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The Road (Cormac McCarthy, 2006)
BY: Denis Haack
Hope In The Ashes: They are on a road, alone, surrounded by devastation, blasted by the cold. Houses stand empty, doors ajar, windows broken, floors and ceilings buckling from moisture seeping in from slowly disintegrating roofs.
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The Scandal of Harry Potter
BY: Denis Haack
The Harry Potter novels are well-conceived and smartly-written stories, delightful to read; fantasies set in a moral universe. “The theme running through all seven books,” Rowling says, “is the fight between good and evil.” Though villains exist, Rowling’s world is neither superficial nor sentimental, and the consequences of evil are disturbingly horrible.
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The Second Martin (Martin Chemnitz, 1994)
BY: Denis Haack
Known as the “second Martin,” Chemnitz not only followed in Luther’s footsteps, he is credited by historians with rescuing the Lutheran stream of reform from dying out.
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The Silent Revolution and the Making of Victorian England (Herbert Schlossberg, 2000)
BY: Denis Haack
The Silent Revolution is a story of Christian faithfulness in the midst of mistakes, discouragement, and cultural decadence.
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The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien, 1990)
BY: Marsena Konkle
O’Brien’s books are intense, painful, emotionally wrenching, and full of the vulgar language of soldiers under the stress of combat - and worthy of discussion.
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The Unfairness of it All
BY: Denis Haack
While the battle in South Ossetia unfolded on my computer screen, I discovered I had problems as well, two problems, actually. The first is that weeds have begun growing inside (!) my garage, one vine winding over my snow blower. It was the first time I felt personally confronted—as in, in your face—by a stupid weed.
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The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions (Arthur Bennett, 1975)
BY: Denis Haack
Why would a true believer need something written down before they could speak to their heavenly Father? Prayer, we were taught, should not be read from a page, but should spring spontaneously out of the believer’s heart.
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The Value of Ritual: Discernment Exercise
BY: Preston Jones
...One reaction to this among Christians has been to abandon ritual for the sake of faith from “the heart.” Thus some Catholics and Episcopalians trade high, formal liturgies for guitars and praise songs; written prayers are abandoned in favor of prayers prompted only by the spirit within the heart of the individual; and rote memorization of creeds is frowned on. I wonder if one reason for the explosion in the number of Bible translations available to Americans is the belief (at least among marketers) that every person should have the Bible presented to him just as he or she likes it.
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The Wailin’ Jennys: Firecracker (2006)
BY: Denis Haack
This trio hails from Canada, and features female vocalists and instrumentalists who are fine musicians as individuals, and extraordinary as bands.
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The White Stripes: Icky Thump (2007)
BY: Travis Scott
In ways I can’t fully express, this rock duo continues to prove that sometimes less is more. As usual their minimalist, garage rock has a surprisingly full sound quality.
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Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
- Thomas Aquinas
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On my desk is a little vase of flowers cut from our yard, a little reminder of the beauty that is all around if we only have eyes to see. I've needed that reminder after reading the latest news of the horrific oil spill in the Gulf. Such glory in this world, such brokenness. Such hope, such deep need for redemption. These are the realities of life and death we seek to explore on this web site. Thank you for visiting.
Denis & Margie
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