Recommended Reading: February 2, 2010

With the addition of my “Current Recommendations” on the right hand side of the blog, I am going to try and change the books under that heading every 2 weeks. When I do change them, I am going to try and highlight the books I put up there in a post in the following days.

I just updated the books to include 2 that I have recently finished:

1. John Adams by David McCullough
It took me forever to finish this book! I had no idea how thick it was because we ordered the Kindle version of it. So at times I found myself thinking, “Is this ever going to end?” But I really did enjoy the book. I had been interested in watching the HBO miniseries based off of it, but I often make myself read the book before seeing a movie based upon it. I enjoy biographies as a way to keep my life in perspective and this was one that served that end. It also helped me to brush up on some of the history that I have forgotten over the years. And it has intrigued me to learn more about some of our past Presidents.

2. This Momentary Marriage by John Piper
I hadn’t read a marriage book in awhile, so at the beginning of the season when I asked our pastor Larry to help me choose between a couple we had on hand, he enthusiastically pointed me to this one. And I now agree with him that it is the best book on marriage I have ever read.  The picture Piper paints of marriage int he book makes you stand in wonder that you are able to participate in such a divinely ordained institution.  It is not a “how to” book, but something that will help you to dig your roots down deeply into what marriage really is and what it is really about.  It is one I will be adding on my list of books to re-read!