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Violence and language... Author:  Rebecca Solnit Does the sight of Bill Cosby make your stomach turn?  Accused by 51 women of multiple sexual assaults spanning over five decades, he once was the icon for all things wholesome and righteous.  Now he’s just disgusting.  In The Mother of All Questions, writer Rebecca Solnit touches on Cosby and his ilk, exposing the continued acceptance of atrocious behavior that’s been a part of human culture for millennia. Solnit has been writing about violence toward women – and many other topics – for over twenty prolific years and there may be no one who [...]

Would You Live as a Science Experiment for Your Child? Author: Kevin Wilson As I sit her today with the window open, the comforting city sounds of building and chatting backlit by the hum of bustling cars, computer balanced on my feet as I stretch into one of my favorite yoga poses (butterfly position), I get that dreamy eyed, captured heart feeling from thinking back on this novel and my experience reading it. Between work and newly married life, plus an ever-complicating tide of hobbies and responsibilities, it’s been about a month since I read this book – which shows [...]

Cozy Meets Life Changing: From Jewel Theft to Falling in Love Author: Jan Karon Docile, lovable Father Tim, the bachelor rector of the charming Mitford church, is stressed that his delivery of love and truth is falling rather flat. Where’s the fire – the muse – the indwelling of a Holy Spirit that can send a true call to action instead of a lackluster bit of preaching? Intent on spending more time growing himself (or, you know, worrying about it) his seemingly peaceful country life among the rolling green hills and pastoral easiness of Mitford is soon to be troubled. [...]