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Bezig met laden... 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess (origineel 2012; editie 2012)door Jen Hatmaker
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I did not love this book.... that is not to say there are not some things I gleaned from it because there were. I just did not like the tone throughout the book. It is like reading a blog or online journal in many ways. It was not super deep throughout much of it. It even seemed shallow and trite at times. Her tone was one that poked fun at herself but it also poked fun at other things, too, and sometimes it was a bit uncomfortable like when you are in a group and someone says something a little bit inappropriate and you think, "Hmmmm... that was uncomfortable." There were some parts that grabbed me... the adoption story was beautiful and the media chapter spoke to me pretty strongly. I picked this book up on recommendation but I am not sure I would have chosen it on my own. There were times I was thinking that she was giving up many things that I have already given up because we don't have the luxury to do many of the things she was laying aside. I am also not a huge fan of the mystic/contemplative movement so some of the authors she referred to are not people I would read. Maybe I have become jaded to some degree in this realm but I am very picky about Christian books because I think many are misleading in this mystic spiritual realm. I don't think she, in particular, really said anything that I questioned but I have questioned many of the authors she reads regularly. Interesting read.... thought provoking to a some degree but not deep and theological by any stretch of the imagination. This is certainly not C.S. Lewis or Tozer. If you want to read something a little more impacting from modern Christianity I would recommend David Platt or Francis Chan. I was not impressed. She was upset after only 2 1/2 weeks on her 7 diet (a week and a half to go?), and then couldn't bake a loaf of whole wheat bread with a bread machine! Bread is not that hard to bake, especially with a bread machine. I lost patience and stopped reading it, sorry. Maybe I'll pick it up again at a later time (when I have more patience...). For 7 months, Jen Hatmaker wages a war against excess. She experiments by eating only 7 foods, wearing only 7 articles of clothing, giving away 7 items each day, and praying 7 times a day. Although Hatmaker's experiments are extreme, she raises awareness of the excesses present in our homes and our lives. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)The 7 Experiment (1)
Do you feel trapped in the machine of excess? Jen Hatmaker was. Her friends were. And some might say that our culture is. Jen once considered herself unmotivated by the lure of prosperity, but upon being called rich by an undeniably poor child, evidence to the contrary mounted, and a social experiment turned spiritual journey was born. 7 is the true story of how Jen took seven months, identified seven areas of excess, and made seven simple choices to fight back against the modern-day diseases of greed, materialism, and overindulgence. Food. Clothes. Spending. Media. Possessions. Waste. Stress. Jen and her family would spend 30 days on each topic, boiling it down to the number seven. Only eat seven foods, wear seven articles of clothing, and spend money in seven places. Eliminate use of seven media types, give away seven things each day for one month, adopt seven green habits, and observe seven sacred pauses. So, whats the payoff from living a deeply reduced life? Its the discovery of a greatly increased God a call toward Christ-like simplicity and generosity that transcends a social experiment to become a radically better existence. 7 is funny, raw, and not a guilt trip in the making, so come along and consider what Jesus version of rich, blessed, and generous might look like in your life. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The writing moves along -- so closer to a 3.5, but the humor can feel contrived, even forced. ( )