Monthly Archives: November 2014

Who Sigh And Cry Over The Abominations

Ezekiel 9:3-7 is one of the most chilling scriptures, for me, in all of the Bible. It reads: “Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it had been, to the threshold of … Continue reading

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Write Me A Song

Recently, a friend of mine asked a question about whether her friends would want someone to write a good song about them. I honestly do not think that anyone has ever written a song about me (much less a good … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Death Cure

The Death Cure, by James Dashner As the third book in the Maze Runner series [1], this volume in many ways serves as a fitting closing to the series (although there is another book I have yet to read, a … Continue reading

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Busy Beavers

Every once in a while, I go to work for a few hours on Sunday morning, usually until the mid-afternoon, when there is some particularly massive amount of work to do that needs to be done by the end of … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Scorch Trials

The Scorch Trials, by James Dashner This book, the second part of the Maze Runner series [1], in many ways continues along the trail blazed by the first novel. Given that the world is familiar and that the villainous company … Continue reading

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Book Review: Expecting With Hope

Expecting With Hope: Claiming Joy When Expecting A Baby After Loss, by Teske Drake [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Kregel Book Tours in exchange for an honest book review.] A few years ago, I gave my … Continue reading

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More Than Words

When we are speaking to people face to face, others have the advantage of recognizing our tone and body language, which can help them determine a great deal about us in the course of our interaction. In writing, especially in … Continue reading

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Between Arrogance And Despair

As someone who gets a great deal of political mail, I tend to find that there are a few moods that this mail tends to follow. In reality, those moods can be distilled down, with some oversimplification, into two basic … Continue reading

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Book Review: Look And Live

Look And Live: Behold The Soul-Thrilling, Sin-Destroying Glory of Christ, by Matt Papa [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Bethany House in exchange for an honest review.] When I requested this book, I expected a somewhat different … Continue reading

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The Glory Of Love

Today I read a book that I thought would be about one subject, namely, the glory of God, and end up having a lot to do with the subject of love, which is a subject of considerable difficulty in my … Continue reading

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