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A listener interested in St. Benedict’s Rule will find this 600 plus page work, published by The Liturgical Press a scholarly work. It can be used as a reference for reading, as in study, or as a reference work (so I think). The book speaks of St. Benedict’s sense of moderation, and his humility, an earmark of the book about the Rule itself, and a hallmark of the author who is a monk and priest.

In essence, this story is about how a certain person was searching his bookshelf for something to read and in the end found a book, which turned out to be the source, from which it is possible to obtain absolutely any kind of information about absolutely any person. Meaning, information to the smallest particulars and details about what his or her qualities of personality are, how he or she lives, what he or she really wants to achieve, what he or she hides, and much more.

Somewhere down the line, born-again believers have conformed to the world and the world's way of thinking - including the concept behind work. The world has taught you that you must work hard for success, and this is how you become successful. However, faith is the key to accessing all of God's power, grace, love, mercy, forgiveness, and favor. God does not take money; you cannot buy your way into Heaven. God does not take work; you cannot work your way into Heaven.

This is a short story about a 17-year-old named Charlie who was part of a horrific brain transplant experiment with a pygmy goat.

The Reverend Doctor Herbert F. Brokering, pastor, author, lyricist, speaker, and hymn writer of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), died Nov. 7 of congestive heart failure at his apartment in Bloomington, Minn., according to his son, Mark. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America news service says in its report, "Brokering, 83, was a member of St. Stephen Lutheran Church, Bloomington."