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"Masculinity is just learned behavior"
“Lagging at school, the butt of cruel jokes: are males the new Second Sex?“, Elizabeth Day. the guardian/The Observer There are those, however, who take exception to the notion that men are a downtrodden minority, unable to speak out for fear of ridicule or repression. “It’s an idea that’s made more…
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Gilead: A Book Report
These are the bullet points of content I shared at a gathering of pastors at Calvin Seminary last summer. The material is not original and probably was culled from too many online sources. I apologize for any inconsistencies. Of those things I am sure of is that I did and…
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A quote sent to me by a friend from a book describing the underlying story of our age, which is economic. “Your relationships are transactional — a means to an end, not an end in themselves. What matters is building a bigger audience. If you can connect with the right…
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Review: Robert Frost’s Poems
Robert Frost’s Poems by Robert Frost My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’ve been familiar with Frost’s poetry–I’ve read or sung a good bit of it from High School to Randall Thompson’s setting of Frost’s poetry to music, Frostiana. In a seminar class we read “Home Burial”. The professor shared…
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Review: The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini My rating: 4 of 5 stars A review on the back cover calls this book a “no frills, no nonsense, just hard sparse prose…”. The narrative is plot based rather than language based. By that I mean, the story propels you forward rather than…
Backward Mutters 