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BJ Richardson was born in Utica, NY in 1978, bravely entering the world as the second of eight children—a position that taught him early on how to negotiate for bathroom time and hide snacks with military precision. His childhood was an upstate New York tour, bouncing between Syracuse and Rochester, where he perfected the fine art of shoveling snow and making the best of hand-me-downs.

In 2000, he earned a BA in Bible from CBC (yes, the Bible has a degree), and later leveled up with an MDiv in Global Studies from Liberty University—because why study one country when you can study them all? Over the next dozen years, BJ wore more hats than a church rummage sale: he worked with orphans, served those with mental disabilities, and served as an i
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In The Moment

Read: Ezekiel 23:1-49, Hebrews 10:18-39, Psalm 109:1-31, Proverbs 27:13

So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God,
you will receive what he has promised.
(Hebrews 10:35-36)

Relate: As I write this, I am monitoring a study hall where four of my students are preparing for a test they have after lunch. The

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Excellent end to an excellent series. I do have a small issue about the ending but there is no way to complain about it without spoilers. I eagerly await the day when this series turns into a TV series. The books are just too good for it not to happe ...more
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I have read dozens, if not at this point hundreds, of books on the crusades and this time period and locale. Very often, they seem to be borrowing from one another in perpetuating outdated ideas and stereotypes that go back at least to Gibbon. There ...more
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This book series deserves to be made into a TV series. I started reading them knowing almost nothing about the books, but I am loving them more and more the further I go along. They are great kids' books that adults will also love. They have the soli ...more
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I started reading Nailing It expecting a fresh take on Christian leadership, but the book left me with mixed feelings. The central concept is brilliant. The idea of "crucifying" our toxic leadership habits and replacing them with something more Chris ...more
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I began this book thinking, "I don't like this guy. He is arrogant. He is crass. And he is unrelatable." By the time I was turning the last page, I was thinking, "I need to strap on my shoes, go out there, and run a dozen miles." Mr Hanes, good job. ...more
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It took me a while to write my review for this. I finished it a good three weeks ago but between Christmas and New Year's and my birthday, I think I have a few plausible excuses. But honestly, it has been enough time that I have actually pulled out a ...more
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“Let us not look at the talents we wish we had or pine away for the gifts that are not ours but instead do the best we can with what we have.”
BJ Richardson

“Don't ever let the blessings from your hand take my gaze off the beauty of your face or my pursuit of the beating of your heart.”
BJ Richardson

“So be very careful how you spend your time. There is nothing more precious. In the twinkling of an eye, heaven may be won or lost... Man will have no excuse before God at the Day of Judgment when he gives an account of how he spent his time.”
Anonymous, The Cloud of Unknowing

“Until a man has found God and been found by God, he begins at no beginning, and works to no end. He may have friendships, his partial loyalties, his scraps of honor. But all these things fall into place and life falls into place only with God. Only with God. God, who fights through men against Blind Force and Night and Non-Existence; who is the end, who is the meaning. He is the only king.”
H. G. Wells, Mr. Britling Sees it Through

“We weren't born yesterday. We are from [New York]. But we are also from somewhere else. We are from Oz, from the Looking-Glass Land, from Narnia, and from Middle Earth. If with part of ourselves we are men and women of the world and share the sad unbeliefs of the world, with a deeper part still, the part where our best dreams come from, it is as if we were indeed born yesterday, or almost yesterday, because we are also all of us children still.”
Frederick Buechner, Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale – A Fresh Look at the Many Dimensions of God and Humanity

“You will never truly realize God is all you need until He becomes all you have.”
Mother Teresa

“It is pointless and impossible to maintain a modern ideology based on inaccurate memories of a dead and distant past.”
Yasin al Hafiz

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