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The Mysterious Case Of The Early-Morning Burglar

Posted on January 15, 2019 by

I was minding my business towards the end of the work-day, working on matching some policies between commissions and our CRM, when my supervisor commented that we nearly didn’t have work today.  My curiosity was piqued, so he and I … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Minimalist Home

Posted on November 28, 2018 by

The Minimalist Home:  A Room-By-Room Guide To A Decluttered, Refocused Life, by Joshua Becker [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Multnomah/Waterbrook Press.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] No one who knows my habits of book … Continue reading →

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This Should Be Paradise

Posted on September 28, 2018 by

[Note:  This is the prepared text for a split sermon given at the Feast of Tabernacles in Suriname, given on September 27, 2018.] The area that now includes Suriname was originally explored and settled by the English of the sixteenth … Continue reading →

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Gangster Blues

Posted on September 16, 2018 by

Do you like starving?  I don’t.  As anyone who knows me is aware, I am fond of eating, perhaps even a bit too fond of it sometimes, and though my tastes are not particularly fancy, they are hearty when it … Continue reading →

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Here We Are, Servants Today!

Posted on September 3, 2018 by

Yesterday our congregation’s retired pastor gave a sermon message that was deeply interesting, as it often is when he speaks [1].  As is at lest somewhat frequent in his messages, he gave our congregation homework to read Nehemiah 8 and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Voyagers To The West

Posted on July 6, 2018 by

Voyagers To The West:  A Passage In The Peopling Of America On The Edge Of The Revolution, by Bernard Bailyn This book won the Pulitzer Prize, and in reading this massive, epic history of a narrow time range in American … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Guide To Intellectual Property

Posted on June 18, 2018 by

Guide To Intellectual Property, by Tim Yearneau [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by the author.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] Having read a book by the author previously from Net Gallery, I asked the author … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Land Of Our Own

Posted on May 12, 2018 by

A Land Of Our Own:  What If Black Lives Matter Got What They Asked For?, by Blue Duck [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Books Go Social.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] Sometimes writers who … Continue reading →

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The Wages Of Him Who Is Hired

Posted on December 31, 2017 by

When we look at the biblical laws in the first five books of the Bible, we often see laws that are not obviously relevant to our own lives and to our own experience.  Most of us do not prepare sacrifices … Continue reading →

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Book Review: By Bread Alone

Posted on December 8, 2017 by

By Bread Alone:  The Bible Through The Eyes Of The Hungry, edited by Sheila E. McGinn, Lai Ling Elizabeth Ngan, and Ahida Calderón Pilarski [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Edelweiss/Fortress Press.] I must admit that when … Continue reading →

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