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Dialysis - An Unanticipated Journey. A life experience on dialysis for 30+ years.
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out dated!!.......2007-07-20
I bought this for my husband, who has CRF. He asked me to get rid of it!!The information is so out of date & depressing. He was so upset by it, it freaked me out. Anyone thinking about transplants will be so confused because it is so out of date.
A remarkable, heartfelt narrative about dialysis & humanity.......2004-12-25
My fiancee bought me this book along with a few others on kidney disease after my grandfather was told that he would soon begin dialysis treatments. I am really grateful that I had the opportunity to read it. It is informative, enjoyable, and most of all, insightful. I have purchased 3 more copies --- 1 for my mother; 1 for my grandpa's two living sisters to share; and 1 for his nephrologist to keep in his office.
Be aware that this is not a medical text or up-to-date "scientific self-help" book. It is Mr. Axtmann's partial biography, and his narrative is the story of his 30+ years on dialysis ... the highlights, low points, and anecdotes of a man looking back on many years of suffering --- but more importantly, many years of survival!
Once you finish it, I think you'll feel like I do: that you have read a story not about a faceless kidney patient, but of the VERY REAL couple, Dave and Marlene, and the trials they faced and overcame! That is the strength of this book.
I have learned so much from this short volume (appr. 130 pp.) that it's hard to describe it all. When I started trying to grasp my grandfather's problem, in order to help him as much as possible, I was lost. Now I feel much better (helped by **several** books, but especially this one) about the whole ordeal, and our chances of recovering as a family to a lifestyle which is mostly normal once dialysis begins.
If this book has any weakness, it is that much of it takes place in the 1970s and 80s. Although Mr. Axtmann makes great effort to mention new developments and the procedures used today, one cannot help but feel that this is out-of-date if all you are looking for is the cold, hard facts of today's dialysis.
However, if you can open your mind and heart in order to learn from the past, in order to plan for the future, I recommend this volume without hesitation.
*Educational, personal and entertaining... well-written....*.......2003-03-05
I am not a dialysis patient but a good friend of mine is and I really got a lot out of this book. David keeps his story on a light and informative note. His endurance and strength are an inspiration to many people who have to deal with illnesses or even with everyday life challenges. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will recommend it to anyone who needs a boost and a few hours of quiet time and reflection. Thank you for sharing your story, David.
Words of Inspiration.......2003-02-14
This book will be an inspiration to all who read it. I picked it up and didn't put it down until I was finished. Be sure you have a box of kleenix by your side. The ups and downs of the auther and the love and concern shown by his family and friends will keep you reading and inspired to the end.
Motivational.......2003-02-04
I found this book to be motivational! David showed my family how to be optimistic when everything seems to be slipping away. The book was well written and easy to read. I have referred it to people I work with as well.
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The first combat memoir of the War on Terrorism: the gripping story of a young manÂ's transformation into a twenty-first-century warrior.
Born into a family with a long history of military service dating back to the Revolutionary War, Andrew Exum enrolled in Army ROTC to pay for his Ivy League education. Shortly after graduation in 2000, he joined the infantry, then endured the grueling rigors of Ranger School before becoming a platoon leader with the storied 10th Mountain Division. He thought that perhaps, if he was lucky, he and his men would see action on a peacekeeping mission. Then came the fateful events of September 11, 2001.
Called to action as a twenty-three-year-old, he led his troops into Afghanistan to root out the hard-core remnants of Osama bin LadenÂ's forces. Thrown into the maelstrom of modern war, Exum contended with Afghani warlords, cable news correspondents, and the military bureaucracy while hunting a desperate enemy in a treacherous land—and on a mountain ridge in the Shah-e-Kot Valley he would confront and kill an al-Qaeda fighter. After returning home, Exum struggled to come to terms with the media coverage and public perception of the war while seeking to make peace with the man he had become.
By turns harrowing and reflective, this powerful memoir gives voice to a generation of soldiers that has risen to confront the threats of a dangerous new world.
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Entertaining and true.......2007-01-04
This book is very well written and entertaining.
I also served in the Infantry in the 10th Mountain Division and his book pretty much tells it like it is. I like most his depictions of what infantry life is really like, especially the games and horseplay that they do.
