Originally posted December 2005 Credits: for my book club, who once again chose something fascinating I wouldn’t ordinarily have picked up. Synopsis This is the…
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“Here I Stand: My Struggle for a Christianity of Integrity, Love, and Equality” by Retired Bishop John Shelby Spong (III of III)
The inadequacy of institutionalized religious responses to the jarring reality of real life issues is part of Spong’s self-questioning. He finds hope as well as…
Continue Reading“Here I Stand: My Struggle for a Christianity of Integrity, Love, and Equality” by Retired Bishop John Shelby Spong (II of III)
In a similarly challenging situation several years later, Spong has people come to his house, purporting to be friends who represent his entire congregation. They…
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Originally posted October 2005 Credits: for Peter McWilliams, author of the fascinating Ain’t Nobody’s Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our…
Continue ReadingThoughts on the Disciple Jesus Loved: A case for it being Mary Magdalene (II of II)
There is no doubt in the writing of the author of John as to whether Jesus loved that disciple. Is this a physical as well…
Continue ReadingThoughts on the Disciple Jesus Loved: A case for it being Mary Magdalene (I of II)
Where I postulate freely that Mary Magdalene was both the disciple Jesus loved, and possibly the true author of the gospel of John. This is…
Continue ReadingReview: “The Screwtape Letters” by C. S. Lewis (II of II)
When I was a child… On the other hand, there were a few things I found perplexing, although it’s possible I found them so due…
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Originally posted July 2005 To the librarians whose names I can’t remember now, who happily helped a small child find and devour each eagerly awaited,…
Continue ReadingReview: “West With the Night” by Beryl Markham
Originally reviewed April 2004 The Book If you’re looking for excitement and adventure in your reading, Beryl Markham’s autobiography West with the Night is an…
Continue ReadingWitches, Midwives, & Nurses: A History of Women Healers
by Barbara Ehrenreich & Deidre English A review of one of my textbooks: a tiny little pamphlet — less than 50 pages! – with a…
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