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Have you ever heard of Enid Blyton? How about her book series for kids called The Five Found-Outers?
Bethanie told me there was a book that she started reading but quit because it was kinda boring and because she didn’t understand some of it.
I was really curious about this because she LOVES to read and even [...]

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I love this book. This was actually the first time that I read it. My first contact with The Hobbit was from watching an animated video. I don’t really remember it. My first contact with Tolkien’s writing was from an audio cd that I borrowed from Mike Worstell back in 1999. I had just moved [...]

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You might have noticed… over in the sidebar I’ve got a section called “BOOKS” and in it you’ll see some books that I’ve finished… am currently reading… and have lined up to read. This post has 2 parts… the first is for everyone… the second is probably only interesting if you want to know more [...]

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This was a really fun book to read. I like sci-fi, but my exposure has been somewhat limited. We didn’t have sci-fi books around the house (that I remember) and I guess my friends weren’t into it either. I liked Star Wars and later, Star Trek although I’ve never read any of the books related [...]

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I keep thinking about some of the same things that prompted this post last week.
Paul Martin from Original Faith commented:
I think people just mean religious institutions, in contrast to what people sometimes discuss as spirituality.
Yeah… I think so too… but I still wonder what it is about these institutions that cause so much friction for [...]

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I just read this interesting article…
Greg Wright talks “The Hobbit”
Probably all of us who enjoy “The Lord of the Rings” are eager for the movie version of “The Hobbit”… and I’d prefer to just let Peter Jackson do it as he did a great job with the trilogy.
“The Hobbit” is a different book though… and [...]

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As I was honing my card playing skills in college… we used to say this a lot:
THINK LONG… THINK WRONG
At the time, I thought that there was at least some truth to it… but it was usually used when people were playing too slowly just to hurry them along.
I just read a book that makes [...]

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In the parable of the great dinner, the original people invited did not take their invitation seriously. A similar problem is treated in the parable of the hidden treasure. If we get something for nothing, we tend not to value it too highly. This is the risk that God has taken in inviting us to [...]

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That is the wonderfully humorous title of a great new book by Angie’s sister, Cindy Sigler Dagnan.
After getting to spend a fair amount of time with Cindy’s family while back in the USA, we can report to you that the title of the book is most likely borne out of what is probably a regular [...]

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From The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey

Myth: Car Payments are a way of life; you’ll always have one.
Truth: Staying away from car payments by driving reliable used cars is what the average millionaire does; that is how he or she became a millionaire.

USA Today notes that the average car payment is $378 over 55 [...]

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