reading.

i mentioned before that with grad school, sometimes it's difficult to get "extra" reading in. this semester is a little lighter for me, so i'm challenging myself to pick up a couple of new books and get some things checked off of my never-ending list.

we live in a small apartment right now and have been forced to box up some of our books. we have a lot of books that we've collected throughout the years. to be honest, i inherited several bookshelves-worth when Sam and I got married. i also have some books that i've bought, hoping to crack open the cover sooner than later. a couple of weeks ago, we decided to unpack some of those boxes and see what we wanted to keep and what we needed to part with. i choose several and put them off  to the side by created a section of our shelves of "to read".

the first of that shelf was "Scared Rhythms: Arranging our lives for Spiritual Transformation" by Ruth Haley Barton. this specific book focuses on the spiritual disciplines and the practice of weaving them into your every day life. we have a lot of change happening right now, so i thought that this would be a good place to start. i'm finding that i have this deep longing for something more in my spiritual life. almost as if i'm missing something. i found this quote that really spoke to where i am right now...

"The more authentic our desires, the more they touch upon out identities and also upon the reality of God at the heart of our being. Our most authentic desires spring ultimately from the deep inner wells where the longing for God runs freely." 

that speaks to me in such a strong way right now. i have always pictured my inner self as a deep well and at the bottom of the well, is a place where i'm longing for more of what God has for me. to live a life in freedom, with peace in doing what God wants for me. 

{yarn along}

i'm linking up with ginny (and other bloggers) over at small things today. what have i been knitting and reading?

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i've been on this kick lately to get things off the needles. after finishing (or sometimes not finishing) a project, i have this urge to cast on all the things. but for now, as one thing is finished, an older thing is picked up with the hopes of being finished. this week, i've been knitting on inland by jane richmond. its a fabulous bulky sweater tunic and i can't wait to get it finished. i've finally made it through the body and started the ribbing yesterday. i know that if i can get the ribbing is done, then the motivation to (hopefully) finish the sleeves will come. fingers crossed. 

i've been doing a lot of reading for school lately but i'm finding there is a need to read something other than a textbook on marriage and family therapies. uh hum. after watching miss marple on netflix, i thought it would be interesting to work my way through agatha christie mysteries. little did i know that these books are quite popular among the library e-book lending crowd- after 2 weeks of waiting, i finally got an email say that "and then there were none" was ready for download. i'm only a couple of chapters in but i think these mysteries are going to make for good summer reading. i've also mastered knitting and reading at the same time! it should be much easier to share time between my two loves now...

what are you knitting and reading? don't forget to click on over to ginny's blog and become inspired. also, if you are joining me here because of ginny's yarn along, please leave a comment so i can make sure to follow your yarn along as well! 

happy knitting and reading!