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Two years ago my family and I moved from Costa Rica to Indianapolis. From one of the world’s great bird paradises to an endless succession of corn field bejeweled with a gray ring road.
Or so we thought. Continue Reading »
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The fact that you’re reading this review indicates that you already know that bats are good guys, not bad guys. ‘Nuff said.
Next thing, you’d probably like to have a bunch (like paper towels at Costco, they only come in quantities) in your yard. OK, then start with this Stokes Guide. Continue Reading »
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Kricher’s Neotropical Companion is not the kind of ‘field-guide-for-dummies’ that many of us depend on to find our way around Central and South America’s flora and fauna. Rather, it’s the next step for people who’ve become familiar with that kind of guide and want to understand at a deeper and occasionally more abstract level why the natural life around them is what it is. Continue Reading »
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It is impossible to exaggerate the satisfaction this book gives to its reader and the power of its deep human sympathy. If you were to read only ten books in your lifetime, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations should be one of them. Continue Reading »
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In the field of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies, ‘BHS‘ carries a well-deserved resonance, much like ‘Mercedes’ or ‘Beamer’ does among enthusiasts of quality cars that are within the mainstream. Continue Reading »
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It is extraordinary that we should stand at a distance of two millennia and still retain insight into the drama that the apostle Paul delineates in these terms:
So I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? And I wrote as I did, so that when I came, I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice; for I am confident about all of you, that my joy would be the joy of all of you. For I wrote you out of much distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain, but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you. But if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but to some extent—not to exaggerate it—to all of you. This punishment by the majority is enough for such a person; so now instead you should forgive and console him, so that he may not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. So I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. I wrote for this reason: to test you and to know whether you are obedient in everything. Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ.
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I cringe as I say so, but with this 1989 CD Jaci Velasquez really did burst upon the music scene. I know, I know, people don’t do that anymore. But she did. Really. Continue Reading »
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It is indicative of the visceral spirituality of Ryan Ahlwardt’s music that a southern spiritual (Swing Low, Sweet Chariot) should frame his formidable musical talents on this more than any other of the eight tracks on The Malibu EP, the artist’s second recording (www.RyanSongs.com). Continue Reading »
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How does a forty-something end up utterly enthralled with the Sinatra phenomenon, a matter he knew only by name but to which he had never paid much attention? Continue Reading »
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Jordan’s principle international airport, on the outskirts of the country’s capital, is the home airport of Royal Jordanian Airways, a recently inducted member of the OneWorld Alliance that is anchored by American Airlines and British Airways. The airport has some growing up to do and, given Jordan’s current economic boom and the government’s eye for international reputation, improvements are likely to happen sooner rather than later. Continue Reading »
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Canter Bridge 