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Thursday, March 23, 2006

Happy Clappy book

I know I'm odd. I enjoy upbeat Christian books from the 1970s. They are just so different from what is printed today, and are often so corny! But I like reading them. I will leave opinions of theology out of my review. I recently found Clap Your Hands! A Young Catholic Encounters Christ at a second-hand store. I thought it looked fun, and I enjoyed the read. Basically the man who wrote it grew up Catholic with all the ritual involved, but it didn't mean anything to him. He spent 12 years in Catholic schools. Then he was in a rock band. One day his car broke down and a man gave him a ride to Uni, and invited him to church. He went and eventually got saved. Then he started speaking in tongues, and this is the account of then how he tried to bring renewal to the Catholic church. I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I like this genre (yes, I know I'm odd) but it was well-written, and it was interestring throughout -- I only skipped a couple pages where he was witnessing to others because the conversations are typical of the Happy Clappy Christian genre of the 1970s.

1 Comments:

Blogger A Bishops Wife said...

Just love your phrase "Happy Clappy". It fits perfectly.

Saturday, 25 March, 2006  

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