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Victories Don’t Come By Accident

In the recent film, “War Room,” an energetic and exuberant elderly lady helps a young black professional couple to save their marriage as a result of wisdom gained through a lifetime of dealing with bitterness over the death of her … Continue reading

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Book Review: The New Jewish Wedding

The New Jewish Wedding, by Anita Diamant As someone with a family heritage of Judaism that, if my ancestors were not observant since at least the 19th century or so, there was still some sort of vestigial cultural interest in … Continue reading

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Book Review: Struggle For Intimacy

Struggle For Intimacy, by Janet G. Woitiz This is one of the used books I purchased while attending the feast in Steamboat Springs, and it was read by one of the people I stayed with, and was bought with the … Continue reading

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A Sound And Beautiful Mind

In the book (and its film adaptation) A Beautiful Mind, a great deal of attention is paid to the seeming incongruity of a mind that is gifted in mathematical reasoning with a facility for elegant proofs and a simultaneous high … Continue reading

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The Hunt For Tchotchkes

While the gasoline on my rental car [1] dwindled further and further towards empty, it was my responsibility to drive four ladies to all of the open thrift stores in Steamboat Springs in order to hunt for various items, once … Continue reading

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How Good Of An Ambassador Are You?

For reasons that are beyond my own personal influence or control, I have found the topics of the messages so far this Feast of Tabernacles to be extremely practical and worthwhile. For the second split sermon today, for example, an … Continue reading

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Book Review: God And Churchill

God And Churchill: How The Great Leader’s Sense Of Divine Destiny Changed His Troubled World and Offers Hope For Ours, by Jonathan Sandys & Wallace Henley [Note: This book has been provided free of charge by Tyndale Publishers in exchange … Continue reading

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Back On Track

Strikingly, the theme of today’s sermon message in my local congregation, which was one of the few local congregations to have services today, since most people are either at or en route to the Feast of Tabernacles as we speak, … Continue reading

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Book Review: Dear Mary

Dear Mary: Lessons From The Mother Of Jesus For The Modern Mom, by Sarah Jakes [Note: This book has been provided free of charge by Bethany House Publishers in exchange for an honest review.] Sarah Jakes, a deeply engaging and … Continue reading

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Book Review: Higher Places: The Spirituality Found Through Our Dogs

Higher Places: The Spirituality Found Through Our Dogs, by Annette Marie Spiezio [Note: This book was provided by Outskirts Press in exchange for an honest review.] In reading this book, as someone who is not nor has ever been a … Continue reading

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