In a slight variation of the “books I read this year” type post, here are 2 lists: the last five books I read in 2015, and the first five books I intend to read in 2016. The Last Five (starting from most recent) Looming Transitions: Starting and finishing well in cross-cultural service, by Amy Young […]
Iceland Reading
When I travel, especially to new places, I like to read up on the places I am visiting. Since I’m headed to Iceland today for a short visit (IcelandAir had a package deal that was too good to pass up), here’s whats on my kindle for the trip: Iceland, Defrosted, by Edward Hancox The Little Book […]
A Book for Today
In light of today’s date (June 4), allow me to recommend a book: The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited, by Louisa Lim. From the Amazon description: On June 4, 1989, People’s Liberation Army soldiers opened fire on unarmed civilians in Beijing, killing untold hundreds of people. A quarter-century later, this defining event remains buried […]
A Book for St. Patrick’s Day
If you haven’t done so already, today would be a great day to start reading How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland’s Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe, by Thomas Cahill. Here’s the blurb from Amazon: The perfect St. Patrick’s Day gift, and a book […]
Four Days, Four Books
I’m safely ensconced in a warm condo along the North Shore of Lake Superior. The fire place is on (switch-operated) and outside the temperature is 2 (!), with a howling wind. It’s a perfect reading getaway! I may not succeed at knocking all four of these books off in the next four days, but I’m […]
Mildred Cable: An Early Traveler in Northwest China
One of my favorite websites is the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity, which posts short biographical sketches of famous Chinese Christians throughout history. Even though it focuses on Chinese Christians, they also include biographies of notable Western Christians. They recently posted a biographical sketch of Mildred Cable, an OMF missionary who travelled extensively in western […]
