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Lesser Dead, The

“We often live next to monsters unawares.” Author: Christopher Buehlman Joey Peacock’s life is frozen at fourteen. Forty years later, still with the drive and desires of an adolescent, living in the subway tunnels as the undead, Joey tells his story: the dirty, the ugly, the desperate, the horrifying buried in the ordinary. Whether he is seducing young women and telling himself that it wasn’t the vampiric charm, or bleeding obnoxious businessmen in the back of dirty cabs, Joey is getting by. He even likes part of his life, including his visits to an easily hypnotized family, whom he feeds on [...]

2024-06-14T19:26:59-07:00June 14th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , |

Oresteia

A Family Affair Author: Aeschylus In Aeschylus’ famous triad, The Oresteia, the author explores themes of violence and honor killings, leading readers from primeval bloodlust into law and order and the establishment of civilization. It starts, as many know, with the House of Atreus and its escalating curse. Agamemnon triggers the curse again when he sacrifices his daughter, Iphigenia, for political gain and a successful war against Troy. Agamemnon’s wife, Clytemnestra, begins an assassination plan that ends when Agamemnon comes home, triumphant, and oblivious, new mistress in tow. The chain reaction is set, and Orestes determines to murder his mother [...]

2024-06-14T17:15:53-07:00June 14th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , |

Questioning Evangelism

A Refreshing New Approach Author: Randy Newman I’ve always shied away from evangelism, even though Jesus makes it clear in the Bible that we (Christians) are to make disciples of the world. Yet . . . the “how” of that simple command soon gets mired in complexity, self-doubt, and downright fear. I’ve known people who go on “mission trips” that are suspiciously similar to exotic vacations, taking time off from their luxury experience to literarily go stand in a mall and yell condemnation at people. How does that help anyone? Does anyone ever respond positively to that sledgehammer approach? This [...]

2024-06-14T11:59:39-07:00June 14th, 2024|Tags: , , , , |
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