This morning Ruth Ann and I arrived at home just in time to go to church. I really wanted to be there today, because there was going to be announcements of staff changes. One of those changes I have known since the middle of last month, but was asked to not share with anyone. I [...]
The Lamplighterby Anthony O’Neill; 2003; Scribner, New York; 307 pages; Fiction O’Neill; 7/16-7/16 I had run out of books that I brought on vacation with Jesus in the Margins. So Sunshine Soldiers and this were what were on the shelf at the Moss house. The author set out to create an Edwardian type mystery in [...]
Sunshine Soldiers by Peter Tauber; 1971; Higganum Hills Books, Higganum, CT; 262 pages; 355.540973; 7/15-7/15 First published in 1971 and then rereleased in 2002 this is a straightforward account of the authors 8 weeks in Army Basic Training in 1969. Even though straightforward there are elements of humor, pathos and even anger in this account. [...]
Jesus in the Margins, Finding God in the Places we ignore by Rick McKinley; 2005; Multnomah Publishers, Sisters, OR; 191 pages;284.4 dc22;7/14-7/15 This book coupled with what I read this week in Romans 12:9-21, have helped along with books by Erwin McManus and Mark Driscoll, show me where I think God wants me to minister [...]
The Death Penalty on Trial, Crisis in American Justice by Bill Kurtis; 2004; Perseus Books Group, New York; 218 pages;364.66 K96d;7/14-7/14 The death penalty is an issue that I have been wrestling with on several levels. 1. How can I call myself “pro-life” if I only insist that life is valuable at the beginning of [...]
