Monday, April 04, 2005

In the Strength of the Lord: The Life and Teachings of James E. Faust by Jim Bell

This book had lots of nice stories about President Faust, but it was just too short and undeveloped for me to really get a feel for him as a person. President Faust served on JFK's civils rights commission, but that's only mentioned in passing in this book. It deserved at least a chapter! Although a reasonably weighty tome, over half of the book is 'teachings,' which, in this case, means isolated paragraphs arranged topically. I hate isolated paragraphs arranged topically. (But I've often thought it would be great for bios of Church leaders to contain their one or two favorite talks at the end, as that would really give the readers a feel for that person.)

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