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Many of the critics of this book complain that it reads like a blog. This is true and because of that it's not something that I've readily picked up to read day after day. However when I do pick it up it makes me think about my own views of Christianity. Not about my views of Jesus but my opinions on how the church has and does now represent Christ. This struggle is what the author is conveying through his own life.

"you can't buy democracy with oil and gas; you can't import it like bananas or Swiss chocolate... you need free people, and we don't have them there."

Really I am reading this book. It just has to be the right moment where my mind is at peace. At times when I can really contemplate God and Christianity.
What do I think of it... truly magical. It's real. not rhetoric, not preaching. It will make you question what you think you know about God and how you look at Christian doctrine.

Reading through a very interesting part mostly excerpts from woman talking about love and struggle. The USSR was such a large and diverse country there is no way to assume what any one individual thought. There is definitely plenty within these interviews to grasp the struggles of humanity throughout the time under communism and after the fall.

I had better give an update to track status on this one - it's not a quick read.

'Russians need something to believe in. Lofty and luminous. Empire and communism are ingrained in us. We seek out heroic ideals.'

'For one hundred years we castigated capitalism... now we're proud that we are going to be like everyone else. But if we become like everyone else who will care about us anymore?'