Front line memoir.......2006-08-05
The global war against terrorism was the major issue of the 2004 presidential election, and while rhetoric was plentiful, reasoned discussion was scarce. What began as a police action to support the war on terror in Iraq became hopelessly politicized. As such, public discussion of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan became proxy political battles; partsans of John Kerry insisted that the sitting president had bungled the wrong war at the wrong time, while advocates of President Bush argued that only he could manfully prosecute the fight against terror. Anyone watching cable news during the 2004 election season was treated to dueling pundits repeated this two mantras, as if that might make them objectively true. This may have been carthartic for over-stressed pundits, but it hardly raised the level of knowledge of this crucial issue.
People who seriously care about the war on terror and are interested in how it is perceived by the young people fighting it would do better to read Andrew Exum's This Man's Army.
In this autobiography, Exum shares with the reader the experiences that led a young man from Tennessee to the Shah-e-Kot valley in Afghanistan. While at the Univeristy of Pennsylvania, Exum enrolled in the Army ROTC, and after his graduation with a double major in English and Classics, he served at Fort Lewis, Washington, and went through the Infantry Officer Basic Course before meeting the challenge of United States Army Ranger School.
Ranger School, as one can see in this narrative, is a physically and mentally draining multiphase exercise that weeds out the weak and unfit. Exum spends a great deal of time discussing the challenges of Ranger School, which is entirely appropriate; 95% of the US population could probably not pass the initial physical fitness tests of "Zero Week," which are a prelude to the actual training itself. Exum, then, relates to the reader what was needed to pass Ranger School.
After Ranger School, Exum was assigned to the Tenth Mountain Divison at Fort Drum, New York, and his story continues, as he relates the details of his first command, until it is shattered by the events of September 11, 2001. Exum's division is then sent to the Middle East--at first Kuwait, as the first conventional unit to deploy as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
From there, Exum and his platoon eventually are sent to Afghanistan, where they fight in the front lines against the Taliban. It is here that This Man's Army truly shines, as it tells the story of the war against terror as seen by an intelligent, articulate young officer.
No job harder..........2005-08-01
This is a memoir of a driven man--driven to perform, to excel, to understand, to lead others--doing the hardest task on the planet, which is that of defending democracy. Exum writes about his time from high school, through University of Pennsylvania ROTC, training and Ranger School, through his tour with the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan, and subsequent career-ending injury in a freak sports accident. He retired as a Captain.
This is clearly a man's world, that of finding bravery and a place in the halls of warriors. Tough, gritty, occasionally humorous, appropriately introspective, devoid of any kind of coddling and women, Exum presents himself modestly, as most driven people might do.
This is what my Army friends call a "quick read," no less worthy for its speed. Exum adds to the public knowledge of Ranger training and Afghanistan, and how a handful of American warriors took down a regime whose tribal and religious brutality marked it as pervasively totalitarian. The reading public will acknowledge Exum as the hero and warrior that he came to be. Thus, this is also a "grateful read," and sets into context the news flashes we get every night on CNN.
An American soldier in Afghanistan.......2005-07-15
"This Man's Army: A Soldier's Story from the Front Lines of the War on Terrorism," by Andrew Exum, is a memoir by a U.S. Army infantry officer who saw combat in Afghanistan after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Exum gets into detail about his military education and training. He discusses his time in ROTC, and also takes the reader through the phases of Army Ranger school. He also covers his stateside duty at Fort Drum, New York.
The book shifts into a more intense mode when Exum recalls the infamous 9/11 attacks, after which his unit was mobilized for wartime duty. He discusses his unit's activities in Kuwait. After taking the reader in detail through his missions in Afghanistan, Exum describes his return to the U.S. after the war, and the changes that occurred in his life.
I really enjoyed this book. Exum's straightforward, down-to-earth writing style is nicely complemented by some thoughtful literary and cultural references throughout the book. His accounts of military training and wartime service are interesting, especially his accounts of encounters with the press. The book strikes me as a well-rounded account; he deals with the excitement and soldierly bonding of wartime, as well as its tedium and annoyances. He creates warm and entertaining portraits of the soldiers he served with. He presents a compelling view of Afghanistan: a "Wild West"-type environment of rugged natural beauty. Exum also offers his musings about the relationship between war and spirituality.
"This Man's Army" struck me as grimly ironic in light of ongoing operations in Iraq. Exum notes how at one point he felt the Afghan campaign was "the greatest war ever," "an adventure," a "big game [. . .] against an overmatched opponent." Of course, Iraq has proven to be a much more difficult and deadly theater. Overall, I found this book to be a thoughtful and informative look at contemporary training and warfighting in the U.S. Army. Recommended companion text: "Not a Good Day to Die," journalist Sean Naylor's nonfiction account of U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan.
