Giving a book as a gift is a real gamble. The jackpot is when a book placed in a friend's hand opens up life-altering new insights. But it seems like the greater possibility is that it will sit on a shelf untouched for a few years before moving to a box in the garage and eventually a shelf at the local Goodwill.
Last Saturday Amazon delivered two books into my hands and both were gifts. One was from my wife and one was from a friend on the West Coast.
When somebody gives me a book as a gift, I guarantee that I will read it.
My friend generously sent N.T. Wright's Paul: A Biography after posting about the book on Facebook, just because I commented about my interest in it and its author. Sweet!
My wife bought me Craig Groeschel's Winning the War in Your Mind after hearing the author on a podcast and thinking it might line up with some of my current interests.
Time will tell whether either of these hit the jackpot. I will let you know. ;-)
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