Matt Jones' Random Acts of Verbiage

I have been doing a horrible job of posting on this year’s family book and cd/dvd exchange. My bad. I figured I would finally post again, this time on Dan’s pick: Leif Enger’s Peace Like a River. I really had no idea what to expect going into this story but now I can definitely see why Dan chose the book.

This is an extremely well written piece of fiction about faith and family. The story centers on 11 year old Ruben Land, his struggles to breathe, his outlaw brother, poetic sister, new found mother, and miraculous father. The simplicity of love and trust shines through in this heart warming narrative. I definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys good fiction.

I enjoyed one of the moments where Ruben had a close personal experience with God:

It only felt powerful, like truth unhusked.

Once torched by truth, Swede [Ruben's sister] wrote years later, a little thing like faith is easy.

And later in the story, after Ruben felt that things weren’t going fairly for him, he made the astute observation that “Fair is whatever God wants to do.” And finally, the conclusion brings home a great expression of faith:

Is there a single person on whom I can press belief?
No sir.
All I can do is say, Here’s how it went. Here’s what I saw.
I’ve been there and am going back.
Make of it what you will.

Worth the read, check it out!

If you live in Seattle, you had better be coming to the Lonely Forest (MySpace) show coming up next Wednesday, December 13th at the Historic University Theater! This will be a great show with Mon Frere (MySpace), Key Note Speaker (MySpace), and Boom Chickin. It only costs $8 at the door or online. Doors open at 7:30, show starts at 8:00. Here is where the theater is.

Really, you have no reason not to be there. You like good music. You like to rock. ‘Nuff said. See you there. (Cross posted at the Lonely Forest Street Team Blog.)

Well I have created yet another blog! Letters of Faith Through the Seasons is a daily devotional blog that is pretty much just for me to keep track of my reflections on the new book of “Great Christian Correspondence.” If you are interested, stop by and check things out. For more on what the new blog is about, visit the about Letters of Faith Through the Seasons page.

That is all, carry on.