Sunday, March 5, 2006

Customers who bought this also bought

A counselor in the bishopric of my LDS ward recommended a book titled “Yearning for the Living God: Reflections from the Life of F. Enzio Busche.” The book is authored by F. Enzio Busche and Tracie A. Lamb, the latter having edited the book. I looked up the book at www.amazon.com and pulled up this description: F. Enzio Busche, emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, was born in Germany in 1930, three years before Hitler's rise to power. Fifteen years later, when World War II ended, Enzio was a prisoner of war, having been drafted into the German army at age fourteen. The war left Enzio with many questions: Is there a God? What is the purpose of life? What happens after death? In time, he learned the answers. "Yearning for the Living God" is a collection of Elder Busche's experiences - both before and after his conversion - and an account of the life-changing awakening that can come to all who search for truth in this world. Amazon also provided a list of books under the heading “Customers who bought this also bought.” I was surprised by one book on the list, but I don’t know whether you would be. The books listed were: * "Joseph Smith : Rough Stone Rolling" by Richard Lyman Bushman (note: Joseph Smith was the founder of the LDS Church) * "By the Hand of Mormon : The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion" by Terryl L. Givens (note: LDS Church members believe that the Book of Mormon is scripture) * "The Peacegiver: How Christ Offers to Heal Hearts and Homes" by James L. Ferrell (note: the full name of the LDS Church is “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints") * "David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism" by Gregory A Prince (note: David O. McKay was the 9th president of the LDS Church) * "Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook" by Shel Silverstein (note: the review by Amazon notes that this book is for children ages 7 to 12, that Shel Silverstein is a children’s poet who created “Where the Sidewalk Ends” and “A Light in the Attic.”) NOTE: This entry relates to an experience on March 5, but was posted on March 22, 2005.

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