Theodicius

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Elegy

Filed under: General,Religion— arlen@ 8:06 am

“I bid good-by to a friend last night,” she said through her tears in the morning. “I loved him well, and he loved me, but he is gone today and will not return.” Why? We sought for an answer to the question, “Why?” “The question is vexed,” said the first. “There is no ‘why.’ There […]

Apology

Filed under: General— arlen@ 7:18 am

Sorry I haven’t felt like writing much. Apart from the occasional thought that the only ones reading this blog are poker spammers, we’ve had something a little more pressing to deal with around here.

Interesting Times

Filed under: General— arlen@ 7:30 am

OK, a flood of comment spam is one thing. But my email server (not located on this server) coughed up a hairball and I’ve lost about 3 months worth of email. No evidence yet of Foul Play involved, but it does make me a tad irritable.

Rutland Place / Farrier’s Lane

Filed under: Books,General,Mystery— arlen@ 7:25 am

My latest batch of mystery books, by Anne Perry, leave me a little puzzled. I’ve written before about her books (liked the Pitt — Cater Street Hangman — but not the Monk) but I may be changing my mind. To the extent that I may not be able to finish the latter one. The Pitts […]

Addicted To Mediocrity

Filed under: Books,General,Religion,Theology— arlen@ 10:07 am

This book by Frankie (son of Francis) Schaffer isn’t a new one, and it isn’t new to me. But I went back and reread it a little while ago. It makes some very good and very interesting points. Frankie isn’t the thinker his father is, but who is? His main point is that Christians are […]

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