tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post5304071311283804238..comments2024-02-07T11:31:44.141+03:00Comments on On Life in St. Petersburg: Christian Femininity 101Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-61071310261917488362009-08-22T06:52:50.473+04:002009-08-22T06:52:50.473+04:00With women's books, I feel that on the one han...With women's books, I feel that on the one hand I don't want to be flooding my mind with those topics. On the other hand, if I think about the issues anyway, maybe it's good to read a book to help me organize my thoughts more. But in general I don't find them overly stimulating from an intellectual standpoint.<br /><br />I do a lot of reading Christian books and reviewing them, and I find that I always have some sort of complaint, and wish that one book would be perfect. And then I remember the Bible...lol. So I know what you mean. I read commentary sometimes, especially if it contains historical information...but sometimes we just need to let the Word speak for itself, without someone else's interpretation tainting our learning environment.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-25859112291885549202009-08-22T02:40:09.213+04:002009-08-22T02:40:09.213+04:00P.S.
Re: the Young Woman book, I read it a coupl...P.S. <br /><br />Re: the Young Woman book, I read it a couple of years ago and it was basically just the same concepts discussed in the original work stepped up a notch. I think it focuses on more of the teenage crowd, also.<br /><br />I think you are probably getting the idea that I don't recommend it! :-)Arleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-58506993164111474242009-08-22T02:29:33.628+04:002009-08-22T02:29:33.628+04:00I relate with this very much. I used to be very m...I relate with this very much. I used to be very much into the Christian, feminine devotional type books, but I've realized how little they've really contributed to my life. Their themes are consistent and usually less than profound. Now, I read very few Christian books. That sounds bad, but I just reached a point where I outgrew them. Now, if I want to read something Christian I read the Bible itself. I'm really not that into individual's interpretations of biblical texts - I'd rather do that myself, thank you. Unless its Mother Teresa or C.S. Lewis or someone of real caliber and authority, I'm basically uninterested.<br /><br />As for Elizabeth George, I'll have to agree. I've read several of her books, and they've always left me with a sense of, "Is this all there is?" Her practicality is also her downfall, I think. I don't have anything against her really, but there was a certain patronizing tone and basic theme, that everything fits in these nice little boxes with wrapping paper and bows, to each of the books I've read. Also, while I hesitate to say that I think on a more "profound" plane than she does, I will say that she is much more of a details person and I'm much more into big-picture issues.Arleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-75025895326440760132009-07-10T07:40:36.292+04:002009-07-10T07:40:36.292+04:00It's funny, it turns out that the same author ...It's funny, it turns out that the same author wrote a book called "A Young Woman After God's Own Heart" (along with several others), so maybe that is the one that was recommended to me and would seem more relevant.<br /><br />But Annie, as your reaction confirms, her methods are not for everyone. I do think she was trying to be helpful from a "Titus 2" viewpoint, even though her style is different from mine.<br /><br />As I mentioned in the original post, I do wonder what place these kinds of books should have in my life. <br /><br />Having some less quality books out there is the downside to having freedom of speech in our country. Anyone can get published...if not in book form, then on the Internet, at least. It's a consequence of freedom, but I'm glad we have that freedom. It just means that as consumers of the media, we have to use discernment.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-12581414729711153342009-07-10T07:10:58.171+04:002009-07-10T07:10:58.171+04:00It goes back to what I said sometime ago about Chr...It goes back to what I said sometime ago about Christian recording musicians. Most of them do not really give a rip about loving their neighbor as themselves. It's all about making money for them. Self exaltation and self indulgence. Same is true for the "Christian writers".<br /><br />America, having a strong anglo-saxon influence, strikes me funny as a nation of achievers and conquerors. Thus, books like this one, many centuries later, are written. And will be written yet.<br /><br />How different it is from Paul's that a woman must be silent at the church. And if she doesn't understand something, she has to ask her husband. <br /><br />American women, in general, irritate me. There are quite a few Christian women leaders that, I believe, will give an account to Jesus on the judgement day for being sloppy leaders. They preach heresies. I have noticed, over the years, that women are more prone to adhere to heresies than men are. I guess it goes back to the Garden of Eden.<br /><br />I hope I do not come across chauvinistic.V..................http://foreverhired.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-62384900655328249712009-07-08T15:22:34.165+04:002009-07-08T15:22:34.165+04:00Wow! I have the distinct feeling that I wouldn...Wow! I have the distinct feeling that I wouldn't even LIKE this woman! (Let alone want to carry her book around with me.) What about a person whose mind just does not work like that? <br /><br />And her idea of prioritizing??? What if the person on the phone was your husband's mother? Where does that fit? Or your children's teacher? Or, your pastor...he's not exactly God, but he might carry God's message for you - but what if his message this day is not a spirtual one, but turns out to be, "How do you use the coffee pot in the hospitality cupboard?" do you tell him to make an appointment and you'll give him that information when it is convenient to you? (And what does that teach your children about courtesty to people? Using a sales person as the example, isn't exactly fair. I'd do the same to him if I were just sitting doing nothing!)<br /><br />And what kind of husband would want his wife's attention when one of his children needed it more?<br /><br />Prioritizing IS hard....and I know I make mistakes daily. But, I think the Christian woman should be relying on the prompting of the Spirit in any instance rather than the list of ready-made priorities - simply because it just isn't that clear-cut in real life. (Or perhaps because my priority - like St. Paul's - is to do my best to be all things to all people...and that certainly means not hurting their feelings.) <br /><br />Does she consider level-of-importance in her prioritizing at all? If her husband is on the phone just shooting the breeze because he's stuck in traffic, does she ignore her sobbing child? Or a depressed neighbor? I just gravitate to the hot spots, I guess.<br /><br />I could probably be argumentative about the other points you related, too, but I won't take over your blog!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.com