Book Meme
From my dear TulipGirl, I got tagged.
1. One book that changed your life:
Clarkson’s Heartfelt Discipline, VanVonderen’s Tired of Trying to Measure Up, and Kimmel’s Grace-Based Parenting (so I can’t count!)
2. One book that you’ve read more than once:
Besides those above? Charlotte’s Web, of course!
3. One book you’d want on a desert island:
My OliveTree Bible software on my PDA. 
4. One book that made you laugh:
Lileks’ Mommy Knows Worst and Douglas’s Where the Girls Are.
5. One book that made you cry:
Mommy Please Don’t Cry.
6. One book that you wish had been written:
Why We Need a New Reformation: Keswick’s Damage to Conservative Evangelicalism.
7. One book you wish had never been written:
There are several books I’ve thrown across the room recently. I’ll pick Shepherding a Child’s Heart.
8. One book you’re currently reading:
Little by little, The Message.
9. One book you’ve been meaning to read:
Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline.
10. Now tag five people:
Will
Monica
Elea
Mollie
Lincoln
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So, just curious why didn’t you like the last book?
Posted by: Katherine | August 15th, 2006 12:48
You mean Shepherding a Child’s Heart? On the most basic level, I don’t think it delivers what it promises. It privileges a shepherding metaphor for parenting but expresses a rank antagonism between parent and child by referring to “winning battles” and such. There’s no such antagonism in the parenting values described in Scripture, and in fact, Paul commands us to not exasperate our children. Any shepherd who’s at war with his dumb sheep is a pretty lousy shepherd.
I wish that book didn’t enjoy the monopoly it does in our circles. I find it inconsistent in many areas. This is just the big one.
Posted by: cklewis | August 15th, 2006 13:50
Book Meme…
I’ve seen this going around a lot lately, and was just tagged! 1. One book that changed your life: Maybe an odd choice and not the most significant book I’ve ever read, but the info and timing of Mary Pride’s original Big Book of Homeschooling which…
Posted by: TulipGirl | August 15th, 2006 23:40
and number 6 will be written when?
Posted by: Heather | August 16th, 2006 00:08
Thanks for that info about Shepherding. Sounds like a legit complaint.
Posted by: Katherine | August 16th, 2006 09:10
ok, i did it.
Posted by: elea | August 28th, 2006 18:27
OK. It’s up.
Posted by: Monica | September 4th, 2006 17:37