REVIEWS Etc – posts prior to 2023

BOOKS, excerpts, articles:

– 5 Good Books for Ministers
– You Can Be Very Serious AND Funny (Frank Laubach)
– Evangelicalism is Broken. Do They Know? Do They Care? (review of Labberton’s “Still Evangelical?”)
– Naomi Klein Finds Hope – In “Killing the Trump Within”
– Chris Moore-Backman Understands Having Hope
– Who’s More Moral, the Rich or the Poor? What Traits Go With Each Group? (John Ruskin)
– Turn the Other Cheek MEANS Resist Them Non-Violently
– Does Prayer “Work”? “Scientific & Pastoral Perspectives…”
– Who Are More Moral – the Rich or the Poor? Ruskin: Unto This Last
– Economics IS ETHICS – Economics, the Bible, Galbraith, and Sen
– Should Christians Work Against Poverty? This Muslim Thinks So.

QUOTE LISTS:

– Food For The Soul – Quote Machine (Walter Wink, John Howard Yoder, Shadia Drury, William Ury)
– When The Money and the Power are One
– 100 Quotes!
– 50 More Quotes

MUSIC & POETRY:

– Political Worship Songs? Mary and Zechariah’s Songs (in Luke 1) are Blatantly Political.
– Do Not Be Upset. Do Not Be Afraid. Even If Everything is Changing. (Teresa of Avila)
– The Expendability of Children – Who Cares? 2 Very Short Poems, CS Lewis, Wendell Berry
– Cowboy’s Christmas Prayer – Good Values
– Words We May Lose: “It took long to buy these words.”
– “Devil Music” Telling the Truth
– “I have to cast my lot with those who … reconstitute the world”
– Wislawa Szymborska, poem: Cleaning Up The Mess(es)
– Let America Be America Again – Langston Hughes

READER STORIES:

– Moral Values in Teaching and Nursing
– Letter From A Mother
– Shame on Promoters of Corrupt War-making – Personal Story
– Feed Your Child, or Feed The Corporation? “Forgive Us Our Debts!” – a Mother’s Story
– Was It A Lack In My Faith? A Christian Very Puzzled by His Church.
– Do Churches Care About the Victims of Abortion? “Lucy’s” story …
– Friends, Family & anti-Christ: Jesus Would NOT Run This Kind of Shop
– True Health-care Story Happening in Omaha, a Letter to Sen Ben Nelson
– “I took Jesus’ teachings to heart” but “I felt alone.” – Another American Experience
– Excellent Comments Excerpted