(資料取自博客來網路書店 http://www.books.com.tw)

那天晚飯後上了榆林逛, 看見這本書的書腰帶描述這本書對於正在面對重大困難的人有很大的鼓勵, 便立即買下來送給正在重大轉變當中的弟兄, 希望能夠鼓勵他加油喔.

因為沒有讀過或聽過這本書, 不想單憑封面幾句書評就送給弟兄(他已經太忙啦~太糟糕的書就不要送了, 浪費了他的時間呀) 所以就試著翻閱看一下. 蠻易讀的一個故事, 除了大量棒球賽的描述, 戰術的分析等較難理解, 大部份都能夠很快的讀過去...很快啦. 2.5小時就看完了!

算是個感人的故事吧, 不過就沒有書評和讀者心得所說的那麼"賺人熱淚"啦. 所以我都有一絲遲疑, 要不要真的送出這本書呢?

為了鼓勵收件人在他的reading list上加入這本書, 我就告訴他只用兩個半小時就讀完了. 然後的問題竟然變成: 哦, 你看完了所以可以借給我嗎? 呵呵. 不是啦. 這書是買給你的, 我先借來看了啦. 唔該晒. 呵呵.

希望這本小書能夠為收件人帶來一點激勵, 我便心滿意足了.

為了配合送書行動, 午飯時便落9樓搜尋書籤...原來這個世界已經不再流行書簽? P-1同PAPYRUS都沒有...怎知竟然在PRINT買到一張leather bookmark. 全黑的, 很型~下次我知道又來這裡買啦.

今天老公沒空陪我晚飯, 所以下了車便上了基道閒逛(沒錢真的不能出來逛呀, 一定買野呀). 發現又多了一些Philip Yancey的書出了平價版本(OMF Literature version). 哈哈, 發現了新出版的Soul Survivor (中譯書名: 靈魂倖存者), 一打開Preface來看就給吸引進去了, 不得不坐下來慢慢看.

這個前言寫的是Yancey在911後不久到災區訪問的經歷, 很真實(部份場面可能令人不安), 也很感動. 而書的主要內容就是描寫對Yancey屬靈生命影響重大的13位屬靈導師, 包括有馬丁路得金, 甘地, 盧雲等, 他們對於Yancey能在教會裡"Survive(倖存)"並且繼續成長有著巨大的幫助.

Soul Survivor
How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the Church

Philip Yancey   

ISBN: 971511933-6 Cover: Paperback Description Barely hanging onto your faith in an imperfect church? In Soul Survivor, Philip Yancey recalls how he found his way back to a life-enhancing faith through thirteen imperfect yet remarkable mentors that include Martin Luther King, G.K. Chesterton, Mahatma Ghandi, Henri Nouwen, Leo Tolstoy, and more. Book Excerpt "If I had to define my own theme, it would be that of a person who absorbed some of the worst the church has to offer, yet still landed in the loving arms of God. Yes, I went through a period of rejection of the church and God. I ended up, however, not an atheist, a refugee from the church, but as one of its advocates. What allowed me to ransom a personal faith from the damaging effects of religion? The people profiled in this book go a long way toward answering that question. For that reason, in each chapter I have asked myself what difference they made in my life. Over time, the people I profiled became shapers of faith, my personal 'cloud of witness.' If I were invited to a convention full of skeptics, or representatives of another religion, and asked to explain my faith, these are the companions I would want along. I could simply point to these strong witnesses and say, 'Christians are not perfect, by any means, but they can be people made fully alive. This is what they look like.'"