Flies on the Butter by Denise Hildreth and The Shack by William P. Young are both good reads about forgiveness. If you consider yourself a conservative or fundamental Christian, forget about reading The Shack. Yesterday I read a 17-page debate about the book on the web. There was a lot of name calling.
Children of Jihad by Jared Cohen is about 'a young American's travels among the youth of the Middle East.' Jared is naive. Example, he tells a group of Hezbollah youth that he is an American Jew. Another time he falls asleep in a taxi and ends up in Mosul, Iraq. Yet his travels give us first-hand insight into the beliefs and behaviors of young people in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria.
Right now I'm reading Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaran. Can't recommend it but I'm reading it. It may speak of more truth than I'm willing to accept.
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The most important thing about me that you might want to know is that I am a Christian. Unapologetically. You'll not have to wonder when you read from day to day or occasionally what world view I'm coming from.
That said I have lived in four states and now make my home in
Lucky me to have traveled to eleven foreign countries and shame on me for not knowing any other language well enough to do more than say 'please' and 'thank you' in any of them.
I pig out on Junior Mints and am healthier now that my favorite soft drink has added vitamins to their formula.
The family? Two daughters, delights in every way and four grand daughters, ditto that. A near-perfect son-in-law (but only since no one can be really perfect) and a cat named Kat Karson, rescued from the animal shelter.
Oh yes, Jim, my good friend and husband. He's sort of retired but is still an attorney and thought it was very funny when he put a link on my blog to his favorite home-cooked recipes and then when I clicked on it it found it was empty. He is funny and wise, a reconciler and all-around good guy.
We spend a lot of time at soccer games, track meets and choral concerts.
I'm mostly retired also. I read, volunteer as a child advocate in the local court system, teach at the church and speak where ever people will gather to listen. My daughter and I lead a book discussion group and I play percussion in one of the church's worship bands.
I follow the Indianapolis Colts, the Cleveland Cavs, world soccer, and especially Big Ten football and
I try never to miss The Office and realize I've worked with or been every character on the show.
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4 comments:
Patricia! I hope that all is well in the US... I am in Bosnia now. I will be home in August and can't wait to hear from you and Jim :)
You are such a globe-trotter. I want to hear all the stories and will try to make arrangements to get up there (Ohio) in August when you return. Be safe.
Hi mom! (Ken Schneider here.) So, Imperial Life in the Emerald City: "Can't recommend it but I'm reading it. It may speak of more truth than I'm willing to accept."
Interesting comment. We published that book. ("We" meaning the company I work for.) The book was chosen as one of the best non-fiction books of 2006 by Entertainment Weekly (for whatever THAT's worth) and by the Los Angeles Times. And it won the 2007 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction and the 2006 Overseas Press Club of America award. You wouldn't recommend it? Why?
Yrs,
k
P.S. I haven't read it--yet. But I can't resist asking, heh heh.
Ken, my long lost 'son.' Send money!
"Imperial..." is page after page after page of government waste, lost opportunities, power struggles and cronyism, deaf ears, cultural incompetence...and I could go on.
I'm a patriot, red, white and blue and although I am not unaware of the above, every time I read about it it makes me sad, and angry, and frustrated.
Other than that, it's a fine read. Also your company might have considered including photos in this book although the visual pictures painted in word are vivid.
Keep in touch my friend.
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