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Cast into eternal piles and pilenation

One of the downsides of moving is, well, moving. Lisa and I have spent some wonderful quality time packing boxes of, ahem, "treasured mementos". As I sit in my office, I am faced with the overwhelming task of packing books. Lots of books. Multiple bookcases of books. And the only comfort I have is in knowing that other ministers are faced with the same task. As I was hitting my morning blog rounds, I stumbled across this blog post via lifehacker.com . Bringing Your Bookshelves Back to Order There are some great tips about going through your bookcase and determining what to keep and what to discard. I just had a conversation with Lisa about gleaning the bookcases. I have already made one pass on books I know that I don't want or need anymore. But I knew that there is a second pass that needs to happen. And this one will be a little more painful. It's funny what we get attached to over time. I have books that I really don't have any need for (old college textbooks ...