Lately I have allowed much of my free time to be eaten away by reading some new books. I know, I know ... I haven't even finished all the other books I had already started. Actually, I did finish "By His Grace And For His Glory" and "No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning" and "The Cross-Centered Life". Those were each informative and motivational.
I went to a new book store that opened up a couple weeks ago. They buy and sell books, so you can find a whole bunch of hidden treasures there. I bought two books. One is a small book called "The Cathedral and the Cube". It looks at the differences in the American and European worldviews. The premise is that the difference stems from the fact that Europe has largely become secularized while the U.S. still has a modicum of Judeo-Christian sensibility left. It was written by a catholic so the author's idea of "Christian" doesn't always fall exactly in line with me, but overall it is a very insightful book.
The other book I picked up is titled, "No Excuse Leadership: Lessons from the Army's Elite Rangers". Of course, after seeing the title I just had to pick it up. It was only $7 after all. While some rough army language appears from time to time in the book, the principles are sound and thoughtful. The special forces have always intrigued me. I always thought that if I had joined the military I would have wanted to end up in some type of special forces unit. If you are going to do something you might as well go all out and be the best you can be. The military has been very successful in developing leaders so I knew I would find some useful nuggets in the book.
The men's group at church have also started a new book -- "The Joy of Fearing God" by Jerry Bridges. I know several people that have read this book previously and they all highly recommended it. I am looking forward to starting it.
Don't worry. I am still making my way through "The World is Flat."
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