Daily Archives: October 25, 2020

The Macedonian Call

[Note: The below is the prepared text of a sermonette given to the Portland UCG congregation on October 24, 2020.] We have just returned from a Feast of Tabernacles that is different from any one in recent memory. Most of … Continue reading

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Book Review: Open Book

Open Book, by Jessica Simpson As an artist, Jessica Simpson has always been one of those b-level singers who had modest success but whose main contribution to the cultural zeitgeist has been her cluelessness about tuna as being the chicken … Continue reading

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Book Review: Somebody To Love?

Somebody To Love?: A Rock And Roll Memoir, by Grace Slick with Andrea Cagan I left this book feeling I knew more about Grace Slick than I knew beforehand, but liking her a good deal less, if that was possible. … Continue reading

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Book Review: Does The Noise In My Head Bother You?

Does The Noise In My Head Bother You?, by Steven Tyler This book is not a bad memoir as far as memoirs of rock stars go. If you have read this sort of material before [1], you know how this … Continue reading

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