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Books… BOOKS… BOOKS!!!!
Over the last few years I have engaged a bit more with Southern writers. Those from the South who write about other things, and then Southern writers who write about the South. Lately I have taken in Pat Conroy and Greg Iles. They write honestly, but I have really loved the lyrical way they write. There is a beauty to…
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Church Planting Idea
Here is the scenario: a church planting effort in my neck of the woods (NE Minneapolis), so a viable business model could be explored. “Viable” is something that can be discussed. Minneapolis, priding itself on local consumers and local ideas, could use one last “independent” bookstore. So, we create one, like it’s the “last independent bookstore” on the planet, but…
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The Funeral for Bookstores Has Long Passed
At my age, living in two worlds of digital and print, I lament one passing as I try and embrace another medium. There is an advantage to BOTH, but it’s a world that is not allowing “both” very well anymore. My wife and I were traveling through Des Moines, Iowa yesterday so we stopped at a Christian bookstore that was…
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