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A Discussion Between Fundamentalism and Catholicism Author: Patrick Vandapool As a little bit of necessary background for this review, I grew up as a fundamentalist (i.e. Bible only) Christian. Specifically, I grew up within the Church of Christ. This is not the liberal church that you have probably heard that name ascribed to before, but a fundamentalist sect also known as the Church of Christ which is similar to the Southern Baptists. After college and much doubting and questioning, I left that church and became an Episcopalian, therefore switching from being a protestant to a catholic (there are three branches [...]

 A Tepid Start to a New Mystery Series Author: Mark Reutlinger Something’s brewing at the Rebecca Cohen Home for Jewish Seniors – and it’s quite a murderous little batch of Matzo Balls. Mrs. Kaplan, renowned for her matzo ball soup, always makes it by herself for the Seder (Passover) feast, but when resident Bertha Finklestein ends up choked on an earring, face down in her soup bowl, Mrs. K must solve the answer before the police lay the blame on our cooking maven. Together with her friend Ida, who narrates the story, the two search out a killer. I discovered [...]

Agatha's First Cozy Mystery Author: M.C. Beaton Agatha Raisin, pushy PR firm leader extraordinaire, is ready for early retirement and the good life – only her abrasive personality and desire to be in charge lead to nothing but boredom and loneliness in the English Cottswolds where she has her humble cottage. Determined to make a stir in the village, Agatha enters a fancy store bought quiche into the country fair competition, only to be accused of murder when the judge, a Mr. Cummings-Browne, falls dead from poisoning. At times hilarious, poignant, cozy, and tense, Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of [...]