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Three Theories of Everything (Ellis Potter, 2012)
BY: Denis Haack
"I settled on Zen Buddhism because it’s very unreligious. Zen Buddhists are always interested in absolutes, and I was interested in absolutes. I also appreciated the fact that they were the only religious group I knew that did not sell jewelry."
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Who Brings Home the Bacon?
BY: Steve Froehlich
Before we are tempted to think about male/female or husband/wife roles, we have to think about what is foundational—if you are human, you are made to work. It’s important that we define work as both sustaining provision (our daily bread) and creative fulfillment (fruitfulness).
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You're the Same Kind of Bad as Me
BY: Denis Haack
Tom Waits has never allowed his calling to entertain audiences with his music to interfere with a stubborn insistence that his music call us to reflect on the fact that life is lived out in the shadow of death.
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Fleeting
BY: Margie Haack
When the fleeting nature of life unexpectedly confronts us, the questions raised can be depressing or even frightening. However, God knows we don't like being compared to flowers - here-today-gone-tomorrow - and points us toward a deeper understanding of life and death where he comforts and heartens us through his word.
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The Sunset Limited (Tommy Lee Jones, 2012)
BY: R. Greg Grooms
If I’m right, then The Sunset Limited begs an important question: not the one I started this review with--“To be or not to be”-- but rather Pontius Pilate’s question to Jesus in John 18-- “What is truth?”
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A Very Small Faithfulness
BY: Denis Haack
Whatever the stimulus, a few poets can give birth to lines that address the moment at hand with sudden clarity, yet not be limited to that moment.
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The Book Thief (Markus Zusak, 2005)
BY: Denis Haack
The Book Thief helps us see that even in the midst of intense societal decay human beings remain human, yearning for meaning and dignity and the hope of a love that will not abandon them.
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Blasphemy and Free Speech
BY: Paul Marshall
A growing threat to our freedom of speech is the attempt to stifle religious discussion in the name of preventing “defamation of” or “insults to” religion, especially Islam. Resulting restrictions represent, in effect, a revival of blasphemy laws.
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The Music of Bruce Cockburn
BY: Denis Haack
Fans of Bruce Cockburn and those who want to think seriously about popular music will be interested in Kicking at the Darkness, a book in which Brian Walsh walks us through Cockburn’s music with loving attention to detail.
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With Godzilla in the City
BY: Preston Jones
A cup of water is a small thing. A single cup of water cannot quench thirst and, even if it did, the thirst would soon return.
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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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