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by Bill Bryson

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It is essentially a history of science focusing on the people involved more so than the science itself. I have been wanting to read a book like this for a while to get a better understanding of the people who made great discoveries and the times they lived in. It is clear from reading this book that Bill Bryson is not a scientist and I found that often his explanations were clumsy and that he did not understand the science he was trying to explain, but for the most part this was a good thing. It allowed him to move through the scientific theories quickly to focus on the effects those theories had on the world and the people in it.

See this book in my library here.

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I have finally got a photo gallery up and running. It is still a work in progress, but contains many of my photos from the last two years. I am continuing to add more all the time and will hopefully begin adding Christine’s photos soon as well. You can access it by clicking on “Photo Gallery” in the “Links” section on the right of the blog homepage. Also, if you click on the “Random Image” on the right side of the page it will take you to the gallery embedded in my blog. The embedded version doesn’t yet look as good as the native version, but I’m working on it.

To Chris’s Photo Gallery

For anyone that’s interested I am using Gallery 2 which is a great program with a clean layout. It allows for viewing photos and videos and includes a slideshow feature, allows for rating photos, and leaving comments.

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

This was an amazing book filled with fundamental Christian theology, teaching on living as a disciple of Christ. Bonhoeffer emphasises the cost of discipleship, in that following Christ necessarily involves giving up your life. He certainly lived these principles as he was executed by the Nazi’s near the end of World War II for his teachings. Bonhoeffer thoroughly explores discipleship, suffering, obedience, the cross, the individual, and the church as well as providing the most in-depth study of the sermon on the mount that I have ever read. Of exceptional note is the complete absence of anecdotes and personal experience. Bonhoeffer draws solely on the Bible. The book was extremely dense and will require a second and third read in the future in order to gain a better understanding of some of the things he was writing about, but I found the book to be profound and I will continue to reflect on and be affected by my first read.

Find this book in my library here.

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