What the 21st Century Will Taste Like – Esquire
So it really chilled me when he said, “America better prepare for some uncomfortable changes. Things might get really ugly.” · You’ve seen the articles, right there on the front page next to equally uplifting stories about oil, the economy, and the war: The cost of food–of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘books’
Less meat, more sustainable diets
Posted in Life, books, tagged books, Food on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oracle Bones
Posted in Links, books, tagged books, China, Links on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just finished Peter Hessler’s Oracle Bones and I have to say, it was really a marvelous read. A 450-page non-fiction narrative examination of modern (actually more like turn of the 21st century, which isn’t quite modern anymore…) China, the book is insightful and eminently readable. I must say reading stuff about China is a [...]
Joy in the Journey: A Jesus for President Review
Posted in books, tagged books, peace, urban monasticism on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I finished reading Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw’s Jesus for President (if you want to buy it through Amazon, might I encourage you to use the Servant Partners amazon purchasing link on my blogroll). J4P was especially meaningful to me now because of some of the things I’ve been thinking about – rising nationalism [...]
What Do You See?
Posted in Life, Links, tagged books, change, empire, hope, urban monasticism on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Something I came across while looking at my friend Enoch’s blog… He writes about something he heard on NPR, sage words from the tenant president of some of Newark’s housing projects.
she said “you gotta realize something, the world you see outside of you is a reflection what you have inside of you. If you only [...]
Shane plug
Posted in Links, tagged books, urban monasticism on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dang Shane has some long dreads.
Still gotta get my hands on this book…
