I wanted to take a (probably long overdue) moment to thank Nathan over at Nathan’s Blog for a gift card to Amazon. Nathan was running a feed subscription contest a little while back – and I won. If you haven’t checked out Nathan’s blog before, please do. He writes on some really interesting stuff, especially if science or politics interest you. Thank again Nathan.

“So, Ryan, what did you do with the money?”

I’m glad you asked. I bought a couple new books from Rob Bell’s suggested reading list, books that you can probably see in my “currently reading” section over to the right. Our Father Abraham: Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith has been a great read so far. For anyone interested in Hewbraic and Jewish tradition and how it has influenced the faith we take part in today, it’s worth checking out.

I haven’t dug into the other book, Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder. I’ll let you know how each of these books turn out the farther into them I go.