Tagged!

There was some interesting information in today's THE MISSISSIPPI PRESS, our local paper. Of the 68,729 single-family and other housing units destroyed by katrina, 23,250 were in Jackson County. Since Katrina, the suicide rate has increased 200 percent. Emergency Room visits at Singing Reiver Hospital and domestic violence cases have increased significantly. 9,000 residents are still living in a FEMA camper. Drug use among teenagers is up. Mental health officials who assisted victims after the September 11th terrorist attacks said major mental health issues did not peak for 24 months. All of that helps to paint the picture of our continuing struggle here on the Coast. We are far from being through with this project. The Christian Standard reflects this week on the Christian Church's response to Hurricane Katrina. Wade Tannehill 'tagged' me, so here is my list! 1. One book that changed your life: Brennan Manning's The Ragamuffin Gospel will fit well into several of these categories. It truly is a masterpiece. 2. One book that you've read more than once: My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers because it is a daily devotional. Don Everts' Jesus With Dirty Feet because it's short, to the point, and challenging. 3. One book you'd want on a desert island: The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard because I would finally have time to finish it. Also I would have time to go back and consume it like I want to ... one paragraph at a time. 4. One book that made you laugh: A Marriage Made In Heaven or Too Tired For An Affair by Erma Bombeck. 5. One book that made you cry: He Still Moves Stones by Max Lucado 6. One book you wish had been written: How To Think Up Hard Questions For Bloggers To Answer! 7. One book you wish had never been written: The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown. Not that we should feel threatened by it ... but am I the only one tired of hearing about this book? 8. One book you're currently reading: Soulguide by Dr. Bruce Demarest 9. One book you've been meaning to read: Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places by Eugene Peterson and Kingdom Come by Bobby Valentine and John Mark Hicks. 10. Tag five others: Danny Dodd, Gary W. Kirkendall, Les Ferguson, Ken Harris, Chris Lockhart