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Author Rathbun, Russell, author.

Title The Great Wall of China and the Salton Sea : monuments, missteps, and the audacity of ambition / Russell Rathbun.

Publication Info. Grand Rapids : Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2017.

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 185 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents The monumental and the missteps...Irrigating the desert...The deluge...A very big beaver dam...Creation as a separation...Riffing on the rabbis...Longing to catch a glimpse of God -- Grandpa Webb and the Salton Sea...A smaller dream...Mildred de Stanley...A ruined creation...California Riviera...The audacity of ambition...A cadaverous stench... -- Too close, too soon...Deng Xiaoping's China...The great tower of Babel...The making of Madame Mao...An endless city of shining towers and crumbling buildings... -- Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?...An illusion masking our desire for real connection...The orbiting self...The pioneers park museum...The colorado river stopped draining into the desert... -- The day God learned forgiveness...A sort of lyrical world-dominating superpower...This massive miscalculation...Al J. Kalin, 1888-1951 : Pioneer, cattleman, farmer, innovator, builder, visionary... - Getting sold on Facebook...S. O. S., S. O. S...."That old owl put up quite a fight" -- The resting place of souls, misguided or otherwise...Mao's "Fat Elvis" years... -- Post-American empire ruin porn...Seeing China in a haze...Visiting grandpa Webb...Circumnavigating the Salton Sea...Joe stopped speaking chinese... -- The glamour capital of the Salton Sea...The assuredness of future growth...Chairman Mao and his madame...The new recreation capital of the world...The only fish found in the Salton Sea... -- Lamenting the internet...Finding ourselves at the Salton Sea...Inching toward the great wall..."Don't think about the way down"...First aggression, then deterioration...Let's call them ripple effects... -- The sonny bono Salton Sea national wildlife refuge...Deeper into the desert..."So you really believe in love, then?"...The remains of Bombay Beach...The ruins of empire...Finding myself at an intersection...
Summary We've been building and making things ever since we stumbled out of Paradise. Some of those things are incredible continuations of God's creation, while others are nothing but ambitious catastrophes. We continue making, says Russell Rathbun, but we've lost ourselves in the process. So how do we find ourselves again--rebuild our connections to each other, the earth, maybe even God? In search of an answer, Rathbun drives cross-country to the Salton Sea and takes a trip to China's Great Wall, interspersing his traveling revelations with engaging musings on Madame Mao's Gang of Four, Grandpa Webb's family secret, the Great Flood and the Tower of Babel, and a host of other subjects that grab his attention. With cheeky wit and sharp insight, Rathbun uncovers a way of finding ourselves and the deep connections we long for in an increasingly complex world. - from publisher.
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Subject Rathbun, Russell -- Travel.
Rathbun, Russell.
Travel.
Christian biography.
Christian biography.
Spirituality -- Christianity.
Spirituality -- Christianity.
Spiritual life -- Christianity.
Spiritual life -- Christianity.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Other Form: Print version: Rathbun, Russell. Great Wall of China and the Salton Sea. Grand Rapids : Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2017 9780802873651 (DLC) 2016035930 (OCoLC)959372017
ISBN 9781467446211 (electronic book)
1467446211 (electronic book)
9780802873651
0802873650