town,” so that may explain part of my bias, but I think the story transcends place. There is a sequel of sorts, “What Difference Do It Make” by the same authors. I haven’t read it but anticipate it will be good.
 
I am reading My Life with the Saints. For some reason I am not progressing through it quickly. It is a good read with lots of info … it is me, not the book, at fault.
 
Just started reading **The Way the World Is **by John Polkinghorne. It looks very interesting so far. The author is a scientist who became an Anglican priest, it’s the story of his reasons for believing in Christianity.
 
The Quants : How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It by Scott Patterson
 
I took a small break from Republic so as to read The Coming Insurrection by the Invisible Committee, and I must say that it is quite a cynical and depressing view of the current world, not so much of what the authors are railing against, but in terms of being incredibly emotionally charged in the way they articulate their rant. It’s disturbing because the book just emanates evil in terms of advocating various and dubious means in resisting government authority, not of which would be considered peaceful.

I suppose one should expect that when the nine individuals who are accused of publishing this “little blue book” are indicted as communist terrorists who attempted to sabotage the electrical lines of French national railways.

I’m not sure if it would be worth-while to post this as a topic in the Book Club forum for discussion if anyone else has read it.

On the sunny side of things, I’m in the First Epistle of St. Peter and will hopefully conclude the NAB Official Catholic Edition, this week.
 
What Dreams may Come by Richard Matheson
I took a small break from Republic so as to read **The Coming Insurrection **by the Invisible Committee
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I have been meaning to pick up this book primarily for the point you spoke about resisting government authority. Being a police officer and all I figured it would be good to, “know thy enemy” 😃 Would you recommend this book?

God bless
 
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What Dreams may Come by Richard Matheson

I have been meaning to pick up this book primarily for the point you spoke about resisting government authority. Being a police officer and all I figured it would be good to, “know thy enemy” 😃 Would you recommend this book?

God bless
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Yes - would recommend it, if for nothing else to at least get a better idea of the mindset of these people and like-minded individuals. Understand that this book is very emotionally charged and gives the impression of being written by youths in their twenties, possibly thirties. Whatever the case, it doesn’t seem possible that they can be reasoned with.

I would also be curious to know how most gen x’ers respond to this. Think of it as gauging how far we’ve fallen away from being angelic and embracing what is demonic.
 
Still working on the History of the Church, also finally picked up Steve Ray’s Gosple of John. I’ve embarked on my own Study of this Gosple, involves reading the NAB version, then DR version, then Haydock’s notes as a primer, then I plan on going vs by vs in Ray’s study.
 
Working through a stack of books my parish priest loaned me (its great he lets me read his books). Right now I’m on Ugly as Sin: Why They Changed Our Churches from Sacred Places to Meeting Spaces - and How We Can Change Them Back Again by Michael Rose

Also recently finished Surprised By Joy by C.S. Lewis and One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic by Kenneth Whitehead
 
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Still working on the History of the Church, also finally picked up Steve Ray’s Gosple of John. I’ve embarked on my own Study of this Gosple, involves reading the NAB version, then DR version, then Haydock’s notes as a primer, then I plan on going vs by vs in Ray’s study.
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I’ve just finished the Book of Revelation, thus concluding my 15 month journey through the NAB Official Catholic Edition. I had read the first book of Eusebius’s History of the Church a while back, but decided not to go forward until I had finished the New Testament.

As it stands, I just entered the fourth book of Republic and I’ll probably concentrate on finishing that first.
 
“Strange and spooky stories” by Pat Hancock (scratch that one off)

“Grim and Ghostly stories” by: Pat Hancock and Allan Gould (5 more stories than I’m done)

“Everlost” by: Neal Shusterman (getting my niece to resign this one out for me)
 
FickleFreckled said:
New to this thread, but it looks very interesting…

Right now I’m reading “Nearer, My God” by Wm. F. Buckley, Jr.
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As I recoveer from cancer, I’ve been enjoying various works of fiction, along e/ the Catechism & the Bible…
 
A Study in Scarlet / The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
 
I am reading a newly published book, “Son of Hamas” bu Msab Hassan Yousef. So far an interesting book by a young man who was part of the Hamas movement with his father, and family. Through his being captured by the Israelis and subsequent release, he comes to reevaluate not only the methods and aims of the Hamas, but his Muslim religion as well. He ultimately became a Christian, and goes on to explain some of the inner workings of the Hamas movement.

It’s not in the same literary class as many of the books everyone is reading, but a very thought provoking book as well… Although it is rated 4 1/2 stars by Amazon, I would recommend approaching with care. Though he now is a Christian, he expresses some culturally biased opinions as “fact.” Without some awareness of actual history of the current conditions in the middle east, a reader could come down on the palestinian side of the debate solely based on how the “facts of history” are herein stated.

Still, with that said, it is an interesting book to read.🤷
 
crazzeto said:
Still working on the History of the Church, also finally picked up Steve Ray’s Gosple of John. I’ve embarked on my own Study of this Gosple, involves reading the NAB version, then DR version, then Haydock’s notes as a primer, then I plan on going vs by vs in Ray’s study.
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I’m just reading a small, quick-read book by Mike Aquilina called “The Resilient Church.”
An easy read and an interesting perspective that you might also enjoy
 
Starting Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating.

Theology and Sanity by Frank Sheed and Summa of the Summa from Peter Kreeft (and St. Thomas Aquinas of course!) are on the horizon.
 
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