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Paradise-1

In Space, Can They Hear You Scream? Author: David Wellington Paradise-1 is Earth’s first deep space colony. It’s a new start, a new opportunity for many. Firewatch inspector Alexandra Petrova, Captain Parker, and Doctor Lei Zheng all think that they are a part of a routine mission to check-in on the planet. This mission is either a demotion or a warning. Or so they think. When they are awoken from cryo-sleep by the ship’s sentient robot, Rapscallion, to discover that the Artificial Intelligence has gone insane and a bevy of ships orbiting Paradise-1 are attacking, it quickly becomes obvious that this [...]

2024-03-31T18:29:25-07:00March 31st, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , |

Silver Nitrate

B-Movie Bad Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Montserrat is a bisexual nerd-girl working in a man’s world. She’s the best sound editor in Mexico City in the 90s, but she is constantly overlooked, underrated, and underestimated. Her best friend, sometimes enemy, Tristán, is a washed-up soap-opera star who jaunts from one (also bisexual) relationship to another, constantly seeking self-edification and his next big chance. Together, the two are mostly alone in the world, drawn together by a shared childhood, getting fast food and booze late at night, and slamming everything about each other in a truly toxic way. Enter Tristán’s new BFF. Retired [...]

2024-03-30T12:53:52-07:00March 30th, 2024|Tags: , , , |

Humility: The Beauty of Holiness

A Treaties on an Underappreciated Virtue Author: Andrew Murray In this short (around 50 pages) booklet, Andrew Murray deep dives into the most overlooked (and least liked) Christlike attribute of humility. He first starts by defining humility – what it is, where it comes into play in our lives and our faiths, and why it is ultimately beautiful and freeing. Humility does not cancel out our personalities, it perfects them, bathes them in the glow of Christ, and helps us to become more of what we are, not less. Next, Murray gives us some examples of how Jesus showed humility, how [...]

2024-03-26T19:10:35-07:00March 26th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , |
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