This year for the first time we joined a life group at Mosaic. It is a really great bunch of people whom we have all grown to view more as family than friends. One of our family is moving to Kansas City. Renita is a traveling nurse who has worked here for several [...]
Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn; 1993; Bantam Books; New York; 439 pages; 0-553-56071-9; 5/23-5/28 The further adventures of Luke, Han, Leia and Chewie among others. As Grand Admiral Thrawn moves closer to the Katana Fleet of Dreadnoughts that have been hidden for years, Leia and Chewie visits the home of the Noghri, Han and [...]
Hold Tight by Harlan Coben; 2008; Dutton, New York, NY; 416 pages; 978-0-525-95060-8; 5/21-5/23 The master of the roller coast rides has done it again. Harlan Coben takes us on such a ride with so many twist and turns that you feel like you have just gotten off Space Mountain when you are done. It [...]
Lord, Save Us From Your Followers, Why is the Gospel of Love Dividing America? by Dan Merchant; 2008; Thomas Nelson, Nashville, TN; 978-08499-1993-0; 5/19- 5/21 Lord, Save us From Your Followers should jump start a whole bunch of conversations about why a group of people whose very name implies that they follow someone who taught [...]
Rogue River Feud by Zane Grey; 1930; Grosset and Dunlap; 218 pages; 5/15-5/19 There are very few openings that leave a last impression on me. One is by Orson Welles, from the beginning of the movie Touch of Evil, any dance by Mischa, and the opening chapter of Rogue River Feud. In the opening chapter [...]
