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December 18, 2014
A Digital Carol – A Tale for Our Generation – Professionally Reviewed by Kirkus Indie
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A Digital Carol – A Tale for Our Generation
KIRKUS REVIEW
Writer’s (Tragic Wonders, 2013, etc.) novella reimagines Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol as a cautionary sci-fi tale.
In this 21st century recasting of the classic story, E. Ben Ezer fills the role of the iconic Ebenezer Scrooge. He’s a callous businessman in the not-too-distant future, who, in his q...
December 11, 2014
From the Civil Rights Act to Ferguson — Bernhardt Writer
Recently, our nation has had several high-profile cases where black men have been killed by law enforcement officers or neighborhood watch members. Any death is tragic. We should remember all those who were cut down by violence whether or not their deaths were televised or otherwise recognized in the media. Each of them has left behind mothers, father, brothers, and sisters.
Recently, I was privileged to watch a lone voice speak out on the things I feel but have no right to voice. Fredrick Wil...
December 5, 2014
ADC Punch List
No, it’s not something that one makes before sitting down around the Thanksgiving table. From Wikipedia, a punch list:
…Takes its name from the historical process of punching a hole in the margin of the document, next to one of the items on the list. This indicated that the work was completed for that particular construction task. Two copies of the list were punched at the same time to provide an identical record for the architect and contractor. [citation needed]
Although, I suppose, a punch l...
November 27, 2014
The Real Meaning of Thanksgiving Day
Perhaps you’ve read these proclamations by Abraham Lincoln? I had not. Perhaps they mean nothing to you; perhaps they meant nothing to Abraham Lincoln or his Secretary of State, William Seward. But, even if they were just speechifying, these stand as powerful and stark words, even today.
Proclamation 97 — Appointing a Day of National Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer – March 30, 1863
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Whereas the Senate of the United States, devoutly...
November 21, 2014
Your Fiery Trial
No doubt you’ve suffered “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.” Perhaps you’ve been insulted, falsely accused, or unjustly condemned when you’ve tried to do good for others? All alive will at some time suffer one or more of these adversities. However, only those saved by God’s grace can grow as a result of them. The Apostle Peter says in his first letter:
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to yo...
November 13, 2014
ADC Author Interview
We here at Mandated Memoranda Publishing, LLC, are gearing up for a book unveiling. Here’s an author interview for the taking. All we ask is that you use theQ & A ‘as is,’ notify us of your intention to use the material,and send us a link ahead of your post via our
Book Title: A Digital Carol – A Tale for Our Generation
Author: Adolphus Writer
Publisher: Mandated Memoranda Publishing, LLC
Genre: Science Fiction, Christian Futuristic
Release date: on or before November 28, 20...
November 7, 2014
A Digital Carol – A Tale for Our Generation — A Status Report
We at Mandated Memoranda Publishing have been working on our third book: A Digital Carol – A Tale for Our Generation. This is the old Dickens‘ favorite—A Christmas Carol—reimagined. We now face a monstrous egotist who questions the very premise of his existence and ours. Its genre is sci-fi but I prefer the non–conformist genre speculative fiction.
We’ve updated our book blurb yet again. We plan on posting an Author Interview, a Character Interview, and a Candidate Press Release in the coming...
October 31, 2014
Self-renunciation
When I first became a Christian many years ago, I heard words like the one in the title. And then I didn’t any longer. The plain meaning is:
Renunciation or formal rejection of one’s own will; self-sacrifice; unselfishness.
The scriptural basis for the concept is:
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Matthew 16:24 English Standard Version (ESV)
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If...
October 25, 2014
Legalistic?
I’ve heard it said that those who profess Christ shouldn’t try to put off the old self and put on the new self, to pursue sanctification, or intentionally obey the word of God.
Paul, in his letter to the Philippian church says:
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13 Engl...
October 17, 2014
Resistance Isn’t Futile
The author of the book to the Hebrews, in chapter 12, verses 4-6 says:
In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?
“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
nor be weary when reproved by him.
For the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and chastises every son whom he receives.”
Hebrews 12:4-6 English Standard Version (ESV)
Do you say, as I do sometimes: “Why should I s...
