[Oe List ...] Book Review

[Shelley Hahn]

Just ordered it from my local bookseller.  Looking forward to it!

Shelley Hahn

On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 3:48 AM JB Webster via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

> Here's my review of John Burbidge book More Than Halfway to Somewhere that
> I've posted five-star on the Goodreads site as well as on Facebook:
>
>
>  Being associated with Order:Ecumenical for 30 years, Burbidge lived a
> rich life of adventure and service. He was a fresh traveler from his native
> Australia and anxious about what he was getting himself into: American
> culture, ghetto society and the initial existential impact of The Order's
> communal style struck him as a baptism of fire that “doesn't come close to
> describing it.” Later, as he became involved with advancing Institute
> community development programs around the world, he describes
> roller-coaster highs and life-threatening lows as well as vibrant human
> exchanges. As he hitchhiked Zimbabwe he had colorful conversations with a
> Yorkshire truck driver who welcomed him to stay a few nights with his
> family. Then there are hassles with Nigerian “Err-ways” and other zoo-like
> experiences at international airports. He describes balancing acts as he
> rode buses in India, Nairobi slums and much amazing and sometimes
> unexpected hospitality wherever he went. Strange foods such as raw
> crocodile. He emphasizes that travel is about people, not places and how
> travel is a learning experience. Overall, truly an engaging read.
> (Disclosure: I knew Burbidge when we were Ecclesiola colleagues [he would
> say “mates”] during a summer Ecumenical Institute research event.)
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