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Transforming Grace

A Devotional on Grace Author: Jerry Bridges The reading and listening challenge for the C.S. Lewis Fellows Program for the month of June revolved around grace. Specifically, what is grace, where does it come from, how do we live by it, and how do we live in it daily. Most of the grace related reading was from Jerry Bridge’s book, Transforming Grace. Because we were reading so many chapters, and because I am such a bookworm, I just read the entire thing. The concept of grace is simple. God gifts us that which we have not earned and which we inherently [...]

2023-10-06T14:38:56-07:00October 1st, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

Sister, Maiden, Monster

An Extreme Horror End-of-the-World Story Author: Lucy A. Snyder Sister, Maiden, Monster is a truly weird book – a splatter-fest of lesbian sex, woke politics, cannibalism, Christian-bashing, and the apocalypse, H.P. Lovecraft style. At turns I both hated and loved it. It starts, as all end-of-the-world stories must, with the normal. Erin just got engaged to her long-time live-in boyfriend. It’s a strange proposal – an “everyone is doing this and so we should too” proclamation that both Erin and future hubbs go along with. Something’s not right in paradise, but before we can think too much about the social pressure [...]

2023-10-31T16:23:35-07:00September 23rd, 2023|Tags: , , , |

With Regrets

Author: Lee Kelly I have a complicated relationship with apocalypse fiction right now. In some ways it feels too soon post-COVID. In other ways, it feels cathartic. And sometimes it’s just a wild ride of suspense, tension, and suburban family dynamics. Welcome to With Regrets, by Lee Kelly. We enter the story at the dawn of a dinner party. Or, as hostess Britta Harris-Che calls it, a Sunday Soiree. Four couples are invited to the lavish affair. Britta is an Instagram influencer and she would very much like to collaborate with the company of one of the guests. That’s the [...]

2023-09-20T14:06:05-07:00September 19th, 2023|Tags: |
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