Honest Look at a Tough Job.......2005-07-01
"This Man's Army" provides both civilians and servicemembers a thorough examination of entry-level officer training and the early days of the Global War on Terror. It was entertaining and informative, with only a very few dull spots. The author's use of quotes from more established authors was an interesting aspect to the book. All in all, his words will ring true to most soldiers serving in a post 9/11 Army, and will provide great insight on the part of civilians attempting to understand the modern Army. My only significant complaint was the author's perception that his Ivy-League education somehow made him a rarity in the modern Army.
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This ManÂ's Army follows one extraordinary young manÂ's transformation from Ivy League student to twenty-first-century warrior. Soldier X vividly brings to life his journey through ROTC training, the grueling trials of the elite Ranger School, and into the treacherous terrain of the Shah-e-Kot Valley in Afghanistan. There he leads his men to root out the hardcore remnants of Osama bin LadenÂ's forces, and must confront and kill an Al Qaeda fighter. On his return to the United States, Soldier X must face how media coverage has distorted public perception of the war back home as he seeks to make peace with the man he had become.
In the tradition of Tim OÂ'BrienÂ's If I Die in a Combat Zone, This ManÂ's Army is a gripping story of a young manÂ's introduction to the horrors of war, reported with brutal honesty and compelling insight. By turns harrowing and inspiring, it is the first account of combat from a new generation that is rising to confront the grave threat that faces our civilization and our way of life.
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First to fight the War on Terror.......2006-12-29
"This Man's Army: A Soldier's Story from the Front Lines of the War on Terrorism" by Andrew Exum is about a small town boy who was an Army lieutenant with my unit, 10th Mountain Division (though he was infantry, I was not) who was the first to be deployed to Afghanistan right after September 11th. But before we get to that we go through his college years, how he turned to the Army for tuition, and go a purpose for his life. Then after graduating he got his commission and went through Ranger school, the toughest training event of his life, and for me the best part of the book. Then he gets to Ft. Drum, NY and that part really hit home for me. Actually Exum is a lot like me in many ways. He is a small town boy from East Tennessee, just like me, and he also deployed to Afghanistan with 10th Mountain, also like me. Maybe that is why I identified with Lt. Exum so much, I could have been like him if I wa s a little more ambitious. The Afghanistan parts is not the action book stuff that you might think, though there is some fighting, it is not Rambo style. War is ugly, and Exum shows it just that way, with all the problems that come with waging modern war; the bombs, tactical mistakes from relying on computers, boredom of tedious convoy escort, and worst of all, the media and it's effect on the chain of command. I know and understand his frustration at times, though ultimately his view of the Army is quiet a bit more optimistic than my own. I have read reviews below that are critical of Exum's references to PT and his physique; all I can say is it's part of the infantry culture, they (and indeed myself included) just wouldn't understand unless they were there. I would rank "This Man's Army" with "Jarhead" (though Exum is not as much of a jerk as Andrew Schwofford seemed to be) as an overview of a career. It is not about an incident like "Black Hawk Down" or "Robert's Ridge", but still fascinating reading for military buffs.
Not for RAMBO lovers..........2006-08-14
If your expecting a "bangem shootem up" high intensity combat epic this book is not for you. Captain Andrew Exum(USA)instead
gives a very human account of his road to Afganistan, in the wake of 9/11. He is suddenly transformed from a poetic Ivy Leaguer to a combat infantryman, in the famed 10th Mountain Division(Sen. Bob Dole's old unit). Using ROTC as a financial supplement like many average folk, Exum is faced with the unexpected and answers his countries call to duty as members of his family did generations past. He strives to be the best by surviving the Army's elite Ranger school. His exploits there are almost as grueling as his combat duty in Afganistan. The physical endurance due to the altitude of that mountainous country that he and the men he leads as they perform their duty is told in detail. The mission of demolition of Afgan caves is a tedious task as one doesn't know what lurks in and around them. Exum seems to be a very logical young soldier and even incorporates literary quotes from his college days. Talk about a clash of cultures! I am not sure if he is ever privey to high military intelligence of the war on terrorism as his unit seems to cover special forces operatives, a dirty kind of business none the less. Exum's book could have been titled "The Days In The Life Of A 21st Century American Soldier". He details a lot of the frustration of "the hurry up and wait" military mindset. Pranks and pure bordem set in as well as army life in general. All throughtout Exum has great affection and a sense of responsiblity to his men. He is not bigger than the whole picture and I find him humble in his writing even though he excelled in all of the Army's demands. Now get the book! I don't want to give anything else away :)
Much ado about nothing.......2006-01-17
A competently written if somewhat unexciting memoir of one man's brief deployment overseas. What should have been a decent magazine article is stretched uncomfortably into a 236 page paean to the greatness that is the author. In between the endlessly self aggrandizing descriptions of his physical prowess (aided by a fitness regime of constant chest beating), his innate leadership skills and naturally commanding respect from every soldier or superior he meets, the author manages to turn several months deployed in Afghanistan into a lengthy recitation of "Me, me, me and I".
