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Jan 23 2009

A Trough of Reading

Published by universehall at 1:47 pm under Books, Reading Edit This

C.S. Lewis once said that faith is bound to undergo a pattern of “peaks and troughs”; i.e. times when you feel particularly attuned and connected to God, and times when you just feel flat and everything religious is a struggle.

I’ve been in something of a reading trough lately.

I’ve kept up my good momentum for this month… until a few days ago. I have just finished Agatha Christie’s The Secret Adversary, which I enjoyed. I started reading Shepherds Abiding (Jan Karon) and am still reading Dying for Chocolate - which, up until a few days ago, I was enjoying reading.

Then, suddenly, it hit me. I tried to read Shepherds Abiding on my way to work, and found myself hit by a wave of motion-sickness (which hasn’t bugged me in weeks). On the way home, I started to open Dying for Chocolate… and found I couldn’t get up the gumption to open the book.

I haven’t done any reading at all since then. Pathetic, hm? Hence my dearth of blogging on the subject this week and part of last week.

Until I get back on track, enjoy this video.

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