Rechelle Unplugged

Frank Schaeffer Book Giveaway!

Rechelle — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:02:39 +0000

Last Thursday I drove to Omaha, Nebraska to hear Frank Schaeffer, author of Crazy for God and lots of other really great books dealing with the crazier end of the Christianity spectrum, speak. He did not disappoint. You can hear his talk at this link. If you start at about eleven minutes you can skip the introductions, although the minister of the church where Frank talked does give a brief, but interesting account of his own visit to L’Abri, the [...]

The Calvin Becker Trilogy

Rechelle — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:33:19 +0000

I was introduced to the writing of Frank Schaeffer via his book Crazy For God several years ago. I loved the book and wrote about it here. On that post, a reader left a comment asking me if I had read any of Schaeffer’s fiction books. I had not and I tucked that comment away in my brain in hopes that someday it would resurface at just the exactly right moment when I was in need of a new book [...]

Jack Belts it Out, While Other Kid Gets Brain Nuked

Rechelle — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:08:03 +0000

Jack had a class musical at his school tonight and I thought he should dress up for it. You would think that a house with four sons would have loads of dress shirts for a boy to choose from. Oddly enough, the smallest one I could find was a size twelve which was a bit big on Jack, but it looked okay. Then we fished through a box of his brother’s outgrown pants and managed to come up with a [...]

The Soothing Tones of Sam Harris

Rechelle — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:35:51 +0000

Sometimes listening to an atheist decimate Christianity is such a delightful balm.

Going to see Frank Schaeffer Speak

Rechelle — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:53:20 +0000

On Thursday I am driving to Omaha Nebraska to hear Frank Schaeffer speak. Frank wrote the most excellent book, Crazy For God which I reviewed in a past post as well as a few novels that are currently on my favorite books of all times list. If you haven’t read his Calvin Becker trilogy, Portofino, Saving Grandma, and Zermatt, might I somewhat forcefully encourage you to do so? They are absolutely hysterical books and completely horrifying at the same time. [...]

Random Weekend Photos

Rechelle — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:51:05 +0000

Because the Christmas tree photo was getting a wee bit tiresome.

Winner of Boffo Giveaway Announced! Great New Giveaway Introduced!

Rechelle — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:24:55 +0000

It seems like only three or four weeks ago that I posted a lengthy review of The Case for Christ and buried a fabulous giveaway in it. Armed with fortitude, perseverance, and/or resourcefulness, reader after reader unearthed the giveaway and discovered to her or his delight that she or he stood to win … a coupon good for a free Attune Probiotic bar … which I had painstakingly cