I’ve never gravitated toward fictional horror stories. However, after reading Nuclear War: A Scenario, I found myself thinking that perhaps it’s less frightening to lose oneself in fictional nightmares than to confront the potential reality Annie Jacobsen presents in her 2025 book. The implications of her fact-filled, dystopian scenario of a plausible World War III…
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By Grant Snider, © Grant Snider 2020 At any given time, two or three… or five or more books sit patiently adjacent to my favorite reading spot in the living room. Each manuscript vying for my attention, hoping I will choose them for my post-dinner read. Most evenings more than one book earns the advancement…
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I just finished reading Tim Alberta’s The Kingdom, The Power and The Glory, American Evangelicals in an age of Extremism. © 2023. I’m in the process of writing a brief review.
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The Practice, Shipping Creative Work by Seth Godin Perhaps like you, sometimes I’ll pick up a book that written by an author I enjoyed in the past. The Practice is such a book. Reading The Practice, reminded me about my desire to write about thoughts gleaned while reading and share them in mini reviews…
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My first blog post ever seems like a monumental event. I’m tempted to get the first post right, but that would be foolish: getting it “right” is to infer perfect. Perfect, in turns, means it will not happen. I am a little excited about the launch of this webpage and blog. It is something that…
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