Posts Tagged ‘Blood:Water Book Club’
Blood:Water Book Club: New Book for January!
Each month, we choose a book that has somehow shaped what we know as an organization, that relates to our work, or that provides inspiration. As we read through the book, a Blood:Water staff member will blog about their thoughts on what we’re reading each week. And at the end of this month, we will…
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Today we review the final chapters, 19-31, of “My Own Country: A Doctor’s Story” by Abraham Verghese. Summary The concluding chapters of “My Own Country” remind us that there is no satisfying conclusion to the AIDS epidemic yet. Dr. Verghese tells the stories of several patients’ decline and deaths, and relays his concern for surgeons…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: “My Own Country,” Part 3
Today we will review chapters 12-18 of “My Own Country: A Doctor’s Story” by Abraham Verghese. Summary: In Chapters 12-18 of “My Own Country,” Abraham Verghese continues to tell the real stories of his patients. We hear more about Clyde, Vickie, Bobby, Ed, Raleigh and Fred, and are introduced to the Johnsons and Petie. As…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: “My Own Country,” Part 2
Today we will review chapters 6-11 of “My Own Country: A Doctor’s Story” by Abraham Verghese. Summary: In this portion of “My Own Country,” Abraham Verghese begins to see an increase in the number of HIV clients in the area. With each new patient he meets, Verghese is very deliberate about getting to know them…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: “My Own Country,” Part 1
Today we will review chapters 1-5 of “My Own Country: A Doctor’s Story” by Abraham Verghese. Summary: Section one of “My Own Country” introduces the fascinating story of Abraham Verghese. An immigrant of Indian descent from Ethiopia, Verghese is trying his best to integrate into the rural town of Johnson City, Tenn., in the 1980s.…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: New Month, New Book
If you haven’t heard, we’ve started a Blood:Water book club! Each month, we’ll choose a book that has somehow shaped what we know as an organization, that relates to our work, or that provides inspiration. (We’re also open to suggestions, so if you have a great recommendation, please let us know!) As we read through…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: “Visions of Vocation,” Part 3
Today we will review chapters 6-8 of “Visions of Vocation” by Steve Garber for the Blood:Water Book Club. Summary: Each of us is impacting the world through our vocation. Our wide range of careers and backgrounds points to there not being one way to vocation as implication, but many road and paths, each weaving a…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: “Visions of Vocation,” Part 2
For today’s Blood:Water Book Club, we will review chapters 4-5 of Visions of Vocation by Steve Garber. Summary: “Knowing what I know, having heard what I’ve heard, having read what I’ve read, what am I going to do?” (82) Implication is not just an acknowledgment of a situation in your mind, but recognizing your calling and…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: “Visions of Vocation,” Part 1
For today’s Blood:Water Book Club, we will review chapters 1-3 of Visions of Vocation by Steve Garber. visions-of-vocation Summary: Any understanding of vocation begins with paying attention, with having eyes that see with the heart. The world around us has moments that are outrageous, that pierce the soul, that bring tears of sorrow, grief, anger, or…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: New Month, New Book
If you haven’t heard, we’ve started a Blood:Water book club! Each month, we’ll choose a book that has somehow shaped what we know as an organization, that relates to our work, or that provides inspiration. (We’re also open to suggestions, so if you have a great recommendation, please let us know!) As we read through…
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