Wednesday, February 19, 2003

What are the top 5 books that you have read? Mine are:
1. The Transforming Momment: a study of convictional knowledge by Dr. James Loder... I grieve his passing on and am greatful to all that I have learned from him.
2. Children and their Famlies in the Social Environment by James Garbarino
3. Space for God by Don Postema
4. Kagawa of Japan by Cyril J. Davies... Kagawa, Toyohiko 1888 -- 1960
Kagawa was a Social reformer and evangelist, born in Kobe, Japan. A convert to Christianity, he was educated at the Presbyterian College in Tokyo, and at Princeton Theological Seminary in the USA. Returning to Japan, he became an evangelist and social worker in the slums of Kobe. He was a leader in the Japanese labour movement, helping to found the Federation of Labour (1918) and the Farmer's Union (1921), and founded the Anti-War League (1928). After World War 2 he was a leader in the women's suffrage movement, and helped with the process of democratization. He wrote numerous books, including the autobiographical novel Before the Dawn (1920).
5. Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard

My best recent read isI like Nothing But A Thief: The street and Her Children.
by Danielle Speakman

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