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What can I say to convince you to read this book? I’m not sure I can. But I can tell you reading Abram Van Engen and the poetry he explores will bless you and enrich your life. Why not take the invitation and give this book—and poetry--a try?

I find CRT generally to have diagnostic value for our social ills. But as a prescription it cannot achieve the goal of individual and relational flourishing.

And so this book isn’t a Hallmark Special where love is easy to come by through coincidence, easily won through sheer cuteness, and lasts forever.  This love is messy, difficult, and surprising, and it rings true.  It is also a story filled with unforgettable but tiny moments that can slip by without notice if the reader isn’t careful.

It's clear that Kristof possesses extraordinary quantities of compassion, honesty, and courage.

These essays teach the attentive reader a great deal about how difficult it is to live through revolutions, and how inadequately prepared most of us are to respond to the challenges that make up so much of our political and religious lives.