tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post7013546325207523020..comments2024-02-11T10:58:23.271-08:00Comments on Reading to Know: Missional Motherhood, by Gloria FurmanCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-20838906855260177992016-09-22T14:04:22.667-07:002016-09-22T14:04:22.667-07:00@Patricia - And all I have to say to that is, &quo...@Patricia - And all I have to say to that is, "Amen."<br /><br />Yes indeed.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-579155917874513902016-09-22T14:02:23.360-07:002016-09-22T14:02:23.360-07:00The reason I don't like books like this is the...The reason I don't like books like this is the focus, actually. I know many Christian women who read book after book after book on motherhood. Christian women didn't use to do that. They read the Scriptures. You have so many voices coming from every conceivable direction and still, their kids are holy terrors. It is because they have made their children the center of the universe===instead of Christ. When your whole life revolves around your children in this way, they become extremely selfish individuals. A Christian woman is first and foremost, a child of God. Secondly, a wife. Then a mother. Children should fit into your life-your life shouldn't revolve around them. (Yes, there are exceptions, such as with sick little ones. But even then the child needs to learn they are not the center of the universe) For those who are screaming in my ear, "I need help!", there is help in the Scriptures. Instead, we too often want to run and have someone give us the answers and too often we fall prey to one person's seemingly "common sense answers" when in fact they can be way off the mark. It takes discernment to know it-a quality desperately lacking in the church. Our roles as mothers is to raise our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. So we must KNOW this LORD of ours first and foremost. Spend time with Him as our ancestors did and you will grow in wisdom and knowledge-His wisdom and knowledge-and not every new author that comes along.Duane & Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747289811827017276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-20847170520496477192016-07-29T09:17:01.149-07:002016-07-29T09:17:01.149-07:00I would like to read this book I think. I have sor...I would like to read this book I think. I have sort of been thinking about this exact topic. I don't have kids right now, but I was obviously created as a woman for a reason. I think I would probably benefit from this. <br /><br />I also really enjoyed you processing your thoughts like this. I like following your blog because I get good book recommendations and also get to see what is on your heart. I actually go too far in the opposite direction, so I think I probably need more instructional books in my life. BerlinerinPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853762912371387793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-39592429098799532212016-07-28T11:52:42.478-07:002016-07-28T11:52:42.478-07:00I haven't read her but I have seen the name an...I haven't read her but I have seen the name and book title floating around and wondered if she was good.<br /><br />I have that same feeling sometimes when reading something just because I feel I ought to, but usually it lessens once I get into it. <br /><br />When my kids were little and I came up against something I didn't know how to handle, I'd think, "I need to find a book on that." But sometimes I needed an answer in less time than it takes to find and read a book, LOL! I determined I didn't need to read books covering every single possible aspect of parenting - I needed to rely on God's promise to give wisdom when we ask. Sometimes that wisdom did come through a book or a conversation with my husband or another mom, sometimes through an answer or idea that I believe God put in my mind. I benefited greatly from books, but that lessened the pressure that I *had* to read the latest parenting books in order to succeed as a parent.Barbara H.http://barbarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-40519229272132491732016-07-28T09:09:33.552-07:002016-07-28T09:09:33.552-07:00What an interesting review/conversation with yours...What an interesting review/conversation with yourself! :) I could just chat and chat back to you if only time were an unlimited commodity. First, I haven't read this particular title, but I have read her other three books. I do think she has some good things to say. Yet I don't tend to come away from her books raving. And I am a little ashamed to admit that her general youth and inexperience sometimes trip me up a little.<br /><br />But I really connected with your thoughts about reading and reading choices. You may have a hard time believing this, but I have even been struggling with reading PERIOD! Who am I?! I am *five books behind* my Goodreads challenge for the year (and my goal was only 85). This has been such a busy and demanding season and I have been so tired that reading anything at all became something of a chore. When I would sit down to read, my eyes would just close and all I could do was tip over on the couch and sleep.<br /><br />So yes, by all means, if you have the time and inclination, read what appeals to you in this season. No guilt, no "shoulds".Shonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310547848215492736noreply@blogger.com