Monday, May 14, 2007
Did i catch a niner in there?
Alright im sorry i havent kept this up for a while, my bad. Im still in Madison and serving with E. Whitlock. Hes been one of my favorite comps out here and were becoming great friends. the work is well as we have 2 baptismal dates set and teaching quite a few people right now. Th weather is nice, sunny and warm and its finally green everyhwhere. Madison looks a lot bettet with all of its trees and lakes. I have now been out for 18 months so i have completed 3/4 of my mission and will be returning home in November. These next 6 months will be fun too, being a missionary in the states right now is fun as the church is getting in the news a lot laltely with that 4 hour Pbs documentry about the church a few weeks ago and Mitt Romney running for Pres and all that stuff. Ive been told that there is a hollywood movie coming out this summer that is about the mountain meadows massacure that makes Brigham Young and the church look bad so the church is a hot topic right now and weve been getting a lot of questions and we gotta resolve all the flase assertions that this wiked world spreads about God's church. Its fun to be a missionary! I will likely be getting transferred in two weeks as ive been here near 6 months and E. Whitlock is gonna train a new missionary here. Thats the news from me. I love you all and wish you a swell week. Hi Teresa and John in Seattle. Ive been a bum and i owe you guys a letter so be checking you mail soon. K. Later. Elder Benjamin R. Johnson
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I read your blog quite a bit. I am glad you have learned to like to read. I have a suggested list of books for you to consider reading. They have been very influential in my life so maybe you won't want to read them if you don't want to think for your self too much. These books will cause you to do that. It is a life time of reading so here goes:
The Lifetime Reading Plan - Clifton Fadiman -- This book lists the best
classic books that are recognized by scholars to be the 100 best of all time. They won't all appeal to you, but some of them will.
The Dancing Wu Li Masters - Gary Zukav -- An overview of the new physics.
The Complete Essays of Montaigne - Translated by Donald M. Frame -- Montaigne was a philosopher for non philosophers and lived in 16th century France. If I was stranded on a Island by myself and could only have one book, this would be it. It will be a lifetime reading adventure.
What Jesus Meant - Garry Wills -- A great book that starts out by convincing us that if Jesus was our child we would not like him based on the way he behaved according to the gospels. He has a Doctorate in Classic studies and is a Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University. He is a winner of the Pulitzer prize and is a devout Christian.
The Lessons of History - Will and Ariel Durant -- A small book that summarized the lessons learned from their writing the huge series The Story of Civilization. (Which I have.) A great book. I re-read it at least once a year to keep the ideas fresh in my mind such as it is.
Well that is a beginning.
Best of luck on the 6 months left on your mission. Hope you get a chance get a great brat and beer at the Great Dane. Opps, you don't drink beer, do you? Well I will have yours when we come up to see you in August.
By the way we heard that you broke your finger. Owie! We hope it heels ok. Grandma wanted to call you, but I think your Mom said not to.
Take care,
Love,
Grandpa
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The Lifetime Reading Plan - Clifton Fadiman -- This book lists the best
classic books that are recognized by scholars to be the 100 best of all time. They won't all appeal to you, but some of them will.
The Dancing Wu Li Masters - Gary Zukav -- An overview of the new physics.
The Complete Essays of Montaigne - Translated by Donald M. Frame -- Montaigne was a philosopher for non philosophers and lived in 16th century France. If I was stranded on a Island by myself and could only have one book, this would be it. It will be a lifetime reading adventure.
What Jesus Meant - Garry Wills -- A great book that starts out by convincing us that if Jesus was our child we would not like him based on the way he behaved according to the gospels. He has a Doctorate in Classic studies and is a Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University. He is a winner of the Pulitzer prize and is a devout Christian.
The Lessons of History - Will and Ariel Durant -- A small book that summarized the lessons learned from their writing the huge series The Story of Civilization. (Which I have.) A great book. I re-read it at least once a year to keep the ideas fresh in my mind such as it is.
Well that is a beginning.
Best of luck on the 6 months left on your mission. Hope you get a chance get a great brat and beer at the Great Dane. Opps, you don't drink beer, do you? Well I will have yours when we come up to see you in August.
By the way we heard that you broke your finger. Owie! We hope it heels ok. Grandma wanted to call you, but I think your Mom said not to.
Take care,
Love,
Grandpa
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