Healing the Masculine Soul

I just finished reading this book by Gordon Dalbey. Its subtitle, How God Restores Men to Real Manhood, gives you a good picture of what sort of path it takes. It is a great book! I found it quite by accident (?) and am really glad I did.

It's funny how you sometimes find books that are really meaningful to you. I found this one browsing through a mall bookstore in Jackson, Mississippi during a visit to some friends during part of our Christmas 2004 holidays. It caught my eye almost immediately. As I looked through it, I noticed it was of Christian orientation, but well balanced; this was not something I had encountered often before.

I started reading it soon after I got home. It was a little rough in places - the truth hurts sometimes - but it really made me think about some issues I have and showed me a way to handle them. I also came to understand some people in my life a whole lot better.

The book is deep and thought provoking, and has a study guide that takes you further. READ IT, whether you are a man or a woman. There is something for everyone in it.

Works of William E. Channing

I was looking for a copy of the works of William E. Channing on the internet the other day - Mr. Channing was a major Unitarian minister in the early to mid 1800's and wrote some great sermons and essays on topics of his day. I found three used editions in my price range - Channing's writings are pretty much out of print these days.

As it turns out, one of the books (an 1877 edition) was in an antique store in the small town I live in presently. Quite a coincidence! I went over and took a look at it. It didn't have all his works, but nearly all of them. I decided to buy it, as there was no telling if the others I saw online were any better. It was even on sale.

I had to clean it up a bit. It was a little dirty and had several leaves from various types of trees pressed in it that needed to come out. There was a part of an old greeting card for a book mark (I guess) in it that I decided to keep.

The 900 plus pages themselves were in great shape, and the font was clear and sharp and even looked slightly raised. Really nice. And all this for $9.00 plus tax.

Reading it should keep me busy a while. I'll do postings on it after I have read some of it. Stay tuned.

Update: Unitarian Christian Journal

This web based journal/website is no more. I am in contact with one of the former writers/editors and hope to rescue a few really good articles for posting here. We'll have to wait and see.