"This book will appeal to a wide
range of readers—to lovers of Scripture, to seekers
of understanding, to the person who responds to a clever
turn of phrase or appreciates the discomfort of
introspection. Markings does not offer pious
niceties. With a bent toward survival by wit and a love
of the outrageous, the author conveys, paradoxically
perhaps, a gracious witness to the incomparable ways of
God among humankind." "With the richness of Eby’s
literary skill, Markings creatively engages
Mark’s Gospel through the lens of Eby’s life
experiences. Spiritual reflection from this engagement is
spiced often by arresting information drawn from
Palestinian and African geographical features or customs.
Not a commentary and not a journal as such, these 70
brief musings on Mark are soul food, seasoned to
distinctive gourmet taste—in spite of and perhaps as
fruit of his disciplined lunch-fasting during his years
of college teaching." "Omar Eby's spiritual memoir will
appeal to a wide range of readers, regardless of their
own belief or unbelief. Written with an appealing
individualized voice, the book records, with great
immediacy, Eby's responses based on his career and on his
personal life: as teacher (in the U.S. and Somalia),
writer, friend, and family member. This book will inspire
readers to write their own diary or memoir about their
reading of Scripture and, indeed, other books as
well." "Imagine overhearing an honest
exchange between a middle-aged man and the biblical book
of Mark. Many details of Omar Eby's life--the literature
he has taught, hymns he loves, adventures and struggles
he recalls, friends, family, and students--find voice in
these rich and eclectic devotional meditations. Personal,
immediate, searching, and often surprising, the pleasures
of this text are the pleasures of eaves dropping on
intelligent, soulful conversations." Markings orders:
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