Summary: Racism and injustice have to be important to Christians if our faith is relevant to relationships on this side of heaven. Race, Injustice, Privilege and related ideas are common discussions in the political world. And that is part of the problem with discussing them inside the Christian church. Quite often our understanding of issues … Read more
This is my annual best of 2016 list. (Way late I know.) This is my list of the books that at the end of the year I still think about. They are not all from 2016 (most are not) and they may not be the “˜best’ books that I have read. Some years my best … Read more
Summary: A 17th missionary from Portugal to Japan recounts the persecution of Christians and his own crisis of faith. This is the year of Silence. First, I read Makoto Fujimura’s excellent book about his own journey with the book Silence and his coming to faith in Japan. It is still top on my list for the … Read more
Summary: Story of four Japanese tourists on a trip to India and the Ganges River. I picked up Deep River on sale from Audible a while ago but it did not listen to it up until Beauty and Silence by Makoto Fujimura was about to be released (reading Beauty and Silence now). Even though I read … Read more