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Union with Christ

The Old Faith Vs Work Argument - Again Author: Rankin Wilbourne The unique element of the Christian life is that our lives are no longer our own. They are united with Christ; this morphs and complicates our identities, our knowledge of self, our direction, our life’s purpose and intention. It’s not just about us anymore, it is about Him, and that changes everything. But how? What exactly does union with Christ entail? Does it bring meaning or deny self-hood? Does it contain freedom, or push us into slavery? How does it impact our choices and our understanding? All these questions, and [...]

Frances Carden2024-09-21T10:54:33-07:00September 21st, 2024|Tags: book review, Christian, faith, nonfiction, read, reading, union with Christ|

Lookin’ For Love

Cocaine and Champagne Author: Susen Edwards It’s 1963 and Ava is sure that she can escape her unloving parents through marriage. Before the honeymoon is over, she regrets her choice. Her husband is a violent alcoholic. Two little boys later, nothing has changed. Her children are witnessing their mother being slowly destroyed, and with nowhere to go, she leaves her husband and starts a dissolute life of go-go dancing, hoping to make enough money to keep body and soul together. Starved for affection, overworked and undervalued, with no support network, Ava devolves into the seedy world of drugs and alcoholism, ultimately [...]

Frances Carden2024-09-17T18:39:58-07:00September 17th, 2024|Tags: addiction, book review, fiction, read, reading|

Consultant, The

Bosses from Hell Author: Bentley Little There is no denying it – the corporate world is full of hellish bargains, backroom backstabbing, evil schemes, and nose-diving employee morale. What better “normal” location to showcase the unique, insidious horror of the everyday? What if the amoral creature that lurked in your work corridors wasn’t just your terrible boss, but a demonic presence with a mysterious goal, a goal that made you (and everyone else) entirely expendable, physically and mentally? What if there was more to it all than corporate profits, and what if termination was a lot more ominous than unemployment and [...]

Frances Carden2024-09-15T15:53:01-07:00September 15th, 2024|Tags: book review, Comedy, horror, paraody, read, reading|