I've decided to start posting about books I read. I love to read, but I often don't do anything with what I read and tend to forget it quickly. So I thought if I make myself do a "book report" on my blog, it will help me think through and remember what I read, and maybe give you all some reading ideas too.
I just finished this book today. It was not very long, probably nothing destined to become a classic, but it was quite thought provoking. I've heard before of the awful things going on in Sudan and Uganda, but I'd never read a first-hand account of it before. Sam Childers is a former drug dealer, gang biker, mean, tough guy. Now he's a Christian preacher who no longer uses drugs, but is still very tough and mean--at least to the bad guys. He is passionate about saving the precious, helpless children who are caught in this war zone. I don't know what to think of him. He's certainly a lot different than any Christian I've ever known. I mean, how many pastors travel with an AK-47 on their laps?! His tactics don't scream love and forgiveness to these terrorists, and at first I think it can't be the way Christ would want. But then I think, how does Christ feel about the apathy of most of us as we sit in our comfortable American homes, reading books and typing blogs, complaining about our little inconveniences, while His children are being brutally terrorized on the other side of the world? I know we're not all called to go do what Childers is doing, but reading this certainly gave me pause to think about what I can do, and why I'm not doing it. I don't have the answer yet, but I hope God will give me chances to help in someway, and that I'll be willing to do it. If you want to stay comfortable, don't read this book.
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