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This Interruption is part of the Grant and Barbara now in Scotland adventure series!
Paul asked Timothy to visit him in Rome and requested from him. . .
When you come, be sure to bring the coat I left with Carpus at Troas. Also bring my books, and especially my papers (2 Timothy 4:13, NLT).
Traveling with books has been a habit for centuries, but it’s much easier today. On a long trip, years back, I would bring paperbacks and a few hardbacks and almost needed another suitcase.
My wife and I are in Scotland. And I’m traveling with books—about twenty—all on my Kindle®. Actually, I have several hundred books on my Kindle, but twenty are still to be read.
Let me share five of them.
Swift and Silent by Wayne Stinnett. This is book #27 of the Caribbean Adventure Series, featuring Jesse McDermitt as the hero. I downloaded book #1 because they are free to Kindle Unlimited subscribers. Action, adventure, and great characters. At twenty-seven free downloads, this book series alone almost pays for the price of Kindle Unlimited.
The End of Everything by Victor Davis Hanson. I’ve been fascinated by this book. The story of four civilizations—their rise, seeming indestructibility, and how quickly they fell. I’m thinking about the USA as I read this book.
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. This book will change your view of children on screens. Sort of depressing at first (don’t read on the first day at the beach) but informative, with helpful and more encouraging suggestions at the end.
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. A relatively new writer was suggested to me by my wife. There are now four books, and I’m traveling with numbers three and four. In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends form an alliance to solve murders. Lots of fun.
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer. Comer has great influence as a pastor and modern contemplative on living today. He has a unique, creative, and inviting writing style, but when he quoted one of my heroes of the faith, Corrie Ten Boom, early in this book, he had me hooked.
The quote from Comer’s book. . .
Corrie ten Boom once said that if the devil can’t make you sin, he’ll make you busy. There’s truth in that. Both sin and busyness have the exact same effect—they cut off connection to God, to other people, and even to your own soul.
I’ve suggested the five books above. I will read more, probably, but there’s lots to do in Scotland. This trip has been on the “Barbara and Grant” bucket list for a long time.
So, I’m not going to hurry or worry if I don’t read them all.