Just finished reading The Happy Room by Catherine Palmer, a fictionalized account of growing up as a missionary kid in Africa. Very interesting parallels with the Assembly. Children of missionaries are now termed “third culture kids”. I think many Assembly kids fit that category. Some AK’s were allowed a certain level of cultural participation. They [...]
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The Happy Room
Posted in Assembly kids, Books, Family, Parenting, The Assembly experience, tagged Assembly kids, Books, Family, Parenting, Pastors' Kids on March 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Quotes….
Posted in C. S. Lewis, Quotes, Uncategorized, tagged C. S. Lewis, legalism versus grace, narcissism, spiritual abuse, Spiritually abusive leadership on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two great quotes from Christian Recovery Forums over at Spiritual Abuse Recovery Resources: “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under live robber barons than under omnipotent moral busibodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity [...]
Peter Kreeft….
Posted in Apologetics, Books, C. S. Lewis, Evil & suffering, Faith, Website recommendations, tagged Books, C. S. Lewis, Evil & suffering, Peter Kreeft on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the Assembly reflections website we have an excerpt from Peter Kreeft’s very, very helpful book, Making Sense out of Suffering. Even better, on his website there are MP3′s of his very listenable lectures available free of charge, including one on this same subject, and another entitled Shining Light on the Dark Side. Three others [...]
Virtual book tour….
Posted in Abusive church leadership, Books, spiritual abuse, The Assembly experience, tagged Books, spiritual abuse, Spiritually abusive leadership on June 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dr. Margaret W. Jones, author of Not of My Making: Bullying, Scapegoating and Misconduct in Churches, will stop by here Monday on her virtual book tour to answer questions. One question I have for her is this: What can persons who have formerly bullied folks and been abusive do now to make amends to their [...]
Not of my Making….
Posted in Abusive church leadership, Books, spiritual abuse, tagged Books, spiritual abuse, Spiritually abusive leadership on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Not of My Making: Bullying, Scapegoating and Misconduct in Churches is an account of Dr. Margaret W. Jones’ abusive church experiences. I was sent a copy of the book and invited to take part in Dr. Jones’ virtual book tour. I am glad I read it. In brief, Not of My Making is about the [...]
Jesus Interrupted….
Posted in Apologetics, Books, Faith, tagged Apologetics on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ben Witherington has a great series of posts on Bart Ehrman’s latest book, Jesus Interrupted: Revealing the hidden contradictions in the Bible (and why we didn’t know about them). Dr. Witherington approaches it on a scholarly level, eschewing any fundamentalistic emotional rant on inerrancy. He deftly teases out the weaknesses in Ehrman’s arguments and brings [...]
The Bible Jesus Read teaser intro….
Posted in Books, Devotional, Faith, Spiritual abuse devotion, The love of God, tagged Christmas, Devotional, Faith, love of God, Spiritual abuse devotion on February 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Old Testament, from the Assembly point of view (as taught by G. Geftakys based on 19th and early 20th century Exclusive Plymouth Brethren writers) is to be read mainly as an allegory of the Christian life–i.e. Christians can wander in the wilderness as Israel did; but only a few will enter the promised land [...]
Quest for the spiritual secret….
Posted in Books, Higher life, The Assembly experience, tagged "Higher Life" teaching, Keswick on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I was in high school my mother (later known in the Assembly as Sister Mayo), began a library for Fountain Avenue Baptist Church in Los Angeles. She and I had a great time discovering Christian books that were new to us. I remember my mom reading Watchman Nee’s book, The Release of the Spirit, [...]
The Heaven Tree Trilogy….
Posted in Books, tagged Books, Geftakys Assembly, The Heaven Tree Trilogy on August 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I read Book 1 of Edith Pargeter’s Heaven Tree Trilogy not too long after we left the Assembly. At the time, I thought it was one of the best books I had ever read. I finally got around to reading Books 2 & 3, and guess what, I no longer think it’s so great. Back [...]
Narcissism and “malignant naricssism”….
Posted in Books, The Assembly misc., tagged narcissism on August 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
An Illuminated Life: Belle da Costa Greene’s Journey from Prejudice to Privilege by Heidi Ardizzone is a biography of the young woman who was hired in 1905 as J. P. Morgan’s librarian for his private collection of rare books and art. Almost single-handedly she shaped and enlarged the hodge-podge collection over the years into the world-renowned Pierpont [...]
The fellowship of the Holy Spirit….
Posted in Books, Devotional, Prayer, The Assembly experience, tagged Books, Devotional, Faith, Prayer on July 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been reading Phil Yancey’s book, Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?, and I want to say that this book definitely made a significant difference for me, not only in my awareness of God’s unceasing care and presence, but also in my approach to prayer. Chapter 4, “The God Who Is”, opens with [...]
For C. S. Lewis afficionados….
Posted in C. S. Lewis, tagged Books, C. S. Lewis on April 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Discovery! Peter Kreeft on MP3s discussing works of C. S. Lewis! Dr. Kreeft is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and well-known Christian apologist, writer and speaker. Here he is discussing several works by C. S. Lewis: Mere ChristianityTill We Have FacesThe Problem of PainMere Christianity
C. S. Lewis
Posted in C. S. Lewis, tagged Books, C. S. Lewis on July 20, 2006 | 1 Comment »
It’s fitting that this first blog post should be about C. S. Lewis. He was one of my earliest Christian mentors, years before the Assembly, and he was the one who helped me most afterward. There is a birthday card from Danny stuck in my copy of Mere Christianity as a bookmark, dated 1993. Lewis [...]
