I would like to introduce you to some of the websites and blogs that I find interesting and fun. This morning I would like to introduce you to the faithful skeptic. The author is a friend of mine that I worked with and for back in the early 80’s at the Firs Bible and Missionary [...]
Tea with Hezbollah, Sitting at the Enemies’ Table, Our Journey Through the Middle East by Ted Dekker and Carl Medearis; 2010; 245 pages; Doubleday Religion, New York, NY; 978-0-307-58827-2; 1/21-1/25; This book provided by the publisher in exchange for a review; Grade-A
Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, Carol O’Connell and Ted Dekker. These are a few authors [...]
Every Tuesday I will tease you and perhaps myself with a line from the book I am reading or a book I have on my to be read shelf. I am currently reading Tea with Hezoballah to review for the publisher.
“The first meeting between Walid and Nicole ended suddenly.”
pg 91
Ted Dekker and Carl Medearis travel [...]
Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway is one of the greatest when it comes to jazz. He was one of the featured players in the Blues Brothers movie, he was Jakes’ Mentor, who taught about music. At one point in the movie the crowd gets restless and Cab and the Blues Brothers band do Cabs’ classic number, [...]
True Compass, a memoir by Edward M. Kennedy; 2009; 532 pages; Twelve Books, New York, NY; 978-0-446-53925-8; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Midland; A++; 1/16-1/12
For many years I was a dyed in the wool democratic hating republican. The older I get and the more I read the more I am identifying with the Democratic [...]