Charles Colson
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Deputy Engineer-in-Chief to the British Admiralty From online bio: "He joined the Admiralty in 1866, and was for several years assistant engineer on the Portsmouth Dockyard Extension. "After acting from 1881 to 1883 as Civil Engineer of Portsmouth Dockyard, he was sent to Malta to design a new naval dock there, and his designs being accepted, he was promoted Superintending Civil Engineer and entrusted with the construction of the work, which he carried out successfully and economically by departmental labour. While stationed at Malta he designed an extension of Gibraltar Dockyard, afterwards carried out under his supervision. "In 1892 he was appointed Superintending Civil Engineer at Devonport, and 2 years later he became Assistant Director of Works at the Admiralty. "On the formation in 1835 of the Naval Works Loan Department, Mr. Colson was appointed to this branch as Deputy Civil Engineer-in-Chief. He was responsible, under Sir Henry Pilkington, for the design and construction of much Admiralty work at Portsmouth, Keyham, Gibraltar, Hong-Kong, the Cape and elsewhere. Mr. Colson retired in 1905, having received a C.B. in recognition of his public services. He was the author of a work on “Dock Construction,” and of several Papers contributed to the Proceedings, for one of which he was awarded a Telford Premium."
Books
Being The Body
"An updated and expanded edition of the landmark book The body."--Dust jacket.
The good life
"The Dalai Lama once wrote that the object of human existence was to be happy. This sounds extremely glib as happiness in the popular imagination is a feeling and in the words of the song 'the greatest gift that we possess'. On the other hand, von Hugel wrote 'Religion has never made me happy; it's no use shutting your eyes to the fact that the deeper you go, the more alone you will find yourself' This small masterpiece by the late Fr Herbert McCabe of the Dominican order steers a steady courss between these two extremes. We feels instinctively that human beings are designed to enjoy themselves and to be happy and yet we are told that suffering is good for the soul. But in the Catholic tradition the true object of human existence is the vision of God and nothing less than this will ever make us truly happy. But Fr McCabe explores much deeper issues. Is Happiness a pleasure or a pain? You hardly know. Certainly it is not a comfort for comfort spells seciurity and hapiness can take you out of yourself to a degree where all secutiry is left behind. Behind a feeling of exultation, you can sense the flame of incandescent terror. This short book is entirely original and will further enhance McCabe's posthumous reputation."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Loving God
This book, years after reading it, is in my memory, it is so poignantly written. The book mainly consists of inspiring stories about those who have risked a lot while "Loving God." We're told, in Scripture, that to love others is to love God. So, those who risked have done it on behalf of others. Very thought-provoking, action-encouraging book.
Kingdoms in conflict
"An insider's challenging view of politics, power, and the pulpit"--Jacket subtitle.
Trouble in the school yard
Mark purposely breaks a school window and suffers from that knowledge until he seeks forgiveness from God as well as the school principal.
Power religion
Ruled by sociology (the church growth movement), psychology (the self-esteem movement), and politics (both the Christian left and right), some respected Christian leaders consider the evangelical church today to have gone too far in adopting the world's tactics in the name of progress and betterment for the church. What happens when the church starts to rely on the world's method of living instead of God's specified plan? Those concerned with the many liberal changes occurring in the evangelical church will be intrigued and awakened by this challenging book. Fifteen theologians and Bible scholars explore how sociology, in the form of the church growth movement, has taken the place of revival and reform. - Publisher.