Drowning in Words

I'm not a reader. Not by default. I mean I consume a large amount of information in written form, but I don't actually like the process of reading. And the Christian world seems to be veritably bursting with it right now. Each book's title becomes a symbol, and suddenly people are speaking a symbolic language that may as well be a foreign tongue. People are using titles to summarise entire philosophies, and are debating them without even offering their bullet points to the uninitiated.

Is all this verbiage really serving a purpose? I mean, even if I could, I wouldn't write a book right this moment because it would be lost in the clamour. I guess I'm glad that there is some level of thinking represented in all the writing and reading going on. But I heard something very insightful recently: reading is often the surrogate for experience. Well, in a way that's obvious, because that's the very reason for reading at all. Sometimes though that psuedo discovery prevents investigation. And lack of investigation almost always leads to lack of action.

If you're not a reader, I'm okay with that. And I apologise that you've had to wade your way through all these words... Now let's do something!