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Walk the Wire by David Baldacci My rating: 3 of 5 stars I've enjoyed the previous novels in this series much more than I did Walk the...

My rating: 5 of 5 stars Cross Sections is a thought-provoking, passionate collection of poetry aimed squarely at American Protestant Chris...

The Bird that Sang in Color by Grace Mattioli My rating: 3 of 5 stars I accepted a free electronic copy of The Bird That Sang In Color w...

My rating: 3 of 5 stars Well, consider me... whelmed. I know Lovecraft is a huge influence on Stephen King and many other folks. I can see ...

Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey My rating: 5 of 5 stars Extra time for reading in these days of pandemic lockdown has found me gall...

Once Midland University made the move to remote classes, I started doing a series of Daily Online Chapel services. Here's today's ve...

While scrolling through social media recently, I saw a colleague I really respect get blasted by someone in their community. Publicly. That...

I came to The Witcher from the Netflix series, and in researching the books online the PCGamer website recommended starting with The Last W...

"Christianity at its core is subversive. But radical evil wants complacency, not subversion...Radical evil wants walls up around our...

From a Certain Point of View by Elizabeth Schaefer My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a fun idea: collect a bunch of authors and have them ...

Hi. Been a while. Had an interesting moment after the sermon this morning. I feel pretty good about the sermon - on point, wouldn't ta...

“Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And l et us consider how to provoke ...

Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! Beloved in Christ, in this time of celebration I want to say a word of thanks to all of you. As I reflec...

Prayer of the Day God of the covenant, in the mystery of the cross you promise everlasting life to the world. gather all peoples into your ...

I originally wrote this piece four years ago, but it seemed worth revisiting this year. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday.  For Christians, the ...

Gospel Reading: Luke 9.28-45 28  Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on th...

"I developed a scholarly interest in the churches' role during the Nazi era in part so I could help ensure that Christians would n...

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Summer is here, and that means it’s camp season! Riverside Lutheran Bible Camp is yet another of th...

Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed! Alleluia! So goes the shout of the church in ...

Beloved is a fan of a lot of CBS shows: NCIS, Madam Secretary, and  Hawaii Five-O  being her big favorites. I've trended recently mor...