I know, I know, I haven't actually blogged here in a long time. It's been mostly book reviews. But that's what you people like, right? So anyway, this week was the 14 week anniversary of my dad's death. And I finished up a grief support group I had been in for eight weeks. I'm not …
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Hi. It's been awhile since I've posted a non-book review here, so I thought I'd write down a few thoughts. My father has been dead three months now. That's still very hard to believe. His gravestone was just put in, so Gretchen and I will be going to Knoxville to view it soon. Last weekend, …
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A Memorable Weekend
Hi. I feel like I've been out of touch for awhile now, so it's about time I'm writing. My Aunt Katherine died a week and a half ago, in Winston-Salem, NC. She was my favorite aunt. I hadn't seen her in years, since something like 1994. But we kept up with cards and phone calls …
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A Review of More Ready than you Realize
More Ready Than You Realize: The Power of Everyday Conversations by Brian D. McLaren My rating: 2 of 5 stars I usually like McLaren's books and I wanted to like this one, but in the end, I didn't finish it because I just couldn't buy the primary premise. It's a book about how the Christian …
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A Review of Bad Religion
Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics by Ross Douthat My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book has strengths and weaknesses. One thing that was an initial turnoff to me, although I got used to it, is it's quite dry and has an almost textbook feel to it, particularly the first half …
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