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Questions from an Athiest
BY: Denis Haack
One of the selections Christopher Hitchens includes in his The Portable Atheist is from A Farewell to God by Charles Templeton. In it, Templeton raises a series of probing questions; the sort of questions which are often raised when belief in God is discussed.
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V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2006)
BY: Steve Froehlich
Vendetta is a thrilling, swash-buckling, sensational political rant against an Orwellian caricature of all that’s evil in the world—of the bureaucracies of state, religion, and corporate greed; of the fascist abuse of power that subjugates art and sexuality.
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Tea Experience (Parenthetical Attempts at Being Honest)
BY: Brian Watkins
I had a “God moment.” A moment where I felt God. The kind of moment that someone will bring up at church or in my small group and I’ll secretly think “yeah right, who is this wacko, can’t they see that some weird synapse has just fired in their tiny little brain, and they are blaming it on a divine source, saying that they ‘felt’ God.
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Christmas 2007 Gift Suggestion List
BY: Margie Haack
Mostly books, music and an odd item or two. Margie offers her best picks of the year.
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The Joy of Bees
BY: Margie Haack
No one knows what’s caused this bee pandemic. It could be stress, an unknown virus, pesticides, or a combination of many things. The bees they do find and dissect from infected hives are full of mites and sick with every infection known to bee-dom. It’s as if their immune system is utterly collapsed and they have a kind of bee AIDS.
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To Be Where You Are
BY: Margie Haack
The word gave me a little thrill, like finding an arrowhead in the sand, or an unclaimed piece of chocolate torte on the counter. Could this be God talking to me? I like to be blessed. I like a hand on my head with authority saying, “I bless you, extravagantly, lavishly.”
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Bird Feeders
BY: Denis Haack
It’s hard to “let life pause.” Expect plenty of criticism—some of the most scathing from Christians—if you decide to cultivate this grace. And, for those who would like to cultivate it, I have a simple, practical suggestion: get a bird feeder.
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Hospitality in a Storm
BY: Stephen and Karen Baldwin
A meal becomes a medium of grace, setting the stage for an even larger work of God’s grace and mercy.
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Choosing our spirituality: Discernment Exercise
BY: Denis Haack
Is there anything good in choosing our own personal spirituality out of a variety of ancient religious traditions?
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The Music of Grizzly Man
BY: Denis Haack
Watching music composed for a film can give us insight into the creative process.
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I like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, gotta say that. But America will be judged.
- Bob Dylan
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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