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NOTES FROM TOAD HALL
Winter #4 2011
Publication Date: 12/07/2011
This time of year it’s daily: suppressed panic about what to give family and friends for Christmas – it needs to be something extremely thoughtful and not too expensive if new, ingeniously re-purposed if picked up in the alley, and not too cheesy if hand-made. Guys are especially tricky. I admire friends who have the ability to give the just-right gift. I so lack imagination that I often end up giving what I’d want myself, and then, for fear of obligating them to like it, I relieve pressure by offering, “If you don’t like it, you can give it back, because I like it very much.” This is completely misunderstood by major people in my life.
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CRITIQUE
#1 2012
Publication Date: 02/04/2012
From the Editor (Denis Haack)
Dialogue
Poetry (Scott Schuleit)
Discerning Life (Denis Haack)
Can we, will we redeem the vampire? (Denis Haack)
Phlox: A flower by any other name (Denis Haack)
Midnight in Paris: Nostalgia traps the soul (Denis Haack)
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eBook
Getting A Grip: Four Essays by Mardi Keyes
Publication Date: 07/09/2009
Mardi Keyes covers Youth Culture, Adolescence, Homosexuality and Marriage through a series of four essays brought to you from the pages of CRITIQUE magazine.
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Tonight we ate soup, home-made bread, and a salad in the living room in order to enjoy the Christmas tree. And because the dining room table has been recruited as workspace for various creative projects that will result in hand crafted gifts for friends. Simple pleasures, simply enjoyed, with deep gratefulness and the realization that grace alone makes it possible. In Ransom we believe that it is in the ordinary things of life that true significance rests, because it is here that we are called to live out our lives before the face of God. If exploring this understanding of reality is of interest to you, we hope you will find the material on this website to be helpful.
Denis & Margie Haack
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