There is a strange paradox to the style of the book: Ripken tells you the things he experienced or the stories he was told firsthand, but he doesn't make up details that he wasn't told, and he deliberately obscures some that he was. This means his lack of manipulative embellishment creates an imp...
This was a challenging book. I'm still wondering how I will end up applying it in my life. The author was a missionary relief worker in Somalia before the UN took notice of that country. That is interesting and challenging enough, but it is only the begining. After he is forced to leave he trav...
Definitely worth the read if you are interested in persecution around the world. Throughout the book I found myself thinking of those Christian groups here in the U.S. who claim that we are being persecuted. At worst, most Christians here are being inconvenienced. This book does an excellent job...