Monthly Archives: January 2015

A Reason To Be Anxious

This morning, when I looked at the sources of views on my blog, I happened to find a website that was a new source of page views, and one that made me a little anxious. I am used to receiving … Continue reading

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Book Review: Permission To Doubt

Permission To Doubt: One Woman’s Journey Into A Thinking Faith, by Ann C. Sullivan [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Kregel Book Tours in exchange for an honest review.] When one reads enough books, one finds ways … Continue reading

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Book Review: Transparency

Transparency, by Sonya Writes [Note: This book was provided free of charge by the author in exchange for an honest review.] Transparency is the next of a series of short novels (or long short stories) in the author’s fairy tales … Continue reading

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A Morning In The Life

Sometimes I go to bed or wake up knowing exactly what I wish to speak about. This morning is not such a case, as I’m not particularly inclined to write about yesterday (largely because it was too strange of a … Continue reading

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Why Would Anyone Want To Be One Of The Two Witnesses?

I’m not someone who tends to write about prophecy that often [1], but that is more because I consider it too important of a subject to deal with flippantly and casually than because of a disinterest in the subject. Today’s … Continue reading

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Trouble Will Find Me

When I was a teenager, my grandparents got a small dog from an animal shelter in Central Florida. At first, we thought the dog, which we named Muffin because of her sandy-colored hair, was part Bassenji, because she did not … Continue reading

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Book Review: Saving Normal

Saving Normal: An insider’s revolt against out-of-control psychiatric diagnosis, DSM-5, big pharma, and the medicalization of ordinary life, by Allen Frances The purpose and approach of this book is given elegantly at the very end of this almost-300 page long … Continue reading

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And When The Seasons Change, Will You Stand By Me

I am a person of many oddities and quirks, I suppose, but one of my more consistent quirks is a difficulty in believing that others will be loyal and trustworthy. Trust is one of the most precious commodities of life, … Continue reading

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Accept No Imitations

[Note: This film contains some spoilers about the movie “The Imitation Game.”] This film is testament to the extent to which one can have compassion on a tormented soul at the heart of a biographical film, appreciate the skill of … Continue reading

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Edge Induced Cohesion: 2014 In Review: Part Two

Despite the fact that my WordPress-generated yearly review regularly tells me that many of my most-popular posts were written several years ago and that I should write about those subjects again, the year-to-year changes within what people are looking for … Continue reading

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