Comments on: Guest Blogger: Dave Zimmerman http://www.kimberleeconwayireton.net/2009/11/guest-blogger-dave-zimmerman/ is the author of THE CIRCLE OF SEASONS: MEETING GOD IN THE CHURCH YEAR (InterVarsity Press, 2008). She blogs about the 3R's: reading, writing, and raising children. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:11:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jen http://www.kimberleeconwayireton.net/2009/11/guest-blogger-dave-zimmerman/comment-page-1/#comment-663 jen Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:45:54 +0000 http://www.kimberleeconwayireton.net/?p=782#comment-663 I second that!! I second that!!

]]> By: Kimberlee http://www.kimberleeconwayireton.net/2009/11/guest-blogger-dave-zimmerman/comment-page-1/#comment-644 Kimberlee Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:08:45 +0000 http://www.kimberleeconwayireton.net/?p=782#comment-644 Hm. I just pulled my copy of <em>Orthodoxy</em> off my shelf. I think I’m going to have to buy a new one. The copy I have is a hideously ugly mass market version published in 1960 (so you can imagine the extent of its ugliness). Come to think of it, the sheer unattractiveness of the book was probably why I couldn’t get through it. (Naturally.) Others may not judge a book by its cover but I freely confess, I do. Pretty books are more fun to read. Hm. I just pulled my copy of Orthodoxy off my shelf. I think I’m going to have to buy a new one. The copy I have is a hideously ugly mass market version published in 1960 (so you can imagine the extent of its ugliness). Come to think of it, the sheer unattractiveness of the book was probably why I couldn’t get through it. (Naturally.) Others may not judge a book by its cover but I freely confess, I do. Pretty books are more fun to read.

]]> By: Kimberlee http://www.kimberleeconwayireton.net/2009/11/guest-blogger-dave-zimmerman/comment-page-1/#comment-642 Kimberlee Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:00:35 +0000 http://www.kimberleeconwayireton.net/?p=782#comment-642 I love the idea of Chesterton, but I've tried to read <em>Orthodoxy</em> twice and bogged down both times in chapter 5. (I loved Chapter 4, however, "The Ethics of Elfland"). Perhaps my inability to understand most of what Chesterton was saying was because my kids were super small and my brain was still mushy from all the child-bearing hormones. In fact, I'm sure that's it. Yeah. It has nothing to do with the fact that G.K. Chesterton is about 110 times smarter than I am and 160 times as well read. Now that my kids are a little older and my brain cells have recovered somewhat and Dave has abashed me with his Chesterton fandom and made me think I'm missing out on something, maybe I'll try <em>Orthodoxy</em> again and be able to make more sense of it. And perhaps the passage of a few years has rendered me more intelligent than I used to be. One can hope. I love the idea of Chesterton, but I’ve tried to read Orthodoxy twice and bogged down both times in chapter 5. (I loved Chapter 4, however, “The Ethics of Elfland”). Perhaps my inability to understand most of what Chesterton was saying was because my kids were super small and my brain was still mushy from all the child-bearing hormones. In fact, I’m sure that’s it. Yeah. It has nothing to do with the fact that G.K. Chesterton is about 110 times smarter than I am and 160 times as well read.

Now that my kids are a little older and my brain cells have recovered somewhat and Dave has abashed me with his Chesterton fandom and made me think I’m missing out on something, maybe I’ll try Orthodoxy again and be able to make more sense of it. And perhaps the passage of a few years has rendered me more intelligent than I used to be. One can hope.

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