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By the Light of Dead Stars

Dead Stars, Dead Plot Author: Andrew Van Wey Something is going on, something unnatural, cosmic, fetid. It started with a car wreck, a burning vision of a dead woman in a bathtub, and a warning. Where and how will it end? Mark is used to being alone, living his bachelor life with his sometimes girlfriend in Madrid. But after his sister’s death, he’s back in the States, taking care of his thirteen-year-old niece, Zelda, and trying to balance his sister’s last warning against his own knowledge that he is in way over his head. Add in some greedy relatives who want [...]

2024-06-07T13:53:52-07:00June 7th, 2024|Tags: , , , |

God Who Loves You, The

The Nature of Sacrificial Love Author: Peter Kreeft Love is a word that we throw around a lot, both in Christianity and in our culture. We love our children, our spouses, our car, our days-off, and that one particular burner on the stove that is the best. With all this love . . . it’s hard to say if it really means anything beyond a generalized affection that ultimately costs nothing and gives even less. Peter Kreeft takes us back to the basics. When God says that He loves us – what does that Love mean? How does it cost Him [...]

2024-06-03T09:52:44-07:00June 3rd, 2024|Tags: , , , , , |

Underwater Daughter

A Lyrical Memoir of Abuse Author: Antonia Deignan As a child, Tuni didn’t know that her father was sexually abusing her. She thought it was love. A special bond, a secret kind of affection. The fact that her mother knew and was present only galvanized this normalcy, or so she thought. But as an adult, she reflects on the abuse in Underwater Daughter, on the way its wrongness colored her entire life, from the gradual realizations growing up, to the body dysmorphia and solace sought in alcohol and drugs, and finally to her own approach to motherhood and finally caring for [...]

2024-05-31T19:47:47-07:00May 31st, 2024|Tags: , , , , |
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