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Raccoon Theology: Meeting yourself down the road

You probably never read or heard about a novel written by an Englishman, Sir Osbert Sitwell, 5th Baronet and author, back nearly a hundred years ago. Interestingly it has become

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Raccoon Theology: Adventures with discarded things

I learned a new word the other day — upcycling. It means “repurposing used things” which being translated means finding a use for things you pick up at the convenience

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'The Pillars of the Earth' | Select | norfolkdailynews.com

At almost 1,000 pages in length, “The Pillars of the Earth” by Ken Follett is a hefty tome. Its heft reflects the weightiness of its overall subject — the building

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Raccoon Theology: Perhaps less folks, but still saints

I read a book in the last few days entitled The Great Dechurching which is about the decline in church attendance in the last 25 years or so. It seems

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Quality reading

My main goal this year is to focus on reading what I consider to be quality literature. For 14 years, that’s been the focus of the books I choose to

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'Journey in the Dark' | Select | norfolkdailynews.com

“Journey in the Dark” by Martin Flavin just might be the quintessential American novel. It won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1944. It also won the Harper Prize in

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Raccoon Theology: Amos' shoes and my router | Columns

The raccoons are walking away; they say nobody cares about either Amos’ shoes or my router. I say they are wrong. Sure, I don’t know whether Amos was talking about

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Anthologies

I’m a fan of anthologies and story collections, especially when those collections feature a variety of authors, but I also enjoy story collections that contain only the works of a

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Raccoon Theology: Why a 'New Year' is important

As a kid in the church Christmas play, once I got the “orient are” part of the song straight, I much preferred to be a king with a cardboard crown

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'The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin' | Select | norfolkdailynews.com

“The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” is a unique book written by and about a truly singular person in American history. The man was a marvel of ingenuity, wisdom and determination.

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