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As 2014 draws to a close, you may want to look back on the progress you’ve made this past year

God loves surprises. Look at David who began his career as a silly, singing cowboy of sorts, a rock throwing,

When I finished reading Suzanne Collins’s Mockingjay, I wished that there had been a fourth book. The last installment of

WHY YOUR WEIRDNESS IS WONDERFUL: Embrace Your Quirks and Live Your Strengths by Laurie Wallin Abingdon 2-370000-130754, PB, 185 pages,

Americans are pretty generous — in fact, 83% of us donated money to charitable organizations last year, according to a

Back in the ’90s and early 2000s, I was a big fan of Behind the Music and E! True Hollywood

DEAD LAWYERS TELL NO TALES by Randy Singer Tyndale 978-1-4143-7558-8, PB 431 pages, $13.99 Landon Reed is trying to reinvent

I couldn’t think of a damn thing for Schindler to Sez today. The GipperPhil, an avid Notre Dame fan and

All investors probably wish they had gotten in on the “ground floor” of Apple or Microsoft or any other big

If you watch enough movies, it starts to seem like the same stories are repeated over and over. Sometimes, though,

FALLING IN LOVE WITH GOD by Bob Hostetler Leafwood Press 978091127743, PB 222 pages, $14.99 While God is commonly defined

If you want to be just another face in the crowd…follow the path of least resistance. JACK O’Jack O’Lantern wears

The kids are back at school and summer vacations are now just fading memories, so it must be autumn. But

One of my favorite parts of the fall is that the really good movies-the Best Picture contenders-start to show up

EVERY WAKING MOMENT by Chris Fabry Tyndale 978-4-4143-4863-6, PB 376 pages, $14.99 Treha Langsam’s life has been anything but ordinary.

It probably doesn’t happen as much as you’d like, but from time to time, you have some extra disposable income.

When I read Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, I read it in one sitting. I read a lot, but it’s

SPEAK: How Your Story Can Change the World By Nish Weiseth Zondervan, 2-370000-147226, PB, 204 pages, $14.99 Mrs. Weiseth really

If you follow the herd, sooner or later your shoes are going to stink as bad as your decision to

Did you ever wonder what a full moon is full of? Three“Martin,” a friend asked, “how many kids do you

Are you ready for this? September is National Preparedness Month. Sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Preparedness

I am one of those sad people who gets pretty worked up if an animal is injured or killed in

A WOMAN’S HEART FOR GOD: Drawing Closer to the Lover of Your Soul by Sheila Cragg Worthy 978-1-617951-59-6, PB 235

Last weekend, I saw one of the worst movies I’ve seen in years—The November Man. Like with Winter’s Tale, I’m

The only time you have to worry what someone thinks of you is if they’re paying your bills. ClintOne of

On September 1, we observe Labor Day — a celebration of the American worker. Of course, you work hard at

Babies, old ladies, dogs and mosquitoes love me. Does that mean I’m loveable? PotAccording to a preliminary study of casual

Anytime a book is adapted for film, there’s the chorus of readers declaring that the book is always better than

If you’re a baby boomer, you’re at the point in life where, if you haven’t actually entered retirement, you’re at

Get On Up tells the life story of James Brown (Chadwick Boseman) from his childhood of deep poverty and neglect