Everyone faces choices between safety and the perilous road of bravery. This novel shows how a retiree joins with a British TV producer, a beautiful Chinese journalist, and an American youth to head off the suppressing of Hong Kong's freedom.

No problem provokes as strong a controversy in the mainline churches as that of homosexuality. Instead of lining up essayists to debate the issues, the author sorts out the perspectives in a story format portraying a variety of characters. The action occurs within a fictional Concordia Lutheran Church-USA, which could just as well be any Protestant, Anglican or even Catholic Church. The author uses insights from the Bible, tradition, science and ethnic perspectives, weaving them together through characters who thrust the novel to an unexpected turning point. While not minimizing the serious...

Mummy Thief uses a Japanese proverb as a metaphor for the major challenges in Olson's life. Readers can learn from the author's successes and failures as he confronted issues in his work. He tells how risk-taking brinkmanship enabled him to thrive in many ways with God's help, for example in: Building up the church in A-bombed Hiroshima Steering through delicate relations with nationals Uniting disparate church bodies to cooperate in evangelism Alerting Asian churches to the potentials and dangers of the mass media Fighting official church policy which opposed broadcasts to China Working to...