Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived by Rob Bell My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the second time I've read Rob Bell's Love Wins, and I've got to say it's one of the more remarkable books I've ever read! Whether you agree with …
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Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile by Rob Bell My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book was an interesting read, and fairly different from Bell's Velvet Elvis & Love Wins. It's more straight theology & less personal anecdote. He states early that he'll be taking a "New Exodus" …
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Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller My rating: 1 of 5 stars There seems to be a lot of dichotomous reviews regarding Donald Miller’s Blue Like Jazz. I have to admit, I have some mixed feelings. The book was certainly an open window into the author’s thoughts, his psyche if …
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I've been posting some diary entries from the 16 old diaries I recently found, dating from 1984 to 1992. This will probably be the last one I post. I don't see much point in blogging about things that happened 20 years ago. This entry was written after I had moved from Knoxville TN to Tempe …
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I've been writing a few diary excerpts from old diaries I recently found. I thought I'd copy one here from the summer of 1991. I had moved from Knoxville to Phoenix during the Bush 1 recession and I couldn't get a job. After getting kicked out of where I had been staying and literally relying …
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