Post by DeeUSA on Feb 25, 2012 23:19:27 GMT
Hello Everyone,
I just finished a book by the name of "Joshua" by Joseph F. Girzone. The book was a very interesting read. The back cover reads...
"Sometimes it happens. After 2000 years, the human race may be given another chance..."
The book is about this man named Joshua, he's a woodcarver. He moves into this small town and people are mystified by his presence.
Joshua lives a very simple life. He doesn't make much money but doesn't need much either.
At first meeting people often underestimated Joshua, although after only a few minutes with speaking with him they soon realize that there's more than meets the eye.
Even the priests could see he wasn't an ordinary man. This made one priest in particular very disturbed...
Strange things started to happen around town, a blind girl getting her sight, a young poor sick boy getting better and of course his name starts to surface around town.
But what was most disturbing to some was Joshua's beliefs on God, Jesus and religion on the whole. The Catholic priest couldn't agree more and decided to do something about the things Joshua was saying to "his people."
This book might be first thought of as a book on "religion" or "Chrisitianity," but it's far from it. This book is about freedom and love. About acceptance and understanding for one's self as well as others.
The book had many meanings and taught me about not letting "religion" of today bind me into fear and guilt. That is something I commonly do...like if I miss church on Sunday God is going to be mad at me and bad things will happen to me.
My pastor gave me this book to read to help me on my journey to once again find God. Its funny because he's a Lutheran pastor (if anyone is familiar with Lutheranism then you'll understand) and he gave me a book about a man who believed that we shouldn't let religion and the laws set forth by the church to bind us.
The book is well written for both laypersons such as myself and more experienced spiritual people. It gave me insight on how religion and belief in God should be a freeing experience.
The book ends with Joshua being called to the Vatican in Rome to defend what he has said to people of the Catholic parish (hmmmm...sounds familiar?). He is interrogated by a Cardinal, Bishops and finally is summoned to meet with the Pope.
I won't go any further with what happens at the end just in case someone wants to read it, but it was pretty good. Some parts of the book were a little hokey, but all in all I enjoyed reading the book.
Thanks and many blessings to all
Dee
I just finished a book by the name of "Joshua" by Joseph F. Girzone. The book was a very interesting read. The back cover reads...
"Sometimes it happens. After 2000 years, the human race may be given another chance..."
The book is about this man named Joshua, he's a woodcarver. He moves into this small town and people are mystified by his presence.
Joshua lives a very simple life. He doesn't make much money but doesn't need much either.
At first meeting people often underestimated Joshua, although after only a few minutes with speaking with him they soon realize that there's more than meets the eye.
Even the priests could see he wasn't an ordinary man. This made one priest in particular very disturbed...
Strange things started to happen around town, a blind girl getting her sight, a young poor sick boy getting better and of course his name starts to surface around town.
But what was most disturbing to some was Joshua's beliefs on God, Jesus and religion on the whole. The Catholic priest couldn't agree more and decided to do something about the things Joshua was saying to "his people."
This book might be first thought of as a book on "religion" or "Chrisitianity," but it's far from it. This book is about freedom and love. About acceptance and understanding for one's self as well as others.
The book had many meanings and taught me about not letting "religion" of today bind me into fear and guilt. That is something I commonly do...like if I miss church on Sunday God is going to be mad at me and bad things will happen to me.
My pastor gave me this book to read to help me on my journey to once again find God. Its funny because he's a Lutheran pastor (if anyone is familiar with Lutheranism then you'll understand) and he gave me a book about a man who believed that we shouldn't let religion and the laws set forth by the church to bind us.
The book is well written for both laypersons such as myself and more experienced spiritual people. It gave me insight on how religion and belief in God should be a freeing experience.
The book ends with Joshua being called to the Vatican in Rome to defend what he has said to people of the Catholic parish (hmmmm...sounds familiar?). He is interrogated by a Cardinal, Bishops and finally is summoned to meet with the Pope.
I won't go any further with what happens at the end just in case someone wants to read it, but it was pretty good. Some parts of the book were a little hokey, but all in all I enjoyed reading the book.
Thanks and many blessings to all
Dee
