Why One Reads.

Hello, dear friends, close and far. I attempted to start a blog a few weeks before I got married, which was not the smartest idea ever, since I couldn't remember what the url was, the email I chose, or anything after the fact. So, here's to doing things again, with enthusiasm.
This blog is not meant to be one of many blogs that enjoys ranting about why they don't like this kind of book, or how our world's going to hell in a handbasket. These ideas, however truthful they may be, are just another voice in the chorus of monotony; and in the true spirit of Americanism, I wish to be unique.
But not so unique, at the same time, for my goal is to challenge myself and my readers to a higher intellect, one used to serve and worship Christ via reading. The expansion of the mind, I say!

But really, why use the medium reading, to achieve this higher intellect? I can define "higher intellect" as thinking beyond what one is commonly used to thinking in an every day work environment; the use of the imagination to bring oneself closer to the Great Idea that is God. (God is my Father, but He also embodies the Great Idea that is beyond human imagination)

Reason 1: I think one of the very few things I remember from my Pysch 101 class was that every time you read a book, your vocabulary goes up by 100%. Perhaps it was her way of getting us to read our dull textbook, or wanting us to sound smarter, but it was the one statistic I can recall, but it seems to be true. People I know who do not speak well often do not enjoying reading. I do not mean speechifying like public speaking, but in every day conversation with others. So, reading can help your verbal communication. Excellent.
Reason 2: It can transport you to another time and space, to help us better understand the world you live in. Negatively, it can also create a world you would rather never leave because you like it better your current one, but that's another discussion for another time. But positively, this has innumerable consequences that are far more than ordinary.

My purpose for this blog is simply this-- I read about 5 books per week, and I often do share what I find in person with my husband, friends, or family. But this can be so much more fun, and I get to write again! Even if no one ever reads it, I believe that I "feel His pleasure" (in the words of Eric Liddell) when I write, or speak of theology. So, there's a long introduction for something that will be little more than book reviews and other opinions.
Invigorated as ever,