No comments about Profit for the Lord: Economic Activities in Moravian Missions and the Basel Mission Trading Company.

No comments about The Music of the Moravian Church in America (Eastman Studies in Music) (Eastman Studies in Music).

No comments about The Evacuation of Shekomeko and the Early Moravian Missions to Native North Americans (Studies in the History of Missions, Vol 12).

No comments about Dayspring on the Kuskokwim: The story of Moravian missions in Alaska.

No comments about Ethnographies and Exchanges: Native Americans, Moravians, and Catholics in Early North America (Max Kade German-American Research Institute).

1 comments about A History of the Moravian Church.

1. J. E. Hutton has a wonderful flowing style and a slightly whimsical manner as he journeys the road that led to one of the most powerful expressions of church that the history of Christianity has seen in the Moravian revival. I found it immensely readable and inspirational.

No comments about Archibald Monteath: Igbo, Jamaican, Moravian.

5 comments about Finding Their Stride: A Team of Young Runners and Their Season of Triumph.

1. What a wonderful book!

   Sally Pont truly captures the pain and glory of running in this elegant portrait of the Moravian Academy co-ed cross-country team. If you've confronted and embraced the daunting task of running at any time in your life--especially on a competetive level--you will love Sally Pont. As an extremely involved coach and teacher, Pont takes us on a journey through the fall cross-country season, showing us the changes in the leaves and the obstacles her athletes encounter as they continually ask themselves: Why run?

   Surprisingly, this book is not just about or for the runners. Reaching into her bag of literary treats, the English teacher in Pont emerges as she looks lovingly at her athletes and compares them to Shakespearean characters or analyses the team in terms of Greek mythology. Her writing is lyrical and beautiful; even for those who have never run a mile, this book is inspirational in the pure feeling that Pont puts into her prose.

   In glorious detail, she describes the ins and outs of training for a 5 kilometer race (3.1 miles), the struggle for improving a personal time, and the team effort that is its own ultimate reward at the end of the day. Through Pont, the reader shares in this experience as we find ourselves cheering through each winning race and empathizing with the disappointment of defeat.

   An inspiring read for both runner and non-runner alike--I highly recommend Sally Pont's book for all readers!




2. The story lines that make up this book are interesting, and the development of the team and individual student-athletes during the season makes the book a worthwhile read. Still, I found the author's relentless overuse of adverbs and adjectives almost unbearable at times. There is almost no event too trivial to be overdescribed. I would encourage the author to "think Hemingway" in the future, because sometimes less is more. I do not mean this criticism to be overly harsh, and perhaps for younger readers -- and by that I mean students, not middle-aged former runners like me -- the stylistic elements that annoyed me wouldn't be a concern. I have a son who's an aspiring runner, and he enjoyed the book, so maybe it's best suited for readers close to the age of the students the author teaches and coaches.



3. Great topic, but I wish she'd written more like a coach and less like an English teacher. Does every runner on her team have blue shadows for muscles? Not a complete waste of time, but pretty close.



4. As a cross country coach and runner, I found this book appealing on several levels. It is an easy read and it shows the joys of running to run, not just to win. The style was very descriptive, but it gave a unique and original twist to the book. That is one thing about distance runners . . . they all have a unique and original twist!



5. There are so many good running books. Don't waste your time with this poor effort. Ms. Pont's prose is passable but she has no feel for the sport of cross country. A very poor effort.

No comments about Bright and Gloomy Days: The Civil War Correspondence of Captain Charles Frederic Bahnson, a Moravian Confederate (Voices of the Civil War Series.).

No comments about Ten Sacred Songs for Soprano, Strings and Organ (Music of the Moravians in America From The Archives of the Moravian Church At Bethlehem Pennsylvania, No. 1).