A Grace Disguised. Jerry L. Sittser. (Zondervan)
“Recovery is a misleading and empty expectation. We recover from broken limbs, not amputations. Catastrophic loss by definition precludes recovery. It will transform us or destroy us, but it will never leave us the same.”
The Sacrament of the Present Moment (a.k.a. Abandonment to Divine Providence). Jean-Pierre de Caussade, S.J. (HarperCollins)
“O, all you who thirst, learn that you have not far to go to find the fountain of living waters; it flows quite close to you in the present moment; therefore hasten to find it.”
The Breaking of the Outer Man and the Release of the Spirit. Watchman Nee. (Living Stream Ministry)
“Sooner or later a servant of God discovers that he himself is the greatest frustration to his work. Sooner or later he finds that his outer man does not match his inner man. The inner man heads in one direction, while the outer man heads in another direction.”
The Power of the Blood of Jesus. Andrew Murray. (Whitaker House)
“On Moriah the life was redeemed by the shedding of the blood. In Egypt it was sprinkled on the door posts of the houses; but at Sinai, it was sprinkled on the persons themselves.”
With Christ in the School of Prayer, Andrew Murray. (Hendrickson Christian Classics.)
“Of all the promises connected with the command, ‘ABIDE IN ME,’ there is none higher, and none that sooner brings the confession, ‘Not that I have already attained, or am already made perfect,’ than this: ‘If ye abide in me, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.’ Power with God is the highest attainment of the life of full abiding.”
GENERAL WORKS
Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank. Robert W. Fuller.
[Editorial comment] This book addresses the class distinctions that have (Revolution to the contrary) come to epitomize American life. You guessed it—it’s all about how much money people have (not their character, wisdom, age, hard work or abilities), and if they lose it they are nobodies again. Not biblical? Au contraire—Paul and Jesus both spoke about how we regard ourselves and one another. Many thanks to the ex-pat Texan in San Francisco who recommended this book.
Toxic Success: How to Stop Striving and Start Thriving, Paul Pearsall.
“Anyone who brags of being a multitasker is confessing to being a sufferer of TSS [Toxic Success Syndrome]. Research indicates that multitasking is another name for attention deficit disorder and lack of productivity and effectiveness. more than fifty years ago, studies conducted in British textile mills showed conclusively that trying to attend to several tasks at once leads to reduced productivity, mistakes, accidents, and worker disstisfaction. When we try to multitask, we may increase our awareness but not our attention. Attention is filtering things out to focus on one thing, not trying to be aware of and deal with many things.”
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