![]() ![]() Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation ![]() ![]() He was the latest and greatest high priest of the evangelical cult of masculinity.” He was a hero for God-and-country Christians in the line of Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, and Oliver North, one suited for Duck Dynasty Americans and American Christians. Unencumbered by traditional Christian virtue, he was a warrior in the tradition (if not the actual physical form) of Mel Gibson’s William Wallace. He was the reincarnation of John Wayne, sitting tall in the saddle, a man who wasn’t afraid to resort to violence to bring order, who protected those deemed worthy of protection, who wouldn’t let political correctness get in the way of saying what had to be said or the norms of democratic society keep him from doing what needed to be done. Donald Trump was the culmination of their half-century-long pursuit of a militant Christian masculinity. “Evangelicals hadn’t betrayed their values. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() I found it to be a refreshing change from more formulaic steampunk novels.” I think steampunk readers and fantasy/sci-fi readers will enjoy this one, so I’m recommending it for them even though (and to some extent because) its use of steampunk is a bit different. “I was completely caught up in her adventure and her plight. “Steeped in illusion and grounded in an alternative history of the Luddite Rebellion, Duncan’s strong supernatural mystery serves ably as both a standalone adventure and the start to a series…Strategically placed steampunk tropes inform but do not overwhelm Elizabeth’s headlong quest to find a missing aristocrat sought by the Patent Office, which is fixated on both achieving perfection and eliminating “unseemly science.” A hazardous border crossing into the permissively corrupt Kingdom of England and Southern Wales provides ample excitement, and a glossary at the novel’s conclusion hints enticingly at a much more involved story to come.” – Graham Joyce, author of Year of the Ladybird Compulsive reading from the get-go, the blend of steampunk alternate history wrapped in the enigma of a chase makes for first-rate entertainment in this finely crafted novel.” “Rod Duncan’s The Bullet Catcher’s Daughter is a magic box pulsating with energy. Praise and Reviews for The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter: ![]() ![]() As growing urban wildlife populations bring humans and skunks ever closer, Miller’s book will help us understand-and appreciate-these beautiful, intriguing, and wholly distinct animals. Moving from nature to culture, Miller delves into the long line of skunks that have played parts in literature, film, and folklore, from the antics of Pepe Le Pew to the role of skunks in Native American spiritual beliefs. More than being unappreciated, skunks, Miller reveals, have a long history of persecution: killed off as smelly nuisances, they have also been hunted for their fur and, yes, their unique musk, which has found a perhaps unexpected use in perfume. and oh, boy, when they do it, no one can ignore them.īut there’s far more to skunks than their stench, and with this beautifully illustrated entry in Reaktion’s Animal series, Alyce Miller gives these furry scavengers their due. : Skunk (Animal) (9781780234908) by Miller, Alyce and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. ![]() ![]() Solitary, nocturnal creatures, skunks generally go about their business unnoticed. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are numerous themes in Gabriel’s Redemption, with the key theme appearing in the title of the novel. Take a look at This Man, Driven, Bared To You, Naked, or Release Me and consider adding them to your reading list. If you enjoyed reading Gabriel’s Redemption and the rest of the Gabriel’s Inferno series, you may want to check out these books next. ![]() Upon visiting Oxford, they are faced with individuals from their past returning, and they are ready to expose some of Gabriel’s darkest secrets.Īs this happens, Gabriel sees an opportunity to discover more about his biological parents, in the hope that he can get closure so that he and Julia can move on and begin a family of their own. When she is given the chance to present an academic lecture at Oxford, he is frustrated that her research conflicts with his own. Now that they are married, Gabriel is eager to become a father, but Julia doesn’t want to give up on her career. Gabriel’s Redemption follows Professor Gabriel Emerson and his new married life with his wife, Julia. Originally intended as a trilogy, there are now four books in the series: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.”Ģ) Say the Our Father: “Our Father, who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. ![]() I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God, the Father almighty. On the third day he rose again from the dead. Amen.”, and say the Apostles’ Creed: “I believe in God, the Father almighty creator of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. (Numbers other than the 10 Hail Marys refer to the numbers pointing to the beads in the above illustration.)ġ) Make the Sign of the Cross saying “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Illustrations and suggested points of reflection from our booklet Praying the Rosary Without Distractions, available in our on-line store.Īlso available in our store: the booklet Scripturally Based Rosary, ideal for individual study and prayer. ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s also visible to ghosts caught between life and death and to Gabrielle, a Voodoo priestess who might be able to solidify Amelia. All can hear Amelia a few, like charismatic Alex, can see her. She puts it off, though, hoping she can shake the demons by joining the Mayhew Christmas trip to New Orleans, where the Louisiana Mayhew teens have a surprise for her-they’re seers. Touching Joshua Mayhew remains a thrill, but whenever things heat up, Amelia tends to de-materialize, which definitely puts a crimp in their romance.Īfter Eli warns that she and those she loves are attracting interest from demons, Amelia realizes that to keep Joshua safe, she’ll have to leave him. ![]() This sequel to Hereafter (2011) finds Amelia still dead but not loving it. ![]() ![]() It was executive produced by Nikole Hannah-Jones Academy Award®-winning director Roger Ross Williams Caitlin Roper, an editor of The 1619 Project and The New York Times’ executive producer for film and television Kathleen Lingo, The New York Times’ editorial director for film and television and Oprah Winfrey. ![]() ![]() The series, hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, is a Lionsgate Production in association with One Story Up Productions, Harpo Films and The New York Times. 1 bestselling “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story” and examine how the legacy of slavery shapes different aspects of contemporary American life. The episodes - “Democracy,” “Race,” “Music,” “Capitalism,” “Fear,” and “Justice” - are adapted from essays from The New York Times No. In keeping with the original project, the series seeks to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative. ![]() Hulu’s upcoming six-part limited docu-series “The 1619 Project,” is an expansion of “The 1619 Project” created by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Shonagon describes the trivial, everyday minutiae of a world extremely alien to us, that of a totally secluded Heian court: one in which people rarely walk, but rather crawl in which women blacken their teeth in which polygamy is normal, but men and women hardly ever see each other’s faces in which professional posts are obtained through poetry contests and in which referring to a woman by name was considered so rude, and thus so thoroughly avoided, that nobody knows what Sei Shonagon’s actual name was. Pillow books (Makura no Soshi) were a genre of personal writing of the time, and it wasn’t unusual for court ladies to swap and read them: the one that survives to our time is the one that was most fun to read.Īnd it is fun to read and not just compared to OTHER 1,000-year-old books. She authored the Pillow Book, a “collection of lists, gossip, poetry, observations, complaints and anything else she found of interest during her years in the court.” In other words, while the anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet was creating Beowulf, Shonagon was writing a blog. ![]() Shonagon (966-1017) was a Lady-In-Waiting serving the Japanese empress Sadako in the peaceful Heian era. ![]() Sei Shonagon’s The Pillow Book is one of the strangest and most delightful works of literature in the entire human history. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this violent, death-filled world, the movement of the story from love at first sight to the union of the lovers in death seems almost inevitable. Once Romeo is banished, the only way that Juliet can avoid being married to someone else is to take a potion that apparently kills her, so that she is burried with the bodies of her slain relatives. Because of the feud, if Romeo is discovered with Juliet by her family, he will be killed. Every time a member of one of the two families dies in the fight, his relatives demand the blood of his killer. It is not simply that the families of Romeo and Juliet disapprove of the lover's affection for each other rather, the Montagues and the Capulets are on opposite sides in a blood feud and are trying to kill each other on the streets of Verona. ![]() The story is rather extraordinary in that the normal problems faced by young lovers are here so very large. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a world of violence and generational conflict in which two young people fall in love and die because of that love. ![]() ![]() From the very first chapter, I knew I had the potential to enjoy this one. It was actually gifted to me by a friend at university for my birthday and I actually read its couple of months later – that is pretty good going for me. As I said, I first read Fall of Giants back in 2020 and I fell in love. I’ll link that one for you HERE if you’d like more detail on my thoughts as I’m going to give you an overview in this post. I actually published a full review of Fall of Giants when I first read this book back in 2020. The Goodreads synopsis aptly sums this novel up: “”Fall Of Giants” moves seamlessly from Washington to St Petersburg, from the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty.” However, at the backdrop of all these characters stories is WW1. Maude Fitzherbert falls in love with the German Walter von Ulrich, all of whom’s lives are intertwined with a young aide to President Wilson and two Russian boys wanting to emigrate to the US. The Williams family of a small Welsh-mining town becomes intertwined with the aristocratic family the Fitzherberts. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The series begins in 1911 when King George V is being coronated. ![]() |