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The Attributes of God (a family review)
A Maiden’s Reverie My husband and I recently finished reading The Attributes of God together with our children for our daily devotionals. It has been a sweet time as we gathered together in the… more →
Monk and Maiden
Lots of Good Ideas for a Post Today
christianhumanist wrote 1 month ago: I am in the middle of several good books, first, Simon Tugwell’s Prayer in Practice. It begins … more →
A Fine Balance
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Radhika wrote 1 month ago: I ponder at the choice of the title of the book… The fine balance between trust and distrust, hope a … more →
Morris Berman on the Twilight of American Culture
christianhumanist wrote 1 month ago: Morris Berman writes that when we discuss the falling apart of our culture “…we come to the phenomen … more →
The Attributes of God (a family review)
Benjamin wrote 1 month ago: A Maiden’s Reverie My husband and I recently finished reading The Attributes of God together w … more →
Thoughtful Quote by Henri Nouwen on Facing our own Bitterness
christianhumanist wrote 2 months ago: Henri Nouwen wrote this in his journal while he was on a Sabbatical at the Trappist Monastery at Gen … more →
The Deliberate Church
Benjamin wrote 2 months ago: Pastor Mark Dever seems to me an eminently practical man, though to the worldly wise, there is perha … more →
Stein on Writing
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Benjamin wrote 3 months ago: I am very glad that Mr. Stein chose to record and publish such a helpful portion of his exten … more →
The Dupin Mysteries
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Benjamin wrote 4 months ago: For a time, when I was much younger, I had a keen distaste for the seedy little nightmares of Edgar … more →
Reading Death on the Nile second time
deveshraj wrote 4 months ago: Yesterday, I was reading ‘Death on the Nile’, an Agatha Chrishtie novel the second time. … more →
Building a Beautiful Marriage
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Sasha wrote 4 months ago: I treasure my marriage. Benjamin and I celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary last Christmas, and … more →
A special treat from Border's
kilgorebooks wrote 5 months ago: While cleaning a copy of ‘The Corrections’ by Jonathan Franzen, I realized that Border … more →
Summer Reading List
kilgorebooks wrote 5 months ago: It’s 7:30, which is normally closing time, but we’ve got some customers in the shop, whi … more →
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Benjamin wrote 5 months ago: As the summer months were beginning to assert themselves, Sasha had received an invitation to interv … more →
The Shack
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Benjamin wrote 5 months ago: For years, I have resisted the advice of those closest to me to write a book. I still think that the … more →
A New Direction...
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Benjamin wrote 5 months ago: My wife and I have had mixed feelings for some time about the right level and tone of intimacy to st … more →
Reading other stuff than uni books... (Earth's Children)
anebere wrote 7 months ago: So… finally my uni exams (or exam, to be exact) is over for this year. I’ve been reading … more →
Reading other stuff than uni books... (Earth's Children)
anebere wrote 7 months ago: So… finally my uni exams (or exam, to be exact) is over for this year. I’ve been reading … more →
"I've always believed no matter how many shots I miss, I'm going to make the next one"
skraska wrote 1 year ago: I find it incredibly ironic that the idea for The Beggar’s Opera came from Joanthan Swift and … more →
Undercover
mdernest wrote 1 year ago: I’ve bought some books recently, in fact more than 5 books over the past 2 months. Animal Farm … more →
