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Freedom of Self Forgetfulness: The Path to True Christian Joy

An Honest Look at Humility and Pride Author: Timothy Keller Timothy Keller’s The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness is a short (fifty page) work that focuses on the freedom in true humility. It’s crafted in three sections: The Natural Condition of the Human Ego, The Transformed View of Self, and finally, How to Get That Transformed View Of Self. The base for this work is Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 3:21 – 4:7): So then, no more boasting about men! All things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the [...]

2024-03-23T20:49:18-07:00March 23rd, 2024|Tags: , , , , , |

Golden Frog Games, The

The Destruction of a Coven Author: Claribel A. Ortega Since Witchlings, Seven and her friends Valley and Thorn have been forged into a coven. It’s a coven of Spares . . . but still. Their rise to power, completion of the impossible task, and unveiling of a horrible conspiracy have witches everywhere talking about Spare rights. Plus, Seven has now been named the Town Uncle and her powers will eventually be equal to the Gran. Perhaps things in the Twelve Towns are looking up for Spares? Meanwhile, The Golden Frog Games are approaching. The Olympics of the witch world, the Golden [...]

2024-04-05T08:40:23-07:00July 15th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Harvest Home

Irritating Characters Doing Dumb Things Slowly Author: Thomas Tryon Ned and Beth are the usual, dissatisfied suburbanites with a living-off-the-land fantasy. When chance brings them through the quaint village of Cornwall Comb, they know they have found a new life. One ruled by harvest and the old ways. It is perfect, idyllic, and too good to be true. Enter the Widow Fortune, an agrarian symbol of wisdom. Ned and Beth both form friendships with the superstitious, oddly powerful Widow. She even saves their daughter from her life threatening asthma. Yet there is something sinister in all her knowing, her intimations, and [...]

2022-07-26T08:54:21-07:00March 19th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |
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