I sort of blew off my homeschool mom book group last night. Doc got home late and I could have made it only missing the first half hour, but my heart wasn’t in it.
I’m burnt out on Christian women books. I just want to read Christian books, without the emphasis on the female. Anyone else feeling like me?
Last night, I made a good effort again with A Woman After God’s Own Heart, and I feel like I finally got something out of it, but I dread picking it up again. Scandalous, I know. Elizabeth George is one of the most prolific writers for the Christian woman today and I’ve been grumbling since page one.
So this afternoon, I’ve been wondering what my problem is, and I’ve come to the conculsion it’s not George’s book, but the whole genre in general I’m dissatisfied with.
Over the years, I’ve read my share of Christian woman/wife/mom/homeschooler books. The Shaping of the Christian Family and Let Me Be a Woman both by Elisabeth Elliot, All the Way Home by Mary Pride, Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge, Seasons of a Mother’s Heart by Sally Clarkson and You Can’t Make Me by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias, are samples from my bookshelf.
And I know I’ve read more than that. I’ve lots more Elliot books, a bunch of Dobson and other parenting books I’m not listing for sake of space. So is it any wonder this reader is throwing up her hands on how to be a better woman/wife/mom/homeschooler?
I’m not weary of reading about Christianity in general. I’ve been thinking of re-reading Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster for awhile now. I first read it in my college days years ago and I don’t remember much. Written in 1978, revised in 1988, it’s now regarded as a classic. Foster, a Quaker, writes about meditation, fasting, service and simplicity among other disciplines that should be the commom practice of the Christian’s life.
Jessica of Trivium Academy is reading it, so it would be interesting to get her perspective on it as well. I also need to dig out the study guide that goes with it.
What do you think? Are you happy with your current Christian woman book or are you like me and need a break from all-things female?