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A History of the Quirks of the Church of Christ

Reviving the Ancient Faith: The Story of Churches of Christ in America by Richard Hughes

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Like many millennial Christians, my faith is central to my life but I don’t identify strongly with any particular sect or denomination. In fact, the whole denomination issue seems to me to be at worst be divisive, and at best a sort of menu of preferred “flavors” of church. That being said, I did grow up in the “Church of Christ” tradition. For the unfamiliar, CoC  can be quickly described as “Baptist, but with more communion and fewer guitars” or “libertarian church”. Since I’ve never focused on denominations much, I didn’t know much about the genesis (pun intended) of the […]

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7/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:25 |

Disturbing and Beautiful

The Crow by James O'Barr

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On the sunshine-iness spectrum ranging from Morissey to Kimmy Schmidt, I place myself towards the left, somewhere around the Joseph Gordon-Levitt dot. I enjoy poetry and creativity and thinking Thoughts, and at the same time I also try to find joy in life. If you’d put yourself in a similar position, if you’ve had someone taken away from you, or if you are a fan of the comics genre, consider The Crow. The graphic novel looks and feels familiar to anyone who has seen the movie adaptation starring the late Brandon Lee: After a gruesome and senseless act of violence […]

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6/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:24 |

“Let us be what we are.”

The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation by Mark Kurlansky

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Several of my most recent reviews have been related to adoption and self. That’s on purpose. I’ve recently discovered both sides of my biological family through AncestryDNA, the research of an “adoption angel”, and some amateur online sleuthing. It’s hard to describe in text what it’s like to finally name your biological heritage as an adult. It feels like coming home, maybe. One of the most interesting parts for my and my kids is that I found out that a large chunk of my heritage is Basque. Basques live in Basque Country (makes sense), which is located along the border […]

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6/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:23 |

Read “The Primal Wound” Instead

Coming Home to Self: The Adopted Child Grows Up by Nancy Newton Verrier

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A few months ago I reviewed The Primal Wound, Nancy Newton Verrier’s book about the unavoidable impact that separation from the biological family (especially mothers) places on adoptees. I mentioned that while the book was a bit dated since it was written in the early 1990s, there was a lot of value in it because it articulated and normalized things that many adoptees feel. One of the primary complaints of Verrier’s first book is that it of lays out a problem without a solution. (This wasn’t my complaint, but I’ve seen adoptive parents mention it online.) Another issue that I mentioned […]

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6/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:22 |

“I’m tired of people dying because of arguments between their leaders.”

The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, Book 2) by Brandon Sanderson

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A few months ago I reviewed the first book in the Mistborn trilogy. I mentioned in that review how good the fights were, and how much I enjoyed Sanderson’s world building. He sketches out a complex continent full of history, classes, and intrigue and puts his RPG party of thieves, smooth talkers, and warriors to work. It’s fun! In The Well of Ascension, Sanderson benefits from all of that book one groundwork while also enriching the world’s lore and political machinations. As a political scientist, I enjoyed the author’s exploration of what leadership is and what it costs, the problem of […]

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6/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:21 |

Get the Most Out of Working Remote

Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

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Exactly a year ago I changed jobs. I went from a conservative 9-5 workplace where business casual or suits were required to complete freedom. Anywhere with an internet connection was potentially my office. At first, this was overwhelming. I was talking to an office-less friend about it and how he dealt with always being available. He told me a story about one time having to talk with a client while on a cruise. “Instead of looking at it like I’m always on call, I look at it like I can do whatever I want and just work from my life,” […]

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5/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:20 |

An OK Thriller from a Very Good Comics Writer

The Oracle Year by Charles Soule

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Charles Soule ranks highly on my list of comics writers because (1) he’s a fellow attorney and (2) he wrote the criminally underrated “She-Hulk” run of a few years ago. I’m not the only Soule fan – Marvel had enough faith in the guy to let him write Wolverine’s death. His creator-owned series “Letter 44” is an interesting blend of politics and sci-fi, sort of like Brian K Vaughan’s genre-bending Ex Machina. A Kindle deal popped up in my inbox with Soule’s book, so of course I bought it immediately. While I enjoyed Soule’s novel, it wasn’t exactly ground-breaking, and […]

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5/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:19 |

Co-Creating a Better Future Together

Narrative Mediation : A New Approach to Conflict Resolution by John Winslade, Gerald D. Monk

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This book, as the title suggests, is about a kind of mediation. (Mediation can be thought of as facilitated conflict resolution, or facilitated decision making. It’s more informal than court and the parties decide the outcome, unlike having a judge or arbitrator decide for them.) While mediation as a concept isn’t new, the professional development of mediation is pretty new – really around 50 years old. Most mediators are “facilitative” mediators, meaning that they try to facilitate a process in which they get at the root of the parties’ issues and help the parties negotiate a win-win solution. This model […]

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5/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:18 |


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