The Unlikely Disciple

Lately I’ve been feeling kind of stupid. I noticed I’ve been making up weird sentence structures and using words that I’m mostly sure don’t exist. I typically will chock it up to the fact that I’m from Texas, and…well…we talk differently down there. Lucky for me my wife thinks a Texas accent is hot.

All this to say I’ve started reading again. After a couple year hiatus I finally started reading books for the sheer pleasure of reading them. One of my buddies at work recommended a book to me called “The Unlikely Disciple.” (Thanks Aaron). If you haven’t heard about this book it was a great read for someone like me who went to a Bible college and has no experience at a secular school. The book is about a Brown student, Kevin Roose, who decides rather than spend a semester abroad studying he would go to the polar opposite of his school. Liberty University.

Before reading I didn’t know much about Liberty, or Brown. However Liberty wasn’t terribly different than my time at a bible college. There are prayer groups, chapel, curfews, and an enormous amount of rules. On the other end Brown is known for being the polar opposite.

So the book walks through Kevin’s time at Liberty and I was surprised at how many false assumptions I had about secular schools while seeing some things that I missed/appreciated about my school. There isn’t a lot of spiritual depth in the book. Just a read about some random guy’s semester “abroad,” and the things he experienced and was challenged by. I won’t ruin the book for you and tell you that Kevin does or does not convert, but I will recommend it to you. If you went to college there is something that you will learn/laugh about no matter where you went to school. There are some hilarious things in there, as well as a little love interest. Something for everyone. Kevin also struggles with having a family that doesn’t fully support him while he is there, and he struggles with some things. Who knows his thoughts may trigger something in your life…?

There is my lame attempt at a book review. I’ll post more on books that I read as I finish them.