Wounded Giant by Eileen Padmore
I've just finished the latest book by Canon Andrew White (alias Vicar of Baghdad), Glory Zone in the War Zone . Awesome! It reads like a sequel to the book of Acts. Some of you will know the backstory: how Andrew worked in surgery at St Thomas's Hospital before undertaking ordination as an anglican priest. Then came the devastating diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Before long he was considered unfit for parish duties in the UK. But Andrew had been impacted by the words of the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Donald Coggin; that 'take care' was bad advice in God's economy and 'take risks' more appropriate. From early childhood various people had spoken prophetic words over him and his own inner sense of calling was profound. This led to a passion for the Middle East, Israel and Judaism. The book opens with an account of the Bethlehem siege in 2002 when Andrew received urgent calls from such diverse people as Rabbi Michael Melchior, Yasser Arafat and the Arc...