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Saturday, May 13, 2006 I Feel Smarter Already! So, today is May 13th. It is a day many of us like to think of as Christmas in May....the start of the Christian Aid Booksale! The Christian Aid Booksale is massive, and stocked with a gajillion books that are all going for about 50p or 1 pound. (Though there are some rare items for 5 and over, and REALLY rare items up for the highest bidder.) I didn't go last year because I thought I was moving home and didn't want to ship them home. This year, I'm not only staying, but I have some extra cash due to my new job. I still have a week of visiting to go...but today I came home with some nice booty for about 25 pounds. And I got a lot of good "standards" that I need to own. - 1865 copy of the New Testament - a big one with AMAZINGLY beautiful borders and plates inside, along with a really intricate and nice cover. (My biggest purchase, setting me back....5 pounds!) -Reformation Writings - Martin Luther -Westminster Confession of Faith (Shorter, Longer, Directory of Worship and Presbyterial Church Government) -Documents of the Christian Church -Imitation of Christ - Thomas A Kempis -What Saint Paul Really Said - NT Wright -The Gnostic Gospels - Pagels -The Apocrypha (a little copy, meaning I don't have to buy a whole Catholic Bible) -The Open Secret - Newbigin -Adventures in Missing the Point - McLaren and Campolo -Funamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Ethics - Kant (No, I'll never read it, but I feel smarter having it) -Scottish Episcopal Church Review 8/2 (on Ethics and Morality) - CS Lewis Biography - Wilson -The Great Divorce - CS Lewis -Local Church Evangelism - Ed. Wright and Grey -The Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Godsey -The Works of Josephus (old and hardback for 50p!) So...freaking awesome. And I've spent less than a third of what I've budgted for this booksale. AND they are bringing out MORE of the Theology and Religion books on Monday that aren't even out yet. AND I haven't even made it to the other sections yet. I now understand why Jonathan has a hard time sleeping the night before the sale each year. (Also, let the record show that J found some Moltmann - including Theology of Hope - before I did, dangit. that's what I get for sleeping in.) In other such theological news, I haven't yet mentioned that I was asked to be a regular writer at MereMission.org. MereMission is a blog made up of a group of us from various theological backgrounds, in discussion about "practical missional theology". Those of you who are into that kinda thing may want to drop by and say hello. In any case, you can all go there and leave comments about how amazing and profound my recent post is on neocalvinim/Reformational philosophy. Even if you have no idea what I'm talking about. I'm all about the validation. In non-theological news, I move tonight into my "interim" (yet again) place, where I'll be living til I can start my lease at my new PERMANENT flat in Newington on June 16th. I will be extremely happy once I can get totally settled in my new place in Newington. I've been effectively living out of a suitcase for something like nine months now. And it gets pretty old. I can't wait to have a place where I can stretch my legs and put in my comfy reading chair under my big window looking out to Arthur's Seat. I'll miss The Hays though. Just don't tell them I said so. -Mic- |
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