In 1879, Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms stated this rule of conversational etiquette: “Do not discuss politics or… READ MORE
Stephen Grant is pastor of St. Mary’s Lutheran Church, a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregation in Manorville, a hamlet on Long… READ MORE
A Death in Jerusalem is Jonathan Dunsky’s seventh novel featuring Adam Lapid. It opens in January 1952 in Jerusalem, when… READ MORE
Steven Konkoly’s Deep Sleep opens with Hezbollah successfully firing missiles at Haifa (Prologue), pivots to a woman kidnapping an elderly… READ MORE
Death in the Sunshine is the first book in Steph Broadribb’s Retired Detectives Club series. It features four retired law… READ MORE
Walk into many American churches this Sunday morning — especially if they’re new or nondenominational — and you’re likely to… READ MORE
Rod Wilson believes three short statements have power to change the world: “Thank you!” “I’m sorry!” And “Tell me more!”… READ MORE
“Tough relationships are inevitable,” writes Brian Noble at the outset of Living Reconciled. This is because sin alienates people both… READ MORE
In 2021, I recorded 33 episodes of the Influence Podcast with as many interviewees, most of them authors of books.… READ MORE
America is experiencing an epidemic of loneliness. Data from nations similar to the U.S. suggest that the epidemic is actually… READ MORE
“All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given us.”
~Gandalf
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