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Byron Borger

Byron Borger owns, with his wife Beth, Hearts and Minds Bookstore in central Pennsylvania. He is also an associate staff member of the Coalition for Christian Outreach.

Life-Long Learners 24.0

Twenty-fourth in an expert series on must-read books.

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Borrow and buy, hold and ponder

There is something about a book in the hand. Summertime may be a time to borrow and buy, hold and ponder these squares of paper and print. Here are a few that you may want to pick up—a sequel to the summer reading suggestions of two weeks ago.

A summer feast of books

Byron Borger is a small-town bookseller with a mail-order business, especially for students and those involved with campus life. Borger’s picks are more accessible “starters” for those who, as he puts it, “haven’t quite learned to swim in the deeper waters of academia and the formation of the Christian mindset.” Help yourself to a new approach this summer!

Tasty summer selections

Byron Borger knows more about books than is probably healthy. He’s a small-town bookseller with a mail-order business, especially for students and those involved with campus life. Borger’s picks are accessible “starters” for this summer’s reading.

Pete Steen—legend or legacy?

In his day, Pete Steen’s battle-cry was “Life is Religion.” Now, of course, we’re much cleaner, clearer, more precise, with slogans like “creation-fall-redemption” illustrating Christ’s redemption of all things. But let’s not forget—or let’s meet in these pages—an academic Johnny Appleseed who was a serious life-saver, controversial and feisty and… pioneering: Pete Steen, a twentieth century neocalvinist prophet.

Making the most of college: learning to love good books

Books or movies? Word or image? Byron Borger doesn’t think it’s a case of ‘either or.’ Instead, Borger insists that readers can approach all of life—tasks and people, classes and socializing, parking oneself in a study carrel and taking a road trip, engaging in a class discussion and a conversation on a first date, or learning how to use a library catalogue and how to cook a first meal—by reveling in the joy and discipline of reading.