A Distant Grief

by F. Kefa Sempangi

Book by Sempangi, F. Kefa

Genres: Biography

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

Reviews

[Neil R. Coulter · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Distant Grief is one of the most powerful books I've ever read, and I wish everyone would read it. Kefa's writing transcends what I expect of a biography or a missionary story. The issues he struggles with, heightened by the setting of a horrific time and place, highlight what ought to be (but in the comfortable West often aren't) the primary issues for all Christians. I'm thankful for his reminders of what life is really all about, and what my focus should be. I'm also grateful for a glimpse into the horrors of life in a dictatorial regime--which makes me wish such regimes were a thing of the past, but instead they are still being perpetrated daily, with the same cruelty and destruction as Amin's rule of Uganda. May Kefa's book continue to be read, keeping us mindful of God's grace in a cruel world.

[Wayne]

I read this book back in the early 1980s and got a lot out of it. it is one of those must reads.

[Chris Sperling]

A great book that has challenged me deeply to care for others as well as to relate to Christ as my suffering Savior who is with his suffering people.