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Welcome, welcome friends to this week\u2019s Library Haul post!<\/p>\n

Before I talk about the books, I need to start with a confession\u2026y\u2019all ready for it to get really real?<\/p>\n

First off, this week\u2019s haul was made between two separate trips.\u00a0\u00a0 I didn\u2019t have time to go by myself like I hoped to become my weekly rhythm.\u00a0 In my defense though, Saturday morning, the library sent me the most pernicious email ever:<\/p>\n

\n\u201cYour books on hold are ready for pick-up\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What was I supposed to do?\u00a0 Wait around until for an unscheduled hour to go five minutes down the street to gather my lovelies or rush over as soon as I got the email, kids in tow, to dive right into reading?<\/p>\n

I chose the latter.<\/p>\n

Then yesterday, my son asked me to take him to school to drop off his report topic request to make sure it was in before the others because he HAS TO WRITE about Steve Jobs or his life (and apparently coolness klout) would be over! On my way to the school literally right down the street from my apt, this happened:<\/p>\n

\"IMG_5842\"<\/a>Btw, are we Facebook Friends?<\/a>\u00a0 Do you follow, \u201cShalom In The City\u201d on FB<\/a>?\u00a0 No?\u00a0 Well, let\u2019s fix that.\u00a0 Let\u2019s be friends and\/or Blogosphere Buddies, just click here<\/a> or here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The second scandalous thing I have to tell you is.. I didn\u2019t read two out of the four books from the last haul.\u00a0 Before you clutch the pearls, let me explain.\u00a0 My friend, Elora<\/a> and I had a conversation last fall about books and \u201cshoulds\u201d.\u00a0 She told me that she\u2019s been practicing a form of self-affirmation that releases her from finishing a book if it\u2019s just not good, or interesting, or worth her time.\u00a0 That so resonated with me.\u00a0 Elora\u2019s suggestion cut the ties between a major idol in my life;\u00a0 my intelligence.<\/strong> Intelligence and perfectionism go hand in hand; what better way to flaunt my intelligence than to read every book I hear about then title drop at every opportunity?\u00a0 This perfectionism is tiring, impossible to sustain,\u00a0 and I wasted hours reading books that I HATED just so to keep up airs.\u00a0 As a healing perfectionist, I\u2019m learning that sometimes, health looks like embracing incomplete as not failure but\u00a0 a type of success because at least I tried.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"curiosityquote\"<\/a>Those incompletely read books are not a strike against my intelligence no more than a documentary I couldn\u2019t finish watching because the kids came home from school, or an essay I had to re-read a few times to truly comprehend. No, these are all marks of my capacity for curiosity and curiosity leads to exploring, exploring leads to finding, finding leads to connections, and connections lead to change.\u00a0 What if you looked at the incomplete projects and books as evidence that you, my dear, are curious agent of change?\u00a0 I think we\u2019d make more space for this perfect imperfection.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s haul, coincidentally,\u00a0 are all representations of my curiosity right now- which I\u2019m thrilled about.\u00a0 I sense the holy changes coming\u2026<\/p>\n

The Love Revolution, by Joyce Meyer:<\/strong><\/a>
\nOk, so to be honest, y\u2019all, this book is an effort in open-mindedness for me.\u00a0 This summer, I\u2019m hoping to go to God Chicks 2015<\/a>.\u00a0 I\u2019ve wanted to go to this conference for 8 years now, but we were all the way on the other side of the country- ain\u2019t nobody getting to LA on a seminary student\u2019s income- I can tell you that!\u00a0 I followed the conference through the podcast and it\u2019s visionary, Holly Wagner.\u00a0 It\u2019s one of the most influential, powerful, well-thought out gathering of women I\u2019ve ever seen.\u00a0 Naturally, when my husband took the job at New City Church of LA,<\/a> I checked out the site and found that this year Joyce Meyer is the keynote.\u00a0 I don\u2019t dislike Joyce Meyer.\u00a0 I guess, I just don\u2019t know enough about her or maybe, I\u2019m a little skeptical.\u00a0 Since embracing a more Anabaptist perspective, I\u2019m a little allergic to any book that tries to systematize Kingdom living or bullet-point a victorious life.\u00a0 To me, its a more organic, spirit-driven, grass-roots effort.\u00a0 But, she\u2019s my sister in Christ and what I\u2019ve read on her blog seems to be dripping with wisdom, so I\u2019m excited to dive into this book on a Revolution that asks me to \u201ctake up compassion and surrender my excuses, stand against injustice, commit to life out simple acts of God\u2019s love, and refuse to do nothing because I AM THE LOVE REVOLUTION\u201d.<\/p>\n

Discernment by Henri Nouwen<\/a><\/strong>
\nI\u2019m curious about Nouwen.\u00a0 My husband appreciates him and I\u2019ve heard so many good things about another book of his, \u201cLife of the Beloved\u201d <\/a>so I decided to give this book a try.\u00a0 I\u2019m in a transition season and when you\u2019re transitioning discernment is a powerful tool to make sure you\u2019re staying true to yourself and your calling.\u00a0 Which is why I checked out\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cUnstoppable\u201d by Christine Caine<\/strong><\/a>
\nThings are shifting.\u00a0 My roles are changing.\u00a0 I\u2019m not a seminary widow anymore, I\u2019m a pastor\u2019s wife.\u00a0 What does that look like?\u00a0 What does God want for me in that?\u00a0 I\u2019m not a Boston Noonday Ambassador, I\u2019m now a part of the SoCal Ambassador community\u201d\u00a0 What does God wan in that?\u00a0 I\u2019m not a stay at home mom in a dangerous New Orleans neighborhood or a housing development in Cambridge, I\u2019m home all day in a suburban, gated apartment complex- how do I keep the city and its needs close to my heart?\u00a0 How can my reflection of Jesus\u2019 love towards the people I share a parking lot, pool and basketball court intrigue them to explore faith?\u00a0 God\u2019s calling me, but I\u2019m trying to discern what races I\u2019m suppose to run and I need the encouragement to stick to it.<\/p>\n

Living the Quaker Way by Philip Gulley<\/strong><\/a>
\nI don\u2019t know anything about Quakers but I\u2019m curious and hopeful.\u00a0 Their values seem so close to mine and the way they identify their faith down to the basics of following Jesus with SPICE (simplicity, peace, integrity, community and equality) excites me.\u00a0 I\u2019m already one chapter in and I\u2019m thinking this might be a book I need to buy later.\u00a0 I\u2019m itching to mark the pages with notes!<\/p>\n

So, here\u2019s my haul this week.\u00a0 I might now go back to the library a couple of weeks because these books are so meaty, but when I do, you\u2019ll be the first to know!<\/p>\n

Seeking The SPICE of Shalom,<\/p>\n

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