Welcome to Dennis' Pile of Books

If you were to walk into my office, either at the church or at my house, one thing you would most likely notice many, many books. I have piles of books everywhere so it seems. I love books and surround myself with them wherever I am (at work, on vacation, in the bathroom... you get the picture). So welcome to my pile of books!

On one of my other blogs (Immersed in Mystery) I have a running list of books I have recently read, and ones I am currently reading. In the past few months I began writing short comments after each book title, these were sort of like mini-book reviews, really mini. I thought that rather than lose these comments in the future (I only keep 10 titles on the list at any one time) I would create a blog dedicated to the books I have read.

Having this blog dedicated to the books I have read will also allow me to expand on my comments, perhaps even expanding into a full book review on occasion. Each book will have its own entry, and after the initial 10 entries future books will be noted in this blog when I finish them (in other words the date of the blog entry will indicate the date I finished that book). Mostly this blog is for my own benefit (to help remember all I've read), but I also like to share good books with others. Occasionally I feel the need to warn people about a disappointing book - our free time is scarce enough as it is, no use wasting it on a book that isn't worth the time or effort.

I welcome other comments on these books, it is always interesting to hear how others react to a book I've read - so feel free to leave comments on this blog. And I'm always open to book suggestions from others, I've encountered some great books because of other people's suggestions. Enjoy browsing through my pile of books.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Kicking at the Darkness: Bruce Cockburn and the Christian Imagination

by Brian J. Walsh

I was introduced to Bruce Cockburn back in 1980 and have been an big fan ever since. In seminary I wrote a paper analyzing the Christian themes in Cockburn's lyrics (to that stage), thus I was curious about what Walsh would do in this book.  What I discovered didn't disappoint, Walsh has written an in-depth look at the Christian themes present in Cockburn's body of work.  I appreciated Walsh's way of weaving images (like dance, light, darkness) together with interpretations of Cockburn's lyrics, creating new insights into Cockburn's songs.  I particularly enjoyed his elaboration on one of my all time favourite Cockburn song's "A Life Story" (which is one of Cockburn's shortest songs lyrically speaking).  I would recommend this book to any fan of Bruce Cockburn's music, or even to non-fans, there is much to ponder in this work.

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