Not a Fan....

Well, I'm officially not a fan of the Christian bookstores in Muncie. Family Christian has been on my list for a long time...and I've never really liked Halo's. Sure, the people that work at these places are friendly. However, the reading selections are horrible. At both stores, you struggle to find the books you want to read. Instead, the shelves are filled with "Left Behind" books, "DaVinci Code" propaganda, and enough "Purpose Driven" junk to drive a man crazy. Not to mention all the Arterburn books that shouldn't be on the shelves. He's a horrible, horrible man. It's a long story, and maybe I'll post it here sometime. Just know he's the reason one of my old friends is no longer married...

Anyway, this morning I hit the Christian bookstores to see if they had the new Jim Wallis book, "God's Politics." Well, of course, neither store had the book. Why was I surprised? Why did I even waste my time driving to these stores? Well, to make matters worse, when they found out I was interested in a book on politics, I was pointed to a section that had books about W, our so-called President. Well, he actually got elected this time...That's our fault...Well, it's not MY fault because I didn't vote for him...But, it's somebody's fault.

So, I decided to go and walk around the Ball State campus (Emily is in Anderson all day at Circle the State with Song). While on campus, I stopped in the Ball State bookstore. It's not a large bookstore, but they have a pretty good selection. As soon as I walked in, there was a display that said "campus best sellers." The Jim Wallis book was front and center. Although I did not buy the book (I'm hoping to receive it as a gift...), I sat there and read through part of the first chapter. While reading, I became disgusted that the Christian bookstores don't carry a book on politics by a Christian author (the guy runs Sojourners...A Christian social action magazine). Why don't they carry this book? Most likely because it talks about how the right-wing, fundamental, conservative Christians have it wrong. If they'd only keep reading, they'd see how we left-wing, liberal, far-out Christians are wrong too. Oh well, I guess I'll just start going to Danner's and the Ball State bookstore more often.