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Travels in Siberia (Ian Frazier,2010)
BY: Denis Haack
When we turned onto the Lena River, the driver explained that this new route was longer than the previous ice road because there had been an accident on the previous road a month ago—several cars had broken through the ice and six people had drowned. The southbound lane on this new road had a fair amount of irregularities in the ice, and as we were rattling over them the Uazik suddenly sputtered and stopped cold.
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Notes From Toad Hall Gift List 2012
BY: Margie Haack
It's here! Margie's annual Notes From Toad Hall Christmas gift list containing some of her favorite music and reads from 2012.
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What's happened to you?
BY: Jake Meador
Breaking Bad is more than just a phenomenal TV show, but a TV show that deserves a wider viewing amongst discerning Christians.
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When Life Goes Dark (Richard Winter, 2012)
BY: Denis Haack
Some Christians believe that all forms of mental illness or emotional distress are really spiritual problems in disguise.
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The Psychopath Test (Jon Ronson, 2011)
BY: Denis Haack
Does Scripture's view of the Fall include such deep brokenness that some people might actually be born without a conscience?
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Some who came before
BY: Denis Haack
Our faith is part of a tapestry of belief and practice that stretches back into history, and whether we know and honor them or not, there is a long line of believers that go back from us all the way to the cross and empty tomb.
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On vision, hubris and faithfulness
BY: Denis Haack
When does vision cease and hubris begin? The point lies between our pursuit of faithfulness and any assumption of how God might choose to use it.
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Character v. Personality
BY: Denis Haack
The Culture of Personality is with us still while technology and new social networking tools of the internet have provided us with novel opportunities to further shape the way we present ourselves to others, all of which suggests a number of questions that discerning Christians will want to reflect on and discuss thoughtfully.
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The Yellow Lady Slipper (excerpt:The Exact Place)
BY: Margie Haack
Mom inadvertently fed my fears one day when I was seven years old. It was noon and she was making hot dogs for lunch, and had sent me on an errand to the old granary where we kept our freezer. While I was gone she dropped a glass jar full of ketchup. It shattered and spread in a bright puddle across the floor. Looking at the red mess, she suddenly thought, “I can’t let this go to waste!” and she lay face down beside it. When I returned all I saw was my mother dead from a head injury.
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The Hunger Games (Gary Ross, 2012)
BY: Denis Haack
As in reality, faithfulness requires not merely that we do what we believe is right (though it is never less than this) but that we out-think the world system in which we live that promotes values in opposition to God’s kingdom and shalom.
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Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
- Victor Hugo
We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
- P.D. James
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There are tulips on my desk, and I saw my first robin yesterday, clear signals that winter is losing its grip on the landscape. The newspaper reported an ice jam on a nearby river that forced the closure of several roads. Chunks of ice the size of dinner tables slammed through a county park. Even something as glorious of the arrival of spring is never as perfectly smooth as we would hope in this broken world. We are, as my spiritual mentor used to say, glorious ruins.
Finding what it means to flourish as broken human being in an imperfect world is what Ransom is about. We believe in Jesus Christ, though often find ourselves dismayed at what passes for Christianity in our postmodern world. We hope what you find on this site will be helpful in your own pilgrimage, regardless of where you happen to find yourself at the moment.
Denis & Margie Haack
Anita Gorder
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