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Blue Like Jazz: Movie & The Book
By Steve on October 2, 2012
When Donald Miller’s Blue Like Jazz came out in 2003 and was the “must read” book throughout most of the decade in the Christian community I thought “this will be the book for me.” It…
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Book Review: The Gospel in Ten Words
By Steve on October 1, 2012
I’ve been doing a number of book reviews here at Beyond the Pale but this is the first review I have done where I have known the author on such a personal level. Paul Ellis,…
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Book Review: Things Unseen by Mark Buchanan
By Steve on September 22, 2012
If there is is a passion for me right now, it would have to be the Kingdom of Heaven. For someone who spent years (decades) as a political junkie, I think many who have known…
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My review of Rob Bell’s “Love Wins”
By Steve on August 7, 2012
I realize I’m a little late to the party on this one. Rob Bell’s book, Love Wins has been out for more than a year now and the controversy surrounding it has moved on to…
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Day 0: St. Bees
By Steve on July 7, 2012
Our friends Mark and Christine drove us from their place near the Wales border all the way up to the Coast to Coast starting point in St. Bees. Of course it would’t be a trip…
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My Spring 2012 Reading List
By Steve on June 13, 2012
We’re into June and that means its time for a reading list update. If you’ve been following the blog at all you know I’ve been on roll reading books concerning Christianity, the church, theology etc….
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I’m on a Book Roll Now: Reading Pete Rollin’s “Insurrection”
By Steve on March 15, 2012
In my last post I mentioned how I hadn’t finished a “Christian” book in 10 years. Even my wife was surprised when she read that. Now, don’t misunderstand, I’ve started a number over the years…
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The Book that is bringing my “Spiritual Mojo” back!
By Steve on March 11, 2012
I’ve been a Christian for 36 years and in all of that time I can name 3 or 4 moments where I met a person, attended an event, or, as in this case, read a…
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My Year End Book Reviews 2011
By Steve on December 31, 2011
On December 30 with one day to spare I met my goal of finishing Susanna Clark’s novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell before the end of 2011. It is a huge tome of a novel…
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Pet Peeves of Working in a Bookstore
By Steve on October 10, 2011
For three years I got to work in what many consider a dream job; …I worked in a bookstore. Yes, I worked for Barnes & Noble Booksellers. And yes, it was fun and got to work with some…