Mini Book Review #14: A brief summary of Silence, a novel by Japanese author Shusaku Endo. Silence is of the most impactful novels I have ever read. Endo’s writing transports you into the mind of an eager, hopeful missionary viewing late 16th century Japan as it lies under heavy religious persecution and medieval poverty. Father Rodrigues is betrayed and imprisoned….
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Mini Book Review #13: On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books, by Karen Swallow Prior. A short-and-sweet summary of an excellent book. On Reading Well is a delightful examination of virtues and of stories that help us understand facets of those virtues. This book gives you the opportunity to read such books as The Death of Ivan…
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Mini Book Review 12: a short but sweet summary of Growing Together: Taking Mentoring beyond Small Talk and Prayer Requests, by Melissa Kruger. Kruger’s The Envy of Eve was one of my favorite reads last year, so I looked for more from her when creating my booklist for 2021. Recently she wrote Growing Together, a book about mentoring and discipleship,…
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Mini Book Review #11: Give Me This Mountain, by Helen Roseveare. Dr. Helen Roseveare, missionary doctor to the Congo, wrote this memoir with great humility and a sense of humor. She often tells stories that present her at her worst, and it’s precisely this honesty that makes her story so powerful. So many times I could see myself as she…
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Mini Book Review #10: We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria, by Wendy Pearlman. We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria is a key book to read if you want to understand the Syrian Civil War beyond the news flashes and painful photographs. This is the story of the Syrian revolution, in the words…
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