Reading:
- I Asked For Wonder: A Spiritual Anthology by Abraham Joshua Heschel.
- No Other Gospel!: Christianity Among the World’s Religions by Carl E. Braaten.
- Barth by Eberhard Busch. [reviewed here]
- Councils of Churches and the Ecumenical Vision by Diane Kessler & Michael Kinnamon.
- The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis.
- Adrenaline and Stress by Archibald D. Hart.
- Shape of Living, The: Spiritual Directions for Everyday Life by David F. Ford.
- Reading Ray S. Anderson: Theology as Ministry – Ministry as Theology by Christian D. Kettler.
- Unexpected Guests at God’s Banquet: Welcoming People with Disabilities Into the Church by Brett Webb-Mitchell.
- Caring for God’s People: Counseling and Christian Wholeness by Philip L. Culbertson.
- The Truth About Burnout: How Organizations Cause Personal Stress and What to Do About It by Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter.
- Stress: From Burnout to Balance by Vinay Joshi.
- Teachers Managing Stress & Preventing Burnout by Yvonne Gold and Robert A. Roth.
- Reading Seneca: Stoic Philosophy at Rome by Brad Inwood.
- Raising Abel: The Recovery of Eschatological Imagination by James Alison.
- Spirituality in Aotearoa, New Zealand = He kupu whakawairua: Catholic voices edited by Helen Bergin and Susan Smith.
Listening:
- Move by Third Day.
- Kiss Each Other Clean by Iron & Wine.
- Paradiso by Hayley Westenra.
- Bread and Buddha, In Good We Trust (with Kevin Breit) and Isle of Manx by Harry Manx.
- Song of the Traveling Daughter and City of Refuge by Abigail Washburn.
- Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet by Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet.
- Man of Many Moons by Danny Schmidt.
- Geography of Light by Carrie Newcomer.
- Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works.
- This Town and In the Falling Dark by Dave Mallett.
- Banjoman: a tribute to Derroll Adams.
- Central Reservation by Beth Orton.
Watching:
jasongoroncy.com 
So what did you think of The Adjustment Bureau? I thought it was a good idea that didn’t quite get a full-enough treatment…
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@ Mike: Well it wasn’t The Matrix, but it was the best thing on offer on the United Airlines flight that I was on that day. It also gave me a break from reading, and from the badger who was sitting next to me.
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No, it certainly wasn’t the Matrix, and it did have some quirky moments, and a good underlying theme. Just left a slightly ‘could have done better’ taste in the mouth, I felt.
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@ Mike: I was left with the same taste. I wondered, at the time, if it was the cheap in-flight bourbon I was drinking, but then again it may have been the in-flight entertainment. I’m not sure if they still do it, but some years ago a Venezuelan airline used to run in-flight bingo. Sounds like a great idea, for about the first 10-15 mins of the flight ;-)
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ha ha! Love the idea….would be interesting with one of the Asian airlines….could be some confusion over what number was being announced, I suspect!
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Heschel’s I Asked for Wonder is one of the richest sources of spiritual wisdom and humane religion I”ve ever come across – it is a book I often turn to when nothing else touches those deep places where longing and boredom come from. I’d have counted a great privilege to meet him, though I’d probably be scared of someone whose holiness was near tangible – scared, sacred, interesting juxtaposition. Let me know what you think of it. Heschel is in my very small canon of absolutely must have, writers. Hope you are well my friend, Shalom, Jim
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Wow, Jim, that really makes me want to get hold of a copy!
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