Review on Book 2
Book 1 for my Reading Challenge was 'The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down"- a Hmong child, her American doctors and the collision of two cultures. (Thanks Gretchen!)
Book 2 for the new year was "People in Glass Houses" - An Insider's Story Of A Life In & Out of Hillsong.
Review on Book 2
The text was honest. I liked it. I felt it. Levin's experiences of Church filter through the pages- the questioning, worshipping, reasoning, feeling, relating, retreating, participating, leaving... and finally finding the package weighed and wanting yet missing it all the same.
It is a personal account but Levin maps out the context by including broader history of the Sydney church and snippets of other people's stories. "People in Glass Houses" is about Hillsong. People are named. Leaders are praised and criticized. The book is about Hillsong but it is bigger than Hillsong (or even the mighty AoG). For me it was a reminder that people are both sinned against and sinning. Religious people aren't the only ones who are successful, happy, generous... sometimes the 'pagans' have the best parties while the Christianites pretend to be holy. Institutions can do good and at the same time be corrupt. Money and power influence leaders in weird ways. Reality stings but I still find much joy and hilarity in this unseen journey of faith.
Thee and a half stars...
Book 2 for the new year was "People in Glass Houses" - An Insider's Story Of A Life In & Out of Hillsong.
Review on Book 2
The text was honest. I liked it. I felt it. Levin's experiences of Church filter through the pages- the questioning, worshipping, reasoning, feeling, relating, retreating, participating, leaving... and finally finding the package weighed and wanting yet missing it all the same.
It is a personal account but Levin maps out the context by including broader history of the Sydney church and snippets of other people's stories. "People in Glass Houses" is about Hillsong. People are named. Leaders are praised and criticized. The book is about Hillsong but it is bigger than Hillsong (or even the mighty AoG). For me it was a reminder that people are both sinned against and sinning. Religious people aren't the only ones who are successful, happy, generous... sometimes the 'pagans' have the best parties while the Christianites pretend to be holy. Institutions can do good and at the same time be corrupt. Money and power influence leaders in weird ways. Reality stings but I still find much joy and hilarity in this unseen journey of faith.
Thee and a half stars...
posted by pip @ 4:17 pm
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