Estella’s Revenge – Reading, Theology, and Reading Theology

This time a few years ago, I would’ve been into the double-digits of my reading. I’d be zipping through books left and right. So far, in the first 27 days of 2020 I’ve read one book (all the way through), and I might even start it over again.
Confessions of a Funeral Director: How the Business of Death Saved My Life, by Caleb Wilde, could not be more firmly in my wheelhouse. I’ve always been fascinated with books about death…from cadavers to crematories and death practices around the world...

Welcome to the Six-Word Story challenge for Dewey’s October 2019 Readathon! Your task is simple. Write a “story” about “spooky season” in exactly six words. Feel free to comment your story down below OR link up to wherever you’ve shared your story.
The winner will be announced at the end of the Readathon and will win a $10 gift card to the online book retailer of their choice....

I wrote about Rachel Held Evans on my old blog several times. Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again was my favorite book of 2018. It’s also the only book that’s ever prompted me to follow through on the urge to flip back...

I haven’t read any of Nadia Bolz-Weber’s work yet because I have about eleventy gazillion books waiting on my Kindle, but this Tweet makes me want to bump her WAY up on the list.
Tragedy reminds us that the stupid shit we usually care about really doesn’t matter at all. Grudges. Ambition. Being right. Being wrong. Jealousy. Who owes us $20. Cellulite. The comments section. Etc....