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Weird Ideas That Work

Weird Ideas That Work

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Weird Ideas That Work: How to Build a Creative Company By Robert I. Sutton ISBN:978-0-7432-2788-9 (pbk) –Review by Douglas Balzer As a resident of the metro area of Portland Oregon, there is an attraction to the title of this book due to the word Weird in its...
Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures

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Hidden Figures, starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe –Review by Ashley Linne This film is rated PG. This movie combines two of my favorite things: strong women and space. Hidden Figures tells the true story of the history-making triumphs of...
Sex Difference in Christian Theology

Sex Difference in Christian Theology

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Sex Difference in Christian Theology: Male, Female, and Intersex in the Image of God By Megan K. DeFranza –Book Review by Paula Jones   Until 1990, hermaphrodites (an outdated and misleading term) were to me a thing of myth, curious aberrations that were...
The Undoing Project

The Undoing Project

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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis –Review by Teri Hyrkas The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds (W.W. Norton & Co., 2017) by Michael Lewis is, at its heart, the story of an intense rapport between two...
Liturgy of the Ordinary

Liturgy of the Ordinary

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Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren –Review by Teri Hyrkas What comes to your mind when you read the word liturgy? The term unquestionably carries with it images of clerical vestments, brightly burning candles in...
Our Kids

Our Kids

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Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis By Robert Putnam ISBN 978-1-4767-6990-5 (pbk) Published 2015 Review by Douglas Balzer Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert Putnam works to tackle the question surrounding the future of the American Dream. Our...