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The Insulted and Injured (Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1861)
BY: Denis Haack
The rich complexity of ideas, the nature of belief, disbelief, and doubt, and the inescapable way the consequences of what we believe shapes our life for blessing or for curse comes through Dostoevsky's novels with all the profundity of the reality within which we live and move and have our being.
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Empire of the Summer Moon (S.C. Gwynne, 2010)
The Killing of Crazy Horse (Thomas Powers, 2010)
BY: Denis Haack
Quanah Parker was the son of Cynthia Ann Parker, a woman who had been kidnapped by the Comanche during a raid of the family’s home in Texas that lay in land long claimed by the Comanche. Rescue attempts failed, and her son, Quanah rose to become a respected and powerful warrior chief among her adopted people.
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Wings Not Walls
BY: Denis Haack
Shelter us not with walls that exclude: but with your widespread wing.
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Can We, Will We Redeem the Vampire?
BY: Denis Haack
Christians have, at least recently, been dismissive of vampire myths, but that is a mistake.
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On Being Misunderstood
BY: Denis Haack
Sometimes misunderstandings, even simple ones over ordinary things can fracture even close relationships, and sadly, they can show up even when we’ve taken care to speak and act as carefully as we possibly can.
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The School of Life: Discernment Exercise
BY: Denis Haack
For the month of December (2011), The School of Life sponsored a project they defined as an attempt to help people find creative ways to demonstrate compassion, to learn to reach out to others instead of remaining locked in the confines of their own narrow boundaries. Day by day a task was assigned that people could choose to accomplish.
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Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen, 2011)
BY: Denis Haack
Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris is a cinematic exploration of these crucial and very human themes—the idea of a golden age, the pull of nostalgia and the need for hope.
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Reclaiming Toothpaste
BY: Margie Haack
“Dude!! You need to chill!” I don’t ordinarily talk like this, calling someone “Dude.” It’s pretentious for a woman my age. But it seemed appropriate at the time. I had to shout to get Denis’ attention because he was flipping out.
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Phlox: A Natural History and Gardener's Guide (James H. Locklear, 2001)
BY: Denis Haack
Phlox is a fine book, and even if it doesn’t make you a gardener it will give a reason to be glad, a reason to be grateful, a reason—61 reasons, actually—to look with greater care at the plants we tend to brush by without a second glance.
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Resolutions Not Made
BY: Denis Haack
I’d like to be a better listener. Sometimes I think that the best single phrase summary of my life would be “learning to hear.”
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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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