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[mikaeldraven]

They say that passing a kidney stone is often more painful than giving birth. I don't know about giving birth, but this morning was the most painful 20 minutes that I've ever screamed through. I always thought that something else would hurt about it, but apparently the "passing" is when it's traveling from the kidney. I woke up to what I thought

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[mikaeldraven]

Thanks for your prayers :) I'm still a little weak, but it seems like eveything is over.

My blog has a current reading list on the sidebar. A few of these have collectively contributed to my thoughts lately.

Don't Be Nice, Be Real -Kelly Bryson
Yeshua - Dr. Ron Moseley (old college professor)
The Search to Belong - Joseph Myers
Our Father Abraham - Marvin Wilson

My next delving will be into Frank Viola's 5 book set on "Radical Church Restoration" +1, as well as finishing up the other books already on the list. Viola gives samples and article on his website, linked above. He's done quite a bit of study into Church History and the First Century Church. Plus, he writes about the very things I've been aspiring to write about (spiritual abuse, Hebraic roots, new ways of being Church, etc...) in a different language than I've been used to hearing.

With where my thoughts are headed, I'm going to go searching for Dale's old post about Free Agent Nation. His application of that book to The Church was the first thing I thought of when my current reading got my mind turning on how people connect.

I wasn't sure about BookGarden, since I won't be posting about a book per se, but about topics that several may have made me think about. Also, when I do post about a certain book alone, it is but a brief summary of the whole. I suppose that I haven't been able to see the connection I can make with BookGarden, though I love the site! Another great resource to draw from when writing on a topic!

[ericisrad]

"I wasn't sure about BookGarden, since I won't be posting about a book per se, but about topics that several may have made me think about. Also, when I do post about a certain book alone, it is but a brief summary of the whole. I suppose that I haven't been able to see the connection I can make with BookGarden, though I love the site!"

Thanks for the compliments. You don't have to do in-depth book-blogging to post something to BG at all. A mere mention or touch of a topic found in the book or summary of it is all that's needed. Vaughn has been posting his Purpose-Driven Life blogging, and just today he submitted a post to BG that wasn't one of his usual analyses, but a commentary on a survey of those who read the book -- wholly appropriate as well.

How are you feeling now (not about BG, but your health)?

peace,

eric

[ericisrad]

oops, I never forget to close italics tags...! Well, I guess I do.