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8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
SOWING MY QUAKER OATS is a great read! Jan 26, 2010
By Jacqueline King
If you're stressed over today's headlines, take an evening off and read "SOWING MY QUAKER OATS" by Armin Saeger. This honest, charming and heart-warming collection of true stories will recharge your batteries, make you smile, and perhaps bring a tear to your eye. Saeger tells of his life as a Quaker boy, his struggle as a young man during World War II, his adventures on the mission field, and finally his life as a therapist. The book will inspire, charm and entertain you, all at the same time.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A special collection gathered along an unusual journey. Jun 29, 2010
By Richard Muller
The settings may be difficult for a younger person to visualize, but Armin offers incredibly personal, disarmingly real descriptions of situations and decisions made searching for a way to honestly integrate the body, the mind and the Spirit.
Just "growing up" confronted with economic depression and the political extremes leading to WW II, he choses a career(s) in which he confronts the unfairness and the contradictions that deflate and often defeat the search for ways to make sense of what confronts us.
These stories also convey how each of us, maybe on our way to the prom, or as a CO "guinea pig" for medical research, or in an elevator on Capital Hill, literally might put not only our life, but more importantly the meaning of our life, on the line.
Written in a clear, thoughtful style, Armin's descriptions are shared in a manner that seems intended to encourage and enable us, the readers, to annotate our own experiences as we travel our own journeys.
Read and reread - aloud. This journal encourages us to pay attention as much as we dare. And then to share.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A "Greatest Generation" Quaker's Life Apr 14, 2010
By Sally Dennison
The story of Armin Saeger's life is fascinating, from his Quaker boyhood in the Great Depression to his career as a social worker and Bioenergetic therapist in the twenty-first century. Especially interesting is his experience as a conscientious objector during World War II, when he volunteered to be part of a biological experiment as a human Guinea pig and be infected with hepatitis. His experiences with the Kickapoos and Cherokees is also fascinating, as is his account of the therapeutic work of his later years. Every story in the book is related from inside the author's skin, as he takes the reader through the unique adventures of his life. I came away from the reading of this book with a deeper appreciation of what it has meant for a Quaker man - a Friend - to live his faith in our times.
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