Bridge Ahead A Medical Memoir by Keith Dahlberg A doctor's professional and spiritual journey as an American Baptist medical missionary in Southeast Asia, and family practitioner in an Idaho mining town. Expected on bookshelves in July.  Look for it at Amazon.com, Borders, and iUniverse. ISBN  0-595-49258-4

Flame Tree a novel of modern Burma When he took a break from American medical practice by returning to Burma to teach for a month, Dr. George Daniels and his wife, Vienna, had not expected to get involved in a war.  But a renegade colonel with his own agenda disrupts the balance of power between the dictatorship and the insurgent hill armies, flooding the Thai border with refugees.  George discovers information crucial to ending the conflict, —and his wife is held hostage to prevent his using it at the Flame Tree truce conference. Flame Tree is a story of an ordinary man who has always tried to avoid confrontation, but now finds himself in a mediator'’s role between a dictatorship and rebel armies fighting for survival. It is also a story of a nation that has been seeking unity and peace with justice for more than fifty years.  Flame Tree offers a vision of what the next steps toward that goal might be, when each side is willing listen to the other and negotiate in good faith. More about this book

Edwin T. Dahlberg Pastor, Peacemaker, Prophet (Biography) An historical figure in the 20th century search for peace and justice. Nationally recognized as a Protestant church leader, he preached that without both social justice and personal evangelism the Christian Gospel is not complete. But always, first and foremost, he was a competent and caring pastor to his church congregation. Dr. Dahlberg was President of the National Council of Churches from 1958 to 1961, successfully defending it against Senator Joseph McCarthy's charges of  Communist infiltration during the Cold War era. More about this book