Julie R. Neidlinger: Lone Prairie Library

The Great Giveaway.

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A blog reader recently treated me to a book off of my Amazon.com wishlist. (Always a happy day when that happens.)

The Great Giveaway: Reclaiming the mission of the church from Big Business, Parachurch Organizations, Psychotherapy, Consumer Capitalism, and other Modern Maladies, by David E. Fitch, is turning out to be a real challenge.

It's a book I'm finding I have to go back and re-read paragraphs and really give thought to what Fitch is saying. It's not because he's a bad writer, but because what he is saying is challenging and very different from the way I've thought about the topics he discusses.

I wish I could elaborate more the general terms of "topics" but right now I'm just sort of wading in without a map. This is one of those annoying books where about every other paragraph has a sentence I need to use a highlighter on. Almost overwhelming, but not in a bad way by any means.

I can't recommend the book because I haven't finished it. However, from what I've read...well, do you like a challenge? The book is a fine one, if that be the case. I hope to be able to "review" it better when I'm finished, though I have a feeling I won't be up to such a thing after just one reading.

If you've read the book, I'd love to hear your thoughts on what Fitch has to say about the Evangelical church and it's regretful ties to modernity.

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