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by George Sinclair Cascade Books, Eugene Ore. 107 pages George Sinclair is a pastor who wants wonder to be at the center of..
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by Anne Lamott Riverhead Books, 2014 286 pages REVIEWED BY SHELBY ETHERIDGE “I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say..
by Glandion Carney with Marjean Brooks InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Ill. 152 pages The book is what the title suggests: a description of the..
by Doug Koskela Wm. B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 136 pages REVIEWED BY JAMES F. CUBIE If someone in your congregation believes..
You would expect a movie based on a Nicholas Sparks book to be a sappy romance… and it is. But it’s also..
Dallas, Texas, April 1, 2015 Nicholas Sparks, writer Scott Eastwood & Britt Robertson, cast Ron Salfen for the Presbyterian Outlook Britt Robertson:..
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edited by Cynthia Jarvis and L. Elizabeth Johnson Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. The hits just keep coming. The wise person who dreamed..
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The first thing you have to get over is Helen Mirren speaking English with a German accent. Actually, she’s pretty convincing –..
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