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Organized Religion

Sometimes we hear a person say, “I don’t agree with organized religion. I think God is best worshipped in a free, unrestrained way.” I’ve been talking this over with various people, and my mom put it best when she said, “God is organized. Of course His church would be the most organized church on the planet.” This is so true. Look at the very laws of physics and science. All perfectly organized, A leading to B which leads to C. Look at the planets in the heavens, how they spin around each in their orbit, never bumping into each other. … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday, Mom!

November is a great month in my family. We start the celebrating with my sister’s birthday on the 2nd, my mom’s birthday is today, my dad’s is on the 24th, and my son turns two on the 29th. Because today belongs to Mom, and because she’s the one who taught me to read, I thought it would be fun to compile a list of some of my mother’s favorite books. 1. All the books of Agatha Christie. Who would disagree that Dame Agatha is one of the foremost of all mystery writers? She actually wrote her first book, “The Mysterious … Continue reading →

Author Review — Ann Rinaldi

I’ve made it no secret how I feel about Ann Rinaldi. She is the author who first introduced me to the joy and wonder of historical fiction and started me down a path that would bring me some of my greatest joy. It won’t come as a great shock that she is one of the first authors I’ve chosen to review. Ann Feis Rinaldi was born in New York City in 1934. Unfortunately, her mother died shortly after giving birth, so Ann went to live with her aunt and uncle in Brooklyn. She remembers this time as the happiest of … Continue reading →

The Rebirth of Agatha Christie

While flipping through my Sunday newspaper a short time ago, I happened upon an article in USA Weekend, dated September 8-10, 2006, written by Robin T. Reid. In part, the article reads: “Whether or not a new generation of mystery readers will like the novels of Agatha Christie may be a matter for the ‘little gray cells’ so famously employed by her eccentric Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot.” The article goes on to say that the books of Agatha Christie are being republished in hardback to introduce them to a new reading public. I need no reintroduction to Agatha Christie; I … Continue reading →

Little Women — Louisa May Alcott

It shocks and amazes me to listen to people talk about literature and to hear them say that they have never read “Little Women.” Some make the comment that they wanted to be different from everyone else and so they didn’t read it. Some say they don’t feel the need to read it, since so many movies have been made about it. I say, if you haven’t read “Little Women,” you are seriously educationally deprived. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are four sisters growing up in Concord, Mass. They live in a huge, rambling house that is slowly falling into … Continue reading →