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ON THE BOOKSHELF…TOUCHING SPIRIT: THE LETTERS OF MINOMINIKE
I am honored to review this marvelous book by James C. Washburn, a retired teacher living in Marshfield. This book has reached #4 on the Amazon Best Seller list for Spirituality.
A white infant is orphaned in northern Canada and is adopted by a childless Ojibwa/Inuit couple. The young boy enjoys the beautiful environment and is lovingly raised with full awareness of the Spirit Within. He goes south for seminary and becomes a pastor where he loses touch with the Spirit.
When his father dies, he returns to his childhood home and finds letters written by his grandfather, Minominike. His education and vocation are challenged by the truth in his ...
ON THE BOOKSHELVES . . . . . THE OTHER WES MOORE
One Name, Two Fates….”The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine.
The tragedy is that my story could have been his.”
This wonderful book by author Wes Moore must be included in conversations about disparity, race and poverty.
Two young African-American boys grow up within city blocks of each other in Baltimore. Each is named Wes Moore. One is currently serving life-imprisonment for murder. The other grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran of Afghanistan, White House Fellow and business leader.
Author Wes Moore was a speaker at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, was named one of Ebony magazin...
ON THE BOOKSHELVES….BLUE JEANS IN HIGH PLACES – The Coming Makeover of American Politics
The best book to read this post-election is BLUE JEANS IN HIGH PLACES, The Coming Makeover of American Politics by Mike McCabe.
In this book, McCabe offers a plan to re-invent our political system to represent the people. For the past 15 years, Mike, Director and founder of Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, has been following the money in American politics. He writes from experience and with sound evidence. His writing (like his speeches) is refreshing and encouraging.
We the people are not as hopelessly divided as we think. However, we are numb when it comes to the moral decay of our democracy. McCabe does a very good job of explaining our present ...