I have read so many fantastic books 2008, old and new. Here are a few that are outstanding:
Fiction:
Midnights Children by Salman Rushdie
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostevsky
Nonfiction:
Let your life speak by Parker J. Palmer
The bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad
Biography:
a billion lives by Jan Egeland
Theology:
The CS lewis book on the bible by Schriftman,
Christian thought [...]
The wonderful Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel peace price today.
I want to pull out a few things from the speech he gave in Oslo today.
Religion and war
For many people, tensions between religions have provided an easy explanation for the intractability of the Middle East crisis. I cannot accept this view. During my career I have [...]
The book of Job is the oldest book of Scripture and it asks one of the oldest questions, ‘Is there hope?’ ‘Is there hope for a tree cut down? …Yes. At the mere scent of water it will bud and grow green shoots.’
From the album : hope for a tree cut down.
Beautiful, [...]
If you are familiar with the Emerging Church crowd, this is a must see.
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