tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post5583586508990156594..comments2024-02-18T06:21:45.375-06:00Comments on ~<i>The Three Prayers</i>: Take Your Books Unto the Lord and Leave Them There?Janet Cupohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037555111680888247noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-87879481071744577822013-11-07T16:07:35.738-06:002013-11-07T16:07:35.738-06:00Last week we finally got our bookshelves set-up in...Last week we finally got our bookshelves set-up in our new house, and started opening some of the book boxes. They've been packed since March, in most cases. It was a happy occasion to see them again, but I can't help wondering if we really need *all* of them. We haven't shelves enough for all of them, in any case. I am thinking that a judicious cull may be in order. But who will appreciate them as much as we do?Craighttp://cburrell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-68316183369619854672013-11-07T13:38:54.887-06:002013-11-07T13:38:54.887-06:00Well, don't feel too uneasy. We still have ele...Well, don't feel too uneasy. We still have eleven tall bookcases and three small ones in the room that is becoming the grandchildren's room.<br /><br />One reason why I do keep them is that I'm hoping to read them when I retire, and that might not be too terribly much longer. I'll probably keep most of them, and I will almost certainly keep my hardback children's books because most of them are only available in cheap paperback editions now, and I want my grandchildren to have them.<br /><br />There are some things, though, that I know I probably won't read, though, that I don't want to let go of. <br /><br />At the moment, though, I've moved on from the books to just generally getting the house ready for 30 people who are coming over Sunday to see it get blessed and to eat.<br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-28675146656620282052013-11-07T13:31:03.644-06:002013-11-07T13:31:03.644-06:00Yes, but I'm the only person that ever goes in...Yes, but I'm the only person that ever goes in there. There doesn't seem to be anyone acting as a librarian, and I don't see any interest.<br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-78199427972778801182013-11-07T12:32:20.395-06:002013-11-07T12:32:20.395-06:00"It's another thing to be given marching ..."It's another thing to be given marching orders, <b>especially when they are seldom very clear</b>, and you aren't really sure if they are coming from the right direction."<br /><br />My emphasis. This might be the most vexing thing in my spiritual life. I'm naturally indecisive and ambivalent, and I don't think I've ever asked "what would you have me do?" and received anything I could recognize as an answer. I mean, apart from things that are obviously required or forbidden. Maybe God views this as therapy for my indecision.<br /><br />As for the books--this makes me feel just a touch uneasy, because not only are we not contemplating getting rid of them in any great numbers, but are thinking of adding more shelves. I don't feel seriously uneasy, though, as I've been waiting for 30+ years to have time to read a lot of them. I do think we should consider getting rid of three (at least) full shelves of encyclopedias, which we almost never use but which I have a sentimental attachment. Thing is, nobody else wants them either, and I hate to think of them being dumped or shredded.Maclinhttp://lightondarkwater.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-49051450348385370422013-11-07T01:04:07.799-06:002013-11-07T01:04:07.799-06:00Does the parish have a library?Does the parish have a library?Paulnoreply@blogger.com