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“What Jesus did was enough. Trust in the Lord. The barrier between me and the Father is no more. God is extending his hand of mercy to us through Jesus.” Matt Hinshaw

O wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of this body of death? Thanks be then to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! Romans 7:24-25

Book Review: One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters (four stars)

Book Review: One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadael #2) by Ellis Peters (four stars) “No one can do more than choose his own road according to his conscience, and bear the consequences of his choice.” The Cadfael mysteries … Continue reading →

Book Review: The Practice of the Presence of Jesus by Joni Eareckson Tada (five stars)

Book Review: The Practice of the Presence of Jesus: Daily Meditations on the Nearness of Our Savior By Joni Eareckson Tada with John Sloan (five stars) “Suffering has a way of heaving you beyond the shallows of life where your … Continue reading →

Book Review: Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy through Jokes by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein (three stars)

Book Review: Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy through Jokes by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein (three stars) The problem with German food is that, no matter how much you eat, an hour later you’re hungry … Continue reading →

Book Review: The Silent Hen by Helen Montague Foster (five stars)

Book Review: The Silent Hen by Helen Montague Foster (five stars) Was she willing to die for her country? Yes. Would she be parachuting behind enemy lines into Yugoslavia? Probably not, but why had she been issued a suicide pill? … Continue reading →

Daniel J. Andrea (1942-2024)

Daniel John Andrea passed to glory July 27, 2024. He lived most of his life in Leavenworth County, Kansas where he was born on November 18, 1942. He worked for many years for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Leavenworth County, … Continue reading →

Book Review: The Book of Swords, Gardner Dozois, editor. (three stars)

Book Review: The Book of Swords, Gardner Dozois, editor (three stars) “We’re all thieves in this world of suffering. Honor and faith are not virtues, only excuses for stealing more.”  Better-than-average anthology, which is a low bar. Published in 2017. … Continue reading →

Book Review: Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner (three stars)

Book Review: Sunbringer (Fallen Gods #2) by Hannah Kaner (three stars) ‘Sunbringer.’ It was not enough, not yet. He needed more. He needed a nation. He must become a god.  Not as good as Godkiller. Good storytelling, but a very … Continue reading →

Book Review: Eden by Stansiław Lem. (four stars)

Book Review: Eden by Stansiław Lem. (four stars) “We forgot to correct for the tail.” “What tail?” “The gas that extends behind every planet with an atmosphere, in the direction opposite to its motion. You didn’t know that?” Interplanetary Robinson … Continue reading →

Book Review: Middlemarch by George Elliot (five stars)

Book Review: Middlemarch by George Elliot (five stars) “I think we deserve to be beaten out of our beautiful houses with a scourge of small cords—all of us who let tenants live in such sties as we see round us.” … Continue reading →