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Bad Religion (Ross Douthat, 2012)
BY: R. Greg Grooms
America’s problem isn’t too much religion, as a growing chorus of atheists have argued; nor is it an intolerant secularism, as many on the Christian right believe. Rather it’s bad religion: the slow-motion collapse of traditional faith and the rise of a variety of pseudo-Christianities that stroke our egos, indulge our follies, and encourage our worst impulses.
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The Mill and the Cross (Lech Majewski, 2011)
BY: Denis Haack
Do not watch The Mill and the Cross expecting to follow a story, or to enter an adventure. Watch it a series of living snapshots of life in Flanders in the 16th century, celebrated by a great artist and given meaning by Christ’s death.
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Heroine Addiction: Jane Austen’s Sinful Character
BY: Timothy Padgett
What is true in the fancies of great literature is true in the tumults of real life.
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Abraham Kuyper (Richard Mouw, 2011)
Portraits of a Radical Disciple (Christopher Wright, 2011)
BY: Denis Haack
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Clear Heart Full Eyes (Craig Finn, 2011)
BY: Denis Haack
But I don't know nothing/
Except for one thing for certain/
The devil's a person/
I met him at the Riverside Perkins
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A Broken Banjo Bobbing
BY: Denis Haack
There’s something that I’m watching
Means a lot to me
It’s a broken banjo bobbing
On the dark infested sea
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Surprised by Age
BY: Margie Haack
When I was visiting my daughter, her son Mason, who was seven, quietly took her aside and said, “Mom, could I ask White-haired Grandma to go to the park with me to watch me ride my bike? She could sit on the bench because she is so old and tired and there are benches there so she can sit.”
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Random Meaning
BY: Denis Haack
Daniel Taylor notes correctly that, “we are constantly looking for a meaningful plot to our lives, for connections between things. Our fear that life is random and meaningless is stronger than the fear of want or violence.”
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Doubt, Faith, and Knowledge
BY: Denis Haack
Someday, the Scriptures tell us, all of God’s people will appear before this one whose body is forever scarred by the whipping, the nails, and the spear they thrust into his side. His humanity is real and never sentimentalized.
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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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