With thanks to my local library’s interlibrary loan program, I’ve just picked up a book that will keep me occupied during Advent and probably well into January: A Testament to Freedom: the Essential Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (ed. Kelly and Nelson, Harper San Francisco, 1995). Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor who was part ofContinue reading “Open Book: Bonhoeffer and Muggeridge for Advent”
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Open Book: Welcoming Spring
Welcoming spring, observing Lent: it’s a season of new books for me. I often select a familiar devotional to read during Lent, and sure enough, there’s Fulton Sheen’s Life of Christ in this year’s rotation. I’ve added a work of fiction that’s a stretch for me on several counts: Silence by Shūsako Endō, first publishedContinue reading “Open Book: Welcoming Spring”
#ReadOnCamera for Library Giving Day
I’m pleased to put on my Granite State Walker hat for a 24-hour fundraising event to benefit the Manchester City Library Foundation. Around the clock on April 7, I and a lively group of other locals will take turns reading aloud, with a different theme each hour. Midnight on the 7th is for Nature, andContinue reading “#ReadOnCamera for Library Giving Day”
Ellen Kolb 