a book you might enjoy

last week (while waiting for my copy of a chance to die - still hasn't come!) i read this great book by ann patchett, called run. bet you'd like it a lot. many interesting themes. anyway, next time you're at the library browsing, grab it.

edith would be appalled

This "Stuff White People Like" blog makes me laugh so hard because so much of the cultural commentary is true. This particular post speaks to entertaining vs. hospitality and the failure to understand "hidden art" for its own sake. 

future book club members at play

andrew and i were in the nursery sunday and i happened to find my camera in the diaper bag. what a sweet - and no doubt precocious - little group of boys.

let's all make room

Thanks for recommending this one, Darby. I got it through interlibrary loan (through ICPL) from the Pella library. 

Christine Pohl examines the early church origins of hospitality, tracks its course through history, and talks about where we are today. I agree that a large part of this tradition of reaching out to strangers has been lost, and hospitality is now equivalent to "entertaining." I'm hoping this book will encourage me to live in a way that is hospitable, not just try to "entertain" those I know who can repay me.

update on a previously mentioned book

i just got my copy of the creative family, by amanda blake soule, and it is great.

loved this one

This book was beautifully crafted: heartwarming without being "heartwarming," delightful to slowly ponder without being "captivating," rich with detail and full of true characters.

And yes, Darby's already read it. :)