This & That

Normally I would just include this on my monthly books post, but this was long enough that I figured I'd do a separate post. Catch...

Some more notes from In Ishmael's House: A History of the Jews in Muslim Lands by Martin Gilbert.  Now we're getting into the secti...

Wow, I can hardly believe how not chatty I've been here lately. I guess nothing has really stood out to me to share although I have re...

So here is another in my "stepping out of my box and changing my mind" series that I first discussed here . Last month E and I ...

In the next to the last chapter of No God but God , Reza Aslan briefly discusses the Muslim response to colonialism by sharing stories fro...

God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. OK, so we've been talking about parables.  I planned to share my favorite, but...

February 21 -- Notes from pages 175 - 216 Today we continued in Jerusalem and read a brief transcript of Ted and Carl's meeting with ...

Off and on throughout the last few weeks I've been reading this book, Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ by Alfred E...

We are reading through this book pretty quickly. I want to get it read before Samer returns to Damascus next week. We are on track to do th...

The other day I started writing notes from my reading Tea With Hezbollah to Samer via Skype. It's enjoyable having a genuine Arab to d...

I went out with Michael yesterday and we went by the Christian bookstore since I had a 33% off coupon due to it being President's Day. ...

Part 3 -- More from Both Right and Left Handed : Arab Women Talk About Their Lives by Bouthaina Shaaban See this post to read about the au...

Today I had a wonderful time hanging out with an old church friend, Teresa. She saw me online this morning and asked if I wanted to meet for...

"When you see pictures of large Muslim crowds protesting cartoons of Muhammad in London or Lahore, do you see them as a threat? Or do y...

What in the World Is Going On? by Dr. David Jeremiah (DJ) - I have more notes from this book which I filed in my Gmail "Islam"...

So we'd be walking in Old Damascus overwhelmed and enjoying all these shops -- spices, nuts, scarves, beans, candy -- and people, never ...

Breath in the familiar shock Of confusion and chaos All those people going somewhere Why have I never cared? Did you read those words above ...

While still in the Christmas spirit, I wanted to reflect on a verse from “O Holy Night” that really spoke to my heart yet again this year. ...

Children of Hope by Vernon Brewer with his daughter, Noel Brewer Yeatts -- This book discusses the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa and...