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With all the positive reviews, I had high expectations for this book, but it was lackluster to say the least. First of all, the writing was horrid. Even after reading the backstory to this book (it was never written to be published) I still could not get past the amateur sentence structure and language. To make matters worse, it was like I could never quite understand what "Papa", or any of the characters representing the Holy Trinity were trying to say. It was all so out there not even the characters themselves completely understood, which begs the question, did the author even know what he was writing? however there were beautiful moments in which I was ale to draw a parallel to my own life, leaving me in tears. The final nail in the coffin of this book was its clear lack of biblical truth. So disappointing.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Ngô Trầm Thủy
It is an okay story, though I would say that it is not great.
Really interesting read. Many creative characters and more poignant than I had anticipated given that it takes place in a mental institution.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều tác giả
Love her style-she can write to make you laugh and sob all in the same page. Her voice is descriptive and calming. I always want to read more...
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Alexander Dumas
If you already love reading Sarah Dessen, remember to pick up Along for the Ride which will be published in June 2009, just in time for the summer! Auden is a serious student who as a kid did not have time for riding a bike because she was too busy studying and sitting in on literary discussions at the dinner table. Due to her parents’ constant arguing when she was a child, she learned to stay up all night, which only gave her more time to study. Now, the summer before she starts college, she goes to visit her father, step-mother, and newborn step-sister, and her entire life turns around. In her late night wanderings she meets Eli, who helps her on her “quest” (as he phrases it) to do everything she missed out on as a kid.
It's almost more a "report from the field" as much as it is an analysis of a movement. The marks of this "new friar" mission movement as some call it are incarnational, missional, marginal, devotional, communal. Chapter 3 helped me see the various roles people come FROM in order to live among marginal people: remainers, relocators, and returners. Each has their contributing strengths to offer. I liked the emphasis on "story" in chapter 4. Only by locating ourselves in God's greater story can we find and channel hope into the smaller stories we inhabit. I like getting this glimpse from the inside. It reminds me of C.S. Lewis's essay "Meditation in a Toolshed: 'Looking' Along vs. 'Looking At'" Yes, let those on the inside say what they see. They see it in a way that nobody else could. Missional: Yes! the point of these new communities is not isolationism, but transformation, both of themselves and the communities they link with. Marginal: Resist the pull of false centers - good point. Poverty dehumanizes - good point (um, but back in chapter 4 wealth was named an enemy...?) Elsewhere, this chapter got too mystical for me. My takeaway - what "center" do we revolve around? Devotional: Excellent reminder for our school. We've held on to morning devotions, rotating among 5 disciplines, through all the years since I first came in 1996. Practicing devotion together is a great re-unifier. "We are shaped by what we're saturated in, which is why incarnation must always be paired with devotion." Good warnings to activists and educators alike. We must beware getting "caught up in our busyness, frantically running from one crisis to the next in a cycle that looks less like loving the Messiah and more like trying to become one." Communal: Rich with thoughtfulness. "In the mainstream, with its illusion of unlimited relational possibilities, we can counter dissatisfaction in relationships by simply moving on in search of...intimacy only as virtual embrace." At times I detect eisegesis, a typical error among us who are passionate about our ministries. They read their own ways of doing things back into the Biblical text, inserting their philosophy of ministry between the lines. Examples: chapter 4 says Jesus taught that "wealth and worldly success" are "the enemies of the kingdom." I'd like to find that passage in the Bible, if it's there. Chapter 7's "Weightlessness of communal simplicity is less blatant. While I agree with the principle of simplicity, I reject the argument from silence pushed here. All in all, however, these logical strayings don't detract from the book's main ideas. Even timelier as we repeatedly ask ourselves how we can help flood victims here in Thailand. Thanks, Daniel! I need to read this. Cross pollination from people outside my denominational circles, but inside orthodoxy helps me grow. Also good to help me see a very different model of missions. Imagine a vision for God's kingdom that starts by learning FROM the marginalized and eventually letting the marginalized take over the vision. This book certainly helps me think of the possibilities beyond my own comfortable socioeconomic status. But it also doesn't pull punches. No romanticization. Timely reading, too, as we try to be a real help to some local friends in need.
I enjoyed the first book in this series more. The reasons for Nell getting involved in the mystery at the Let's Play museum were weak. However, the story maintained my interest and since I've been to most of the towns mentioned I enjoyed reading about towns that I'm familiar with.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Naokata Mase
It was interesting, especially about the part on talking birds.
This is the story of John Wood, a Microsoft executive who left in order to start Room to Read, a nonprofit organization that builds schools and libraries in developing countries. It's based in San Francisco and has grown incredibly quickly. Anyone considering starting a nonprofit organization should read this book. It reinforced my belief that successful nonprofits should act like for-profits in many ways, e.g. demanding measurable results. Wood is a visionary and excellent fundraiser, but he IS the organization, and I think he's wrong to assume that you have to give up your personal life in order to run a nonprofit. His story encouraged me to have different expectations for my own work/life balance.
This story was so much fun. Reminds me so much of Big Fish, and How to Make an American quilt, which are two of my favorites.
Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.