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My Pretties

A Dark Comedy That Goes Way Too Far Author: Jeff Strand Ken’s wife thinks that he’s an alcoholic – and he lets her. It’s far better that she thinks he is at the bar at night instead of being in that other house, watching them die. Recently, several brunettes have gone missing. One of these women is Gertie’s cousin, and the police don’t seem to be making any progress. They know there is a serial kidnapper, but they don’t know why he is capturing these women or what he is doing to them. Gertie decides to find out for herself, even [...]

2022-07-26T09:00:38-07:00March 13th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

Let the Right One In

A Child Lost in Endless Night Author: John Ajvide Lindqvist An unexpected friendship blooms when a bullied 12 year old boy who is obsessed with visions of violence and serial killers meets the new neighbor girl. Eli is not someone Oskar would have ever envisioned himself drawn to: she is dirty, disheveled, only comes out at night, and has strange mannerisms. Yet she accepts him, and something in her haunted eyes attracts him. During the day when he is beaten and bullied he thinks of his secret nighttime friendship with her. Meanwhile a sadistic killer is on the loose. A killer [...]

2022-03-25T14:03:32-07:00March 9th, 2022|Tags: |

Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes

Everything That Goes Unsaid Authors: E. Randolph Richards & Brandon O'Brien There are some parts of the Bible that we read and then glance up from in confusion (the Book of Revelations, for example), but in many places we know the meaning of the text. Or do we? How enmeshed have we become in our own culture, our own time? We see Paul exhort women to dress modestly – and we instantly think of covering skin. But is that what modesty really means? We see passages speaking to us personally, but as far as the macrocosm of humanity, everyone is on [...]

2022-03-25T13:59:24-07:00March 6th, 2022|Tags: |
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