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Ron’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ron’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Ron Miller
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in Lake Charles, Louisiana, The United States
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March 2012
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https://www.goodreads.com/ronsreflections
Homeland insecurity
It has been a challenge lately to write about current events because of the turmoil in my own life. I imagine I’m not alone in this; we're all living through an extraordinary time in world history, yet we still have our individual lives to navigate.
I have been dealing with two significant challenges: a sudden and unfamiliar chronic illness, and the profound grief of losing several loved ones in a
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Sellout: Musings From Uncle Tom's Porch
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2010
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“People "at the top" are eager to attribute their position to their own intellect, savvy, and hard work. The reality is much more complicated. Personal connections, family environment, and what appears to be plain luck determine how successful a person is. We are the product of three things- genetics, environment, and our personal choices- but two of these three factors we have no power over. We are not nearly as responsible for our success as our popular views of God and reality lead us to think.”
― Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
― Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
“If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn't rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.”
― The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
― The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
“None of us is as smart as all of us.”
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“Too often, we judge other groups by their worst examples - while judging ourselves by our best intentions. And this has strained our bonds of understanding and common purpose.
But Americans, I think, have a great advantage. To renew our unity, we only need to remember our values. We have never been held together by blood or background. We are bound by things of the spirit – by shared commitments to common ideals.”
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But Americans, I think, have a great advantage. To renew our unity, we only need to remember our values. We have never been held together by blood or background. We are bound by things of the spirit – by shared commitments to common ideals.”
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