Comments on: Reading Habits

By: max weismann

max weismann — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:13:17 +0000

We have recently made an exciting discovery–three years after writing the wonderfully expanded third edition of How to Read a Book, Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren made a series of thirteen 14-minute videos on the art of reading. The videos were produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica. For reasons unknown, sometime after their original publication, these videos were lost.
When we discovered them and how intrinsically edifying they are, we negotiated an agreement with Encyclopaedia Britannica to be the exclusive worldwide agent to make them available.
For those of you who teach, this is great for the classroom.
I cannot over exaggerate how instructive these programs are–we are so sure that you will agree, if you are not completely satisfied, we will refund your donation.
Please go here to see a clip and learn more:
http://www.thegreatideas.org/HowToReadABook.htm

By: brent

brent — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:26:16 +0000

I want to know how much “work” time you spend reading. One issue for pastors is how they ought to spend their unscheduled weekly hours. How much time do you think is appropriate to simply sit and read? Personally, I love reading so much that I could probably spend too much time with books and not enough with people.

By: MarketGarden

MarketGarden — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:51:09 +0000

Gadgets and the intertubes have ruined my attention span. I used to read 20 or so books a year, but haven’t finished a book in months. I start them, get bored, then put them down and go back to messing with my iPod, PC, PS3, HTPC, etc.

By: Justin Buzzard

Justin Buzzard — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:39:42 +0000

Josh, hey deer-shooter. :) Yes, reading Total Church sharpened/simplified my core commitments for our community, leading me to come up with a little artwork/diagram for expressing what we’re about.

By: Josh Montague

Josh Montague — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:37:06 +0000

I have a hard time deciding WHICH book to read. I end up taking 4-5 books for a 2 day vacation.
Did your little sidebar “Gospel-Community-Mission” thing come from your reading of Total Church? (I like the artwork.)

By: JT

JT — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:29:31 +0000

I gotta renew my Wired subscription. it’s a great mag–Fast Company too.