My office for work is just around the corner from a brick-and-mortar Half-Price-Books, which I visit frequently. For the past three years it has been a goldmine for obtaining used volumes on biblical literature, theology, Christian living, etc. Why such luck? Because the city of Fort Wayne has a 1) Lutheran seminary — Concordia Theological Seminary, 2) Catholic university — University of Saint Francis, and 3) satellite campuses for two evangelical Christian universities (Taylor University and Indiana Wesleyan University). So, there are lots of volumes of a wide ecclesiastical spectrum to choose from, and the price can’t be beat.

Case in point: this week I spent $9 on nine books, which were all from the clearance rack — it included Hauerwas’ A Community of Character, Schaeffer’s The Great Evangelical Disaster, and Rahner’s Foundations of Christian Faith. I believe the expression the kids are using these days (well, at least since the 90’s chat forum days) is, “w00t, w00t!”