You know something is wrong when a page each is wasted respectively to his complaints on being debriefed after his (solitary) shooting, a Chaplin's attempt to console him, a reporter describing him as 24 (as opposed to 23) and even more pages are devoted to gloating over his cheating during later maneuvers in the National Training Center. His short stint in the military and shallow knowledge is exemplified by repeatedly referring to "nap-of-the-earth" flying as "map-of-the-earth".
Similar yet much better reads are "My War" and "Jarhead".
Captain Exum's experience as a soldier.......2005-07-06
Andrew Exum enlisted in the Army thinking that military service would be a good way to pay for his education at the University of Pennsylvania as well as serve his country in peacetime. He thought that he would likely serve in peacekeeping duties in Europe or perhaps Africa, but not actually see combat. There was value, in his mind, of Army service even in the peacetime. He had enlisted in the Army ROTC as a student and became an officer in 2000. September 11 changed the nature of what his service would be.
"This Man's Army" is Captain Exum's story of his time as a soldier. He details his reasons for enlisting, what sort of upbringing he had, and what his experience was in training and on the battlefield. Exum offers a fresh perspective of the life of an Army officer. While books like Anthony Swofford's "Jarhead" and Joel Turnipseed's "Baghdad Express" offer accounts of the modern day disillusioned soldier (both about Gulf War I), Captain Exum is a motivated leader of men who takes pride in his work, his platoon, and his Army. He does not blindly accept political rhetoric, and unlike many military men Exum is far from being a staunch Republican. He struggles to fit what he must do as a soldier with his beliefs as a Christian, but accepts that there are times that fighting for the greater good can supercede personal belief.
Readers looking for a book filled with combat and blazing guns should look someplace else (perhaps Evan Wright's excellent "Generation Kill"). "This Man's Army" is the experience of Captain Andrew Exum, and while the nature of his service did include quite a bit of risk, stress, being shot at, and completing valuable missions in Afghanistan; there are not many gun battles or what would traditionally be thought of as "battlefield combat". Yet, "This Man's Army" is compulsively readable and was a book I did not want to put down. Exum's descriptions of his training, going through Ranger school, and his style (and experiences) of leadership is fascinating. While I am glad that Exum is out of harm's way now, I wish he was still able to serve in the Army because our military and our country needs more men of his character and apparent ability. He is the sort of man I want protecting our country.
Captain Exum also gives an excellent description of how a soldier comes home and tries to adapt to a life where he does not have a rifle in his hand. How he has to adapt to paying for things again, fight the feeling that he is "entitled" to things because of his service, and just become a civilian again.
Something else that I found very interesting was that if he wasn't injured (outside of combat), Exum would have been part of the mission which rescued Private Jessica Lynch. Having to watch that on television was a very difficult thing for Captain Exum, not the least of which because he was still in uniform.
Overall I found "This Man's Army" to be an excellent account of Andrew Exum's time in the military and what one possible experience of a modern day soldier is. It isn't exactly what one might consider a traditional war memoir, but this is also a different kind of war. I would recommend this book without hesitation, just with the understanding that there is a very small amount of actual combat or field action.
-Joe Sherry
Awesome Book.......2005-06-07
I thought this book written by Andrew Exum a Ranger in the US army is a great book for people with all interests. It tells of the life of a soldier in the war against terrorism and the experiences that one lives through or may not live thorugh. No matter what your liking you will enjoy this book and the great simplistic reality of the book as you read it. This book is one of a few of its kind and should with out a doubt be read. I give this book two-thumbs up and would read it agian without a fuss at all.
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This book serves as the premier and definitive biography of Georgia's supreme court justice and Confederate general. Its 438 pages reflect a decade of research, presented in a chronological narrative complemented by hundreds of notes, 92 photographs, maps, charts and little known facts concerning a man who was admired by all races. His real-life story unfolds like a romantic novel of the old South. In fact, upon researching Benning and his wife for a news article in 1925, Margaret Mitchell was inspired to write her sweeping saga of the South, Gone With the Wind. While the book focuses upon Benning's career in law, and his experiences on the battlefield, the details of his life at home present the readers with a balanced and intimate perspective of his life and times. The book also has an extensive bibliography, highly detailed chapter end-notes, appendices that provide additional details, and a thoroughly useful index. Both serious researchers and casual non-fiction readers will find the story of Henry Benning an informative pleasure to read and filled with interesting details to explore.
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General Benning filled a large space in the public heart........2004-05-08
While many people readily connect Henry Benning with the US military installation, the deeds and details of his life have slipped into obscurity. Even in his hometown, the historical marker that once pointed to the location of his home and briefly described him is no longer there. His home, and the entire city block on Broad Street in Georgia has been demolished. Today, Benning's old neighborhood has been replaced by Total Systems, a modern coporate office facility.
Henry L Benning was a wise, prudent and selfless servent of causes that he felt were just. Benning excelled as a military leader and his career as an attorney is legendary. He served his home state as a Solicitor General and as a Justice of the Supreme Court. His career as a successful attorney earned him the reputation as a champion of truth and justice. He was also a devoted husband, loving father and a generous friend.
This is an excellent research book for anyone interested in the life of General Henry Lewis Benning. The chapters in this book's pages include The Columbus Bank Cases; Succession of the Confederacy; The Battles of Gettysburg, Chickamauga and the "Riot in Raleigh"; and the East Tennesse Campaign and the Battle of the Wilderness. There are almost a hundred photographs, maps and illustrations in this book. Footnotes appear throughout the book and reference the reader to countless resources for research. A thirty-two page index is at the end of the book.
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The threat of continued warfare to the future of humanity has become dire. "The Great Turning explores that threat in detail and provides an equally detailed plan for meeting -- and overcoming -- it. Written in the author's trademark clear, compelling style, this timely book uncovers the roots of Empire in ancient Athens and charts the long transition from the institutions of monarchy to those of the global economy as the favored instruments of imperialism. Korten then discusses the promise of early America as a democracy dedicated to spreading liberty and freedom -- and the failure of the "American experiment" through the contemporary takeover of the U.S. government by corporate plutocrats, religious theocrats, and neoconservative militarists in pursuit of naked imperial ambition. Korten draws on sources as varied as evolution, developmental psychology, and the wisdom of religious mystics to make the case for "Earth Community" -- a people-centered, community-based future that is both possible and necessary.
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Hope Restored.......2007-08-07
David Korten has restored my hope that humanity can and will survive the upcoming collision with our own short sighted Hubris. Some, perhaps many of us will make it through and will have restored to us in the process a great deal more of our own compassionate humanity. Well researched, well written. A seminal work! Thank you David!
The Great Turning.......2007-06-12
This book should be read by anyone thinking about how to move toward a fair, just society. Korten talks about levels of maturity leading to understanding that enough people and groups have reached a level where a society based on the principle of community rather than that of domination is within reach. It undercuts struggling with all the forms injustice takes in our present society and considers joining with like-minded groups all over the world to form a bottom-up society concerned with the good of all rather than just looking out for what's good for the most powerful among us.
The Ideal of the Bodhisattva.......2007-05-13
The Great Turning masterfully traces the concept of Empire from pre-history to the present and states that the current world situtation has been shaped by the concentration of power and wealth in the hands of the few. The motivating actions of governments are to preserve their control over the forces of money and power. The democracies of the Western world are not true democracies as they maintain their control over the many by giving prevledge to the few. Korten goes on to relate various pardighms that our culture buys into and which perpetuate the rule of Empire. one of these views is related in the "Imperial Secular Meaning Story."
"Matter is the only reality. the whole of the cosmos is a product of the orderly playing out of physical forces amenable to description and prediction by mathematical equations. Life is the accidental outcome of material complexity. Consciousness and free will are illusions, nothing more. Because life has no intrinsic meaning, the only rational couse of the intelligent individual is to seek material gratification through the accumulation of wealth and power.
The evolution of the living species occurs through a competitive struggle in which the fittest survive and the less fit perish. Mammalian species, naturally organize themselves into heirarchies of dominance for mutual protection and breeding success.
Human progress likewise depends on competitive struggle in which the most fit triumph and those of second rank serve the most fit. the winners prove their superior worth and therby their contribution to the betterment of the whole by virute of their victory. They have a natural right to the rewards of their victory as their just due. Their is no reason for guilt or for concern for those whom the struggle destroys or leaves behind, as their loss is itself proof that they are the less fit. For the betterment of the whole, we must all accept that this their proper fate."
What makes the Great Turning a landmark book is that it exposes these myths for what they are-propaganda for maintaining control with power and wealth. The actions of governments rather than being for the well being of the people are for the maintaining of the myths which concentrate power and wealth in the hands of the few. Korten goes on to forge the strategy for removal of these myths and replacing them with the reality of a sustainable Earth Community.
The human and Divine potential of the sage, writer, artist, scientist cannot be fully realized without the move away from empire to Earth Community. The Bodhisattva's vow while at the threshold of enlightenment takes on the meaning for all of us to work out our daily lives in harmony with the forces that are attempting to bring about an Earth Community.
A "Must Read" for Every Lover of Democracy.......2007-03-08
This is the most important book I have read in years! There is hope. The people can take back America and truly make it a land of freedom, liberty and justice for all.
A MUST-READ.......2007-02-20
This book has changed the way I think about the world and the challenge we face in avoiding "the great unraveling." After reading it, I want to stand up and start making a difference.
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A Transforming Ecological Faith Statement.......2007-05-16
Darwin, Divinity, and the Dance of the Cosmos., An Ecological Christianity, by Bruce Sanguin.
Bruce Sanguin's book creates a new genre of literature through the integral/integrated development of the sciences, faith/spiritual experience, theology and scripture. The book is spirit driven and becomes a thin place itself into Spirit, and the divine. We have been taught since childhood to fear pantheism,(and now Pan-en-theism) but in this book the cosmos and the planet Earth itself becomes alive in ways thought impossible before.
I approached this book concerned that I could not handle the science in the book, but found that Bruce Sanguin is as great a teacher of science as he is of theology. The most challenging thing I experienced in the book was the need to see all species as important as the human species.
The book begins with an inspiring personal story of how the work of Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry totally transformed Bruce's life and ministry. Evolution is then interpreted as a Divine Unfolding. On page 124, a faith-ful covenant is "written in the words of the ultimate" that will transform you.
Just as the fans of Ken Wilbur will be inspired by the content of this book, readers of Marcus Borg will appreciate chapter five that unfolds once again, the four overarching narratives of scripture and the meaning they bring to our place in the cosmos. They are, the Story of the Exodus (Freedom), The Story of the Exile (Homecoming), and the Story of the Temple (Sacrifice). Bruce adds his own; The Story of call and response: the God of allurement. The Gospels are then opened up in relevant interpretations, as if seen for the first time. Other Gospel stories are provided through renewed midrash interpretations.
The most inspiring thing about Bruce Sanguin's book is that he brings us to an epiphany of hopefulness through a review of the science of the Earth's capacity to renew itself. We have a short time to turn things around. If we don't, the earth may still renew itself, after appearing to die. But, then our great grandchildren do not benefit. In the reading of the book the following saying/quote constantly resurfaced in my mind; "Without God, we cannot, Without us, God will not." Clearly this book helps us really understand what divine wisdom is all about.
While this book is written for a Christian audience, any person of faith will be inspired by reading it. Bruce Sanguin calls us to a spiritual, international and nonexclusive faith experience that will bring us to our knees. Certainly, we will rise with the rest of the world to assist the Earth in its renewal, and with the rebirth of Earth, be reborn in our sense of AWE. Be prepared to be transformed and renewed in the reading of this book.
G. Eddey, Columbus, Ohio. [...]
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Favorite Birds of the Southwest
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- 101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married: Simple Lessons to Make Love Last
- The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
- Sociology of the Arts: Exploring Fine and Popular Forms
- The Devil's Advocates: Greatest Closing Arguments in Criminal Law, Library Edition
- The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
- The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person
- The Saga of Hugh Glass: Pirate, Pawnee, and Mountain Man
- From the Earth Up: The Art and Vision of James Hubbell Text and Photographs
- The DNA Story A Documentary History of Gene Cloning
- Common Fleshy Fungi
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Creative Cooking for Renal Diets
Cooking for David: A Culinary Dialysis Cookbook
Kidney Failure: the Facts
Coping with Kidney Disease: A 12-Step Treatment Program to Help You Avoid Dialysis
Chronically Happy: Joyful Living In Spite Of Chronic Illness
