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The Questioning Way

Fort Lauderdale, December 2008: Our information technologies bring us in touch with every country and culture in the world every day, and the more we learn about other ways of living, the less certain we are that our way, rather than another, is the right way. With unlimited access to ideas, it gets harder and harder to find solid cultural ground on which to stand. Conflicting ideas undermine our faith in ourselves, and add to our anxiety in uncertain times. But can we look at this influx of information in another way? Read More

North of the Apple:

Crime & Love

Fort Lauderdale, November 2008: The Big Apple is the center of the world to a lot of people, and to paraphrase the song: If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere….” But even though everything that’s going on is going on in the Big Apple, there is a whole world beyond its borders peopled with many of those who couldn’t make it there.

Joseph Gray’s new novel, North of the Apple: Crime & Love introduces us to Kelly "Smooth" Michaels, an aging, lonely New York City thief and hustler who has been exiled to cities north of the Apple. Read more...

Dreaming of a Better Life

Fort Lauderdale, November 2008: We all make mistakes, some of us in bigger ways than others, and hindsight is always dead-on. How many movies have we seen in which the hero still regrets the ball he didn’t catch or the door he didn’t open? How many books in which the author travels far to undo the errors of his childhood? If you’ve ever wished that you could go back in time and start your life all over again, you will appreciate the plight of Susan Thomas, author of A Family Changed Forever. Although she wasn’t able to undo the harm she felt she had done, she spent most of her life trying.

Why Hunt Healers Like Witches?

Fort Lauderdale, September 2007: It has been hundreds of years since anyone has been burned as a witch, but does that mean that it’s now acceptable to be one? While witches of old were usually men and women with some knowledge of herbs and primitive medicine, where does one draw the line today? And should a line be drawn at all? Alternative healing has always been around and has frequently been effective. So why should anyone in this enlightened age have anything to fear?

While Brown’s Point is a fictional story about twelve healers looking for a safe place to gather, to rest a bit, and talk about the work they are involved in—the premise is based on fact.

Take No Prisoners…

Fort Lauderdale, November 2008: We have this idea that the world has changed. That men used to be men; women were women; and children remained innocent and pure until they were grown. But of course, that’s a myth. Men are still men; women may do what used to be called men’s jobs (as well as their own), but they’re still women; and children were probably never innocent one day past puberty. Nor were they pampered and spoiled with video games and television shows. They did chores and they worked. Children can probably be good at a lot more than we give them credit for.

In Pat Frank’s new novel, Little Warriors, children have no time for play. They and their families are slaves. They live in a world that existed long before ours, a world ruled by evil and greed. A band of warriors emerges from the dank, dark world of slavery: mixed clans and mutants who take up arms and rise to the call of freedom. They fight for their ancestral lands and the very survival of their people. They carry no banners, raise no flags, beat no drums, take no prisoners. They are not afraid of death; they will survive. They are warriors first…. Little Warriors.

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LAS CRÓNICAS DE DANIEL

Fort Lauderdale, December 2008: While many of us see the Bible as ancient history, for others these stories are living testaments to the power of God moving in the world. They never get old and they never lose their ability to make us wonder. We all know the child’s story of Daniel and the lion, but there’s so much more to learn.

Las Crónicas De Daniel by Ricardo L. Reyes tells us, in Spanish, the story of Daniel. Within the pages of this well written, carefully researched book, we follow this prophet of Judah during his captivity in Babylon under the powerful king, Nabucadrezzar. Daniel rose to the position of governor under this king because of his extraordinary knowledge of science and the Chaldean language, Aramaic, and because of his ability to decipher visions and dreams. Read more...

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What is the Measure of a Man?

Fort Lauderdale, November 2008: In this era of cosmetic surgery and movie star perfection, no one wants to go through life with what they consider a defect, whether that’s small breasts, aging skin, varicose veins, or ears that stick out. But sometimes plastic surgery goes beyond the cosmetic to issues that could be real problems. For instance, a plastic surgeon can repair a cleft palate, and now there is even a procedure that can lengthen the legs of someone who would otherwise be of abnormally short stature.

At age sixteen, Akash Shukla had reached his adult height of four feet eleven inches and was heartbroken over it. People didn’t take him seriously. Yet, when he and his family learned about limb lengthening, the decision was not easy. The procedure is a painful, year-long process. The doctors insert screws and bolts in your legs, fasten metal rings, break your bones in the middle and then send you home.

Keys to the Kingdom

Fort Lauderdale, November 2008: Besides being the focal point of three of the world’s great religions, the Middle East also produces most of our oil and is a center of political and economic strife. And if that isn’t enough, three of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are located there: the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, and the Great Pyramid of Giza.

The pyramids are of particular interest. What is their secret? Why the shape? The height of the Great Pyramid, if multiplied by one billion, equals the distance from Earth to the sun. The side of its base, divided by twice its height, equals the approximate value of pi. What accounts for these coincidences? How is it possible to calculate the dates of all wars and disasters based on the dimensions of the Great Pyramid?