Review: Till We Have Faces & Cupid and Psyche

A least a dozen people in the last year or so have told me that I HAVE to read Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis. So I finally bought a copy, and a couple of weeks ago, I sat down to read it. Thankfully, I read the inside cover first, which informed me that this was …

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Review: Boundaries

This is a book that can help those who struggle to say a strong no, a truthful yes, and create healthy relationships with those around them.

A Chimerical Idea

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. ~ James Madison Though the idea has since escaped us in recent days, it was once widely recognized that people are corrupt. People are sinful, evil, desiring wrongdoing. It is only through careful …

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Eating Our Own “Of Cannibals”

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Author: Michel De Montaigne I was encouraged some years back to read a piece by Michel De Montaigne called "Of Cannibals." I was under the impression that is was something like "A Modest Proposal," which is possibly my favorite piece of satire. While I would not call this satire, …

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