Roger Dixon

In the future, just as it is today, the United States faces a major problem with its prison system. It has the highest per capita incarceration rate of any country in the world. To contain costs it tries to pack more and more prisoners into the prisons. For the prisoners with their competing gangs and loyalties this creates a pot waiting to boil over and explode into destructive riots. Is there a way out of this situation? John Winters thinks there is. As an ex-inmate who has gone on to get a PhD he has a better plan. Give the prisoners good training, more space, more autonomy, and total isolation from others on unused government land. They have the choice to work hard and live well or fight the system. This new incarceration has no cells, no administration and no guards. Technology separates it from the rest of the population. Winters' project does, however, have powerful political and underworld interests who oppose it. Drug cartels and organized crime will stop at nothing and are willing to kill to stop the project. As Winters' project moves forward we follow the lives of inmates who choose many different paths to living in their new environment.

Andrew Solomon, a young London bank clerk, is "let go" by the bank in the course of reorganization, whereupon his wife leaves him for a wealthy lover. But these are almost immediately killed in a car crash and with the compensation from the bank, and his wife's insurance he suddenly finds himself a wealthy man. He takes a Mediterranean cruise to get away from it all but falls off the boat one night and is rescued by some French fishermen. He buys a small car and on the drive home stops at a small town in the Avergne and finds himself looking in an Estate Agent's window: For sale- established riverside B&B, with small vineyard. He is hugely attracted to the idea-also to Sabine, then young Estate Agent, and with the help of her uncle Gabriel, puts his considerable funds into developing the Vineyard, and making their own wine instead of just sending their grapes to the local co-operative- which incurs the growing hostility of some of their neighbors-George Cortou, President of the Co-op in particular. Despite this, the reputation of the vineyard continues to grow until some decide they have to get rid of "The English" at all costs...

101 more devotional reflections on cross-cultural church planting from Roger Dixon, author of Climbing Higher: Inspiration for the Cross-Cultural Church Planter, published in 2007. Roger Dixon has been directly or vicariously involved in some way in cross-cultural church planting with several denominations in Indonesia for nearly 50 years. Part of this time was with Pioneers. He and his wife Jan lived in Indonesia for over 30 years and raised 3 children while working among the Sundanese Muslim peoples. Roger was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1963, but he and Jan now attend West Lynchburg Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia.

This is the Volume 2 of the book - Solomon's Vineyard, The Diary of an Accidental Vigneron.Andrew Solomon, a young bank clerk, is 'let go' in the course of the bank's reorganization, whereupon his wife leaves him for a wealthy lover. These are both almost immediately killed in a car crash however and Andrew finds himself, with both the compensation from the bank and his wife's insurance, a rich man. He takes a Mediterranean cruise to get away from it all but falls off the boat one night and is rescued by some French fishermen. He buys a small car, and on the drive home stops at a small town in thes Avergne and finds himself looking at a notice in an Estate Agent's window: For sale - established riverside B&B with small vineyard.He is hugely attracted to the idea - also to Sabine, the young Eastate Agent, and with the help of her uncle Gabriel puts his considerable funds into developing the Vineyard and making their own wine instead of sending the grapes to the local co-operative, which incurs the growing hostility of some of the neighbours; Geoges Cortou, President of the Co-op, in particular. Despite this, the reputation of the Vineyard contines to grow until some decide they have to get rid of the 'English' at all costs....

This is the Volume 1 of the book - Solomon's Vineyard, The Diary of an Accidental Vigneron.Andrew Solomon, a young bank clerk, is 'let go' in the course of the bank's reorganization, whereupon his wife leaves him for a wealthy lover. These are both almost immediately killed in a car crash however and Andrew finds himself, with both the compensation from the bank and his wife's insurance, a rich man. He takes a Mediterranean cruise to get away from it all but falls off the boat one night and is rescued by some French fishermen. He buys a small car, and on the drive home stops at a small town in thes Avergne and finds himself looking at a notice in an Estate Agent's window: For sale - established riverside B&B with small vineyard.He is hugely attracted to the idea - also to Sabine, the young Eastate Agent, and with the help of her uncle Gabriel puts his considerable funds into developing the Vineyard and making their own wine instead of sending the grapes to the local co-operative, which incurs the growing hostility of some of the neighbours; Geoges Cortou, President of the Co-op, in particular. Despite this, the reputation of the Vineyard contines to grow until some decide they have to get rid of the 'English' at all costs....