May 04
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Armageddon in Retrospect | Kurt Vonnegut

Armageddon in Retrospect © 2008 Berkley Books 232 pages This doesn’t feel like the posthumous collection it is. These stories are impeccably crafted, and fit perfectly together. That’s a credit to the skill of the writer: even his non-published works are eminently publishable. I started to read Vonnegut after watching him interact with Jon Stewart [...]

Author: Stephen Barkley
May 01
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The Purpose of Prayer | Richard J. Foster

While rereading a classic by Richard Foster: Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home, I was once again reminded of the main purpose of prayer. “Prayer changes things,” people say. It also changes us. The latter goal is the more imperative. The primary purpose of prayer is to bring us into such a life of communion [...]

Author: Stephen Barkley