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Subject: Down by the Riverside and the Evangelical ministry Author: Steve Ogden [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 01:46:46 02/29/16 Mon I'm enjoying Down by the Riverside very much indeed. Back in the early seventies I attended a boys camp in North Devon which was run by a Christian group. Although it never took hold I ended up reading both "The Cross and the Switchblade" by David Wilkerson and "Run Baby Run" by Nicky Cruz. Although reflecting their times, if anyone is interested in some of the themes in Riverside they're both thought provoking reads and, another advantage, very readable. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Down by the Riverside and the Evangelical ministry Author: Mike [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:03:07 02/29/16 Mon >Back in the early seventies I attended a boys camp in >North Devon which was run by a Christian group. OM, by any chance ? Or too early for them in the UK ? Mike

[> [> Subject: Re: Down by the Riverside and the Evangelical ministry Author: Steve Ogden [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:55:05 02/29/16 Mon Young Person's Christian Fellowship or similar name. We were 12-14 year olds (all boys), eight to a Patrol Tent. Lovely place on the edge of the Quantock Hills so lots of places to let us run in an organised but free way. Semi military/boy scout camp organisation. In Canyon Fires mention is made of the need for support from a Church as being needed for new converts (or even those interested in conversion). The local churches back in Lincoln just weren't interested in young people (other than those who's parents were members) so any impetus I had withered on the vine. >>Back in the early seventies I attended a boys camp in >>North Devon which was run by a Christian group. > >OM, by any chance ? Or too early for them in the UK ? > >Mike

[> Subject: Re: Down by the Riverside and the Evangelical ministry Author: Wes [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:44:30 02/29/16 Mon Although I consider Down By the Riverside to be in part a story about a woman who is serious about her religion rather than a religious story -- and I feel there is a difference -- I can't help but be pleased that you compared it to these classics, even though it's not the same genre. Thank you. -- Wes >I'm enjoying Down by the Riverside very much indeed. > >Back in the early seventies I attended a boys camp in >North Devon which was run by a Christian group. >Although it never took hold I ended up reading both >"The Cross and the Switchblade" by David Wilkerson and >"Run Baby Run" by Nicky Cruz. > >Although reflecting their times, if anyone is >interested in some of the themes in Riverside they're >both thought provoking reads and, another advantage, >very readable.