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Unbelievably to most, our football season is not over. We’ll take the extension any way we can get it. Since it’s been a difficult year with little hope of a victory, it’s sweet for the team, the backup quarterback, the coaches, and many disgruntled fans. Next week we could easily (and expected to) be…
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Every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up to the Feast, according to the custom. After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Thinking he…
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Hard to believe it's a new year. Hopes and fears–may they all be consumed by the Love of Jesus. God bless your year.
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I’m not one for year-end list making, and if you’re one to make those lists of resolutions, don’t look for them here. I learned a long time ago just saying something or hoping something doesn’t make something happen. By the time the end of the year approaches I’m not sure what all took…
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2010 proved one thing in football: the officiating stunk. I mean the worst I’ve ever seen. I’ve actually wondered if the refs aren’t betting on the games. Not so far-fetched is it when you witness some of the ridiculous calls allowed on the field. From bad spots to non-existent penalties to ignoring obvious fouls…
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My review of Almost Heaven noted briefly that Chris Fabry based his story on a real person who he didn’t know. In his Afterword he explained how he became aware of the man Billy Allman, how that person touched his heart and made him feel like he really did know him. He couldn’t shake…
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Almost Heaven by Chris Fabry takes us back to Dogwood, West Virginia, where he fills the landscape with hollows, miners, a horrific flood, a mandolin, bluegrass music, sadness, small victories, and radio. Chris constructed a story around a real man named Billy Allman, but the character Billy Allman is his heartfelt re-creation of and…
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Counter-espionage is always a good subject for books and movies. Salt, starring Angelina Jolie, takes a break from the Islamic jihadists and goes back to the topic of the Russian infiltration of the CIA in a contemporary setting. Filled with difficult stunts, hand-to-hand combat between one tough female operative against aggressive members…
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So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, and he…
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MERRY CHRISTMAS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS.
