Dave Dishman

Guidance from Overlooked Men and Women of the Bible

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The Keepers of the House

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I find that good things are often forgotten and this is especially true of books. Recently this book was offered at a huge discount on a BookBub email (if you love books and haven’t gotten on BookBub then you’re missing out). Here’s how Amazon describes the it: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1965, The Keepers of the House is Shirley Ann Grau’s masterwork, a many-layered indictment of racism and rage that is as terrifying as it is wise.

While set in a different era, you’ll find parallels to today’s racial environment. I can’t believe that I’d never heard of it, let alone read it. I also can’t believe that it hasn’t been made into a movie. It’s sort of like The Help, but with violence. And a killer ending. I give it two thumbs up.

The rain falls…

With all the rain we’ve had this month, I’m intrigued by this verse found in Matthew 5:45:

…he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

I’m not sure where I stand in this dichotomy of just/unjust (I’m hopeful it’s more of a spectrum), and apparently I can’t tell based on the weather. However, we can know that the Lord is good to all, whether we deserve it or not. That’s comforting, on either a sunny or dreary day.

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