Saturday Update: K through Z

It's official! Books will be all over Planet RevGalBlogPals. Songbird's Friday Five drew a lot of players this week and every response I read mentioned books--usually as the first item. Chocolate was a close second, once again proving that great minds run in the same track.

A hearty RGBP "howdy" goes out to new blogger Kim of Kim's Knitting. She's a full time seminary student and former civil engineer.

Today's roundup includes a number of posts about life in the church. Jean attended the ordination of a friend and reminisced about her own ordination. PamBG wrote about ways the church alienates people from Christ. Susan Rose is continuing her journey towards the Groovy Sisters by beginning her application to enter the novitiate. Pulpit quote suggestions are being solicited over at Rebel's place. Revem's 6 year old son has some intense questions about God. Priorities, stewardship and discipleship are on Soozi's mind.

Amy describes (and posts cute photos) her family of activists. Violent sermons to captive congregations disturb Yodabeth. Wendy explains why she is performing in a play called Sordid Lives. Kinesis has had some fallout from her public identification with the new training program Beyond Good Intentions. Kirsten, Sister Christer and Ann rejoice in the release of the remaining members of the Christian Peacemakers Team. I posted an update about the controversy over the admission of an atheist to membership in a PCUSA church and want your comments and ideas on a Da Vinci Code class series I am developing.

Lutheran Chik is out of circulation for a few days as she tends to her mother who had triple bypass surgery Friday. Stop by her place to offer prayers and sympathy. Pet lovers will sympathize with Perapetic Polar Bear's loss of her beloved cat, buddyboy.

Philosophy Over Coffee offers his weekly Friday Pop Culture Review which includes thoughts on Thomas Merton's book Seeds of Contemplation. Lorna also has a book review at her place: So Much Love: An Invitation to Christian Spirituality. The RGBP blogring is certainly the right audience for book reviews!

Winding up today's review, I find Juniper going on retreat with 70 other women this weekend,
Chaplain Lydia running out of peanut butter kisses, RuthRe getting over herself, and Rambling posting links to women's impact on the world.

It's a beautiful spring day in my neighborhood and I hope that it is in yours as well! Please add anything I missed in the comments.