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Unapologetic: Why Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising Emotional Sense (Francis Spufford, 2013)
BY: Cal Boroughs
"Don’t be surprised by any human cruelty. But don’t be afraid. Far more can be mended than you know."
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Truth, Reality and Facts
BY: Andrew H. Trotter, Jr.
Truth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that it passes through.
“When He Returns” on Slow Train Coming (Bob Dylan, 1979)
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The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism Revisited or Pride Goeth Before a Fall
BY: H. David Baer
If the heart of the people is fat, no government of the people, by the people, and for the people can hope long to prosper.
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Religion for Atheists: A Non-believers Guide to the Uses of Religion (Alain de Botton, 2012)
BY: Denis Haack
Since we live in a pluralistic world where everyone does not share our convictions and values, reflecting on how we can live and talk about these issues in an understandable way provides us with practical ideas about how we can demonstrate our position winsomely.
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Searching for Sugar Man (Malik Bendjelloul, 2012)
BY: R. Greg Grooms
If you’re a cynic and need to hear a story that will shake your cynicism, watch this movie.
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What to do with liberty?
BY: Denis Haack
The truth is that reminders for virtue and against vice can become an inexorable burden if not accompanied by someone who will actually save us from ourselves.
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Charlie Peacock, No Man's Land (2012)
BY: Denis Haack
“These songs,” Charlie writes in the liner notes, “are inspired by the grit, gumption, and faith of my grandparents.”
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The Solace of Asparagus
BY: Margie Haack
The first meal I prepared for the man I'd eventually marry and spend my life with, until one of us dies or Christ returns, wasn't worthy of today's bare-footed, deeply cleft Food Channel celebrities, or even the humble Mennonite More-with-Less Cookbook....
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Snow White and The Huntsman (Rupert Sanders, 2012)
BY: Denis Haack
The radical notion is not that Ravenna is wicked, but that it is the relentless quest for youthfulness that is the fount of her evil.
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Ideologies and Idolatries
BY: Denis Haack
Christians simply haven’t developed Christian tools of analysis to examine culture properly. Or rather, the tools the church once had have grown rusty or been mislaid.
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Every year, back comes Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants.
- Dorothy Parker
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This year spring came late to southern Minnesota, and when it arrived it brought chilly temperatures, cloudy skies, and lots of rain. Whether it is because of these factors or something entirely different I don't know, but 2013 has turned out to be The Year of the Morel. If you have never sampled these delicious mushrooms, you are in for a treat. We've found them on more than one walk in the woods, and so feel we have had a special opportunity to experience one of the wonders of creation.
Morels, goldfinches, a well crafted film, an iris bursting into bloom, a chance for an unhurried conversation in a safe place--such glimmers of hope help us flourish as persons in this broken world. These are the sort of things we are concerned with at Ransom. Thanks for visiting.
Denis & Margie Haack
Anita Gorder
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