I love reading and blogging about books as well as choral singing, writing, and art. This X account is #NoPlaceForHate.
Columbus, Ohio
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“Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
-Albert Camus, born this day, 1913
Bibliosmia, J.R.R Tolkien, Great Books and AI, Teaching Tragedy, phone books, Edward Hopper.
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A children's book with stunning photography showing moose feeding on a variety of plants in every season. @RhubarbtoRoses
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Featured Book. I've come to value the publishing efforts supported by the Bruderhof. This is a 100 year history in text and pictures of this international network of Christians living in community. @PloughBooks
He was a geologist who switched careers and became a prolific and adventurous journalist. He died at 82.
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An account of the British-led victory under the Duke of Wellington that spelled the final defeat for Napoleon I.
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"The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."
-Eden Phillpotts, born this day, 1862.
An updated Tyndale New Testament Commentary giving context, commentary, and theological insights. @ivpacademic
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Featured Book. The third book in Conrad Richter's The Awakening Land trilogy. Looking forward to starting this. Chicago Review Press
Through vignettes from Ohio history, questions narratives used to justify injustices against Native peoples. @ivpacademic @LDanielHawk
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Friends, if you know a Christian working in academia, whether in a public or private setting, please pass this along. Questions? Message me. I sit on the grant committee.
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Summaries of twenty-one reviews of books in October 2026 and my best book of the month.
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'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
-John Keats,born this day, 1795
Campaign spending, Van Gogh's sister, Harvard HUM 10, slow looking, Platon on Paros, LEGOs
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Featured Book. Live the combination of readability and scholarship in the two previous narrative commentaries by Johannes W H van der Bijl. @langhampub
An alphabet book with alliteration and fun characters delightfully illustrated eating veggies and fruit fom A to Z. @RhubarbtoRoses
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