So after a long year of (not) reading this book, I've finally finished. I did like it. Andrew Peterson and I have a lot of emotions and opinions in common. I wished some of the phrasing was more eloquent (there were clunky sentences and too-informal sections). I liked the rambly flow of it, but I do acknowledge that for someone less invested in AP's life and story, it might be hard to follow (meanwhile I am pretty sure he wasn't entirely accurate about the details of some parts of his life. In case you were wondering how much of a fan I am).

Adorning the Dark is better, but this is good, and it has reminded me of my desire to read more about agrarianism and to better cultivate a community and the land. It went perfectly with my recent read of Hannah Coulter, and stands in stark contrast to the other book I read for my agrarianism class this semester (Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture), which was semi-coherent academic jargon. So yeah, if you're teaching a class about modern agrarianism, read Peterson, not Davis, please.

A wedding day is coming when the New Jerusalem will descend, we'll see the face of our True King, and we will at last know the fullness of time and place and, above all, love. Let us live in the surety of that love by working and keeping what is within our reach, for the good of his creation and the glory of his name.