Month: March 2012

E-book readers, how I solved my dilemna

A few weeks ago, I asked a question about e-book readers (read it here). A few people shared their own experience with me in the comments, or on the Facebook page. Thank you for those who contributed, it was helpful. A few articles were also pointed out to me. Read the articles here and here

Now, I’ve decided it’s not time to buy an e-book reader. For the time being, I have decided to follow my friend Alan Davey’s advice: download the kindle software on your computer and phone, and read from these instead. I already had the software, all I have to do is to download books now. I’ll make use of the free classics available, but also of the free extracts you can download on the Amazon website before deciding whether a book is worth buying. I’ll probably make use of the regular special offers. But in the end, I still would rather use a real book, with a cover, paper pages, and real ink.

“Lost in the Taiga” (Vasily Peskov) and our Christian experience

[amazon_link id=”2742705465″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Ermites dans la taiga babel 158[/amazon_link]Reading Lloyd Jones on [amazon_link id=”0891074155″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Revival[/amazon_link] was a breath of fresh air. It was a good reminder that there is more to Christian experience than what we experience in our daily lives. We can know more of God than we do. One of the reasons that Christians don’t experience more of the joy of knowing Christ is that we are happy with what we have and don’t want more. To be honest most Christians don’t even know there is more to it, so they don’t look for anything better. But we can know God better. He can rend the heavens and come to meet with us, but we don’t ask for because we don’t know such a thing is possible.

Just after reading Lloyd Jones, I read a book called “[amazon_link id=”0385472099″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Lost in the Taiga[/amazon_link]”, by Russian author Vasily Peskov. I remember reading it when I was a teenager and it had quite en impact on me at the time. But it belonged to my Grandmother and probably got lost after she died. “Lost in the Taiga” is the true story of the Lykov Family. Continue reading ““Lost in the Taiga” (Vasily Peskov) and our Christian experience”

This week’s market: Lanvollon

Emmanuel Hartiel and myself were back in Lanvollon today. It is our third visit to that town. We set up in the same spot as last time: in a street joining the two places where the weekly market is held. A busy cafe is just accross the street. People can’t miss us and most are intrigued by our stand.
We talked briefly to a lady who told us she is a neither a Roman Catholic nor an Evangelical, but a Protestant. Not sure what she meant, she didn’t really want to talk. The lady to whom I gave a Bible last time was there, selling her oysters but I didn’t get to speak with her. We’ll be back in a few weeks time.