George Olson

Mummy Thief: a Memoir of My Life's Challenges George Olson

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 HiroshimaSteering through delicate relations with nationalsUniting disparate church bodies to cooperate in evangelismAlerting Asian churches to the potentials and dangers of the mass mediaFighting official church policy which opposed broadcasts to ChinaWorking to create bridges between mainline Christians, evangelicals and CatholicsThe book brings a strong message of faith and hope.