Oh my goodness, can you feel the RADICAL JUICES PUMPING?! (okay, where did that come from and did it even make a lick of sense?)

Never fear, my Facebook-shy friends!! You aren’t going to miss a thing! Yes, we started a Radical Read-Along Group on Facebook. If you’re up for hanging out some there, click here and then click “like.” It’s really just kind of a bonus room of sorts, and you won’t need to feel left out at all if you don’t want to join.

I know some of you have very good reasons for either a.) not being on Facebook (like my own sweet sister who refuses to join “unless the Holy Spirit leads her to, which he hasn’t”) or b.) not wanting to give up the level of privacy that works best for you and your family. (You can still actually view the Facebook group without participating, and no one will know you’re even there.)

I just think Facebook will be another great way to get people to take notice of this book, hopefully read it, and then POW! let God change their lives in a radical way and spread his glory all over the place.

I get goosebumps just thinking about it.

So, just to set your minds at ease, we’ll be discussing the book HERE. And you can do it anonymously or not or whatever. We’re just going to pray that God gets gobs and gobs of glory no matter what!

Okay folks, HUGE favor to ask of you. If you’re planning on joining us for the Radical Read-Along (starting Tuesday, September 7), could you pretty please click on this link and join our Facebook group? (click “like” to join) I’m trying to get a ballpark head count (for a couple different reasons), and this would bless me tremendously if you’d play along.

I’m thinking Facebook might be an even more user-friendly forum than my blog (easier to carry on conversations with each other and receive updates when people have commented on your posts). We’ll see! I will absolutely still be posting my thoughts and everything HERE on Tuesdays (and giving you a chance to chime in and link to your own posts).

If (gasp!) you’re not on Facebook (or don’t feel like joining the FB group for some reason), then please leave a comment below. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR NAME. You can sign in as just about anything. Delighted in Dublin, Cheerful in Chicasha, Kissable in Katy, Baby-Hugging in Bellefontaine, Spunky in Spring, Adorably Pregnant in Muskogee…

You don’t have to leave your city either. Just havin’ some fun.

And if you can’t stand the thought of leaving an unimaginative comment just like everyone else’s (I’m in! Count me in! I’m joining! I’ll do it!), then how about you tell me either a.) why you decided to join the Read-Along or b.) why giraffes are your favorite animal.

This post also marks your next-to-last chance (okay, not really) to accept the blessing of a free copy of Radical. Over 20 precious folks have said “Yes, please!” to a free book so far, and believe me, you’d be in fine company if you join their ranks. Just click here and tell me you’re in. My God owns the cattle on a thousand hills, so I don’t believe it’s a stretch to say we have an unlimited number of copies to give away.

(If you want to buy your own copy, click here.)

Thanks, friends. Please spread the word to anyone you know who’s Reading Along.

See you Monday!

I had to laugh at the sweet gal who sheepishly e-mailed me saying, “I’ve been ‘ignoring’ your Radical posts because I ‘knew’ I didn’t have the time or resources to read a book right now. I believe God woke me up an hour early this morning just to read today’s post.”

God bless her for humbly accepting one of the help-a-sister-out copies so she could join the Read-Along!

And bless anyone’s heart who is “ignoring” my Radical (and/or Cambodia) posts. There’s not a whole lot left for you these days, is there? I wish I could promise you that all the radical missionary blather will wear off, but my prayer is that it only intensifies.

So I got an e-mail this morning that made me want to sing. This gal? Her neighbor across the street invited her to join the Read-Along! And told her about someone offering to buy books for anyone who needed one. Is that awesome or what??

And who wants to hear an abbreviated version of a really cool story? (me! me! I do! I do!)

So, Ms. Anonymous Book Donor had given me a ballpark figure for the # of books she could buy. When I checked e-mail Tuesday morning, we were awfully close to her limit. So, as I stood at my sink washing dishes (best place to pray EVER), I asked God to send someone else to provide some more books.

Washed the last dish, dried my hands, checked e-mail, and there was a message from Ms. ABD that said, “Hey, let’s go ahead and up it to x. This is fun!”

Jaw dropped, thanked God profusely, e-mailed her back. She said, “Oh, don’t stop praying for God to send someone else! This is too big of a blessing to hog all to myself!” So I kept praying.

Later that afternoon, someone else offers to buy books. Which would be miraculous in and of itself, but when I told her the story about praying at the sink? She said, “That’s so cool. Wait until you hear how it played out on my end.”

Because she’s an intensely private person and would die if I gave her away, I’ll just say that God told her three separate times to “buy the books.” The first two times, she had really good excuses. The third time she said okay, God, I’m in. I wish we would’ve kept track of the exact times I prayed and the exact times she heard God speak to her.

Gives me goosebumps.

So, friends. There are books to be had. Click here and tell me you want one.

And then come back and try to watch this video without squirming.

Now go have yourselves a radical weekend!

Happy 38th Anniversary!! to two people who have modeled a godly marriage for me for as long as I can remember (and refused to stop kissing even when I thought it was ewwwwwww!).

I love you, Mom and Dad!

p.s. And I’m chuckling to myself right now, because Dad reads my blog posts from work (Honda Engineering North America–Marysville, OH), but his computer blocks photos, so all he’s going to see is a big white space up there. You’re kissing Mom through a brick wall, Dad. It’s super cute.

Feel free to leave anniversary wishes for the sappy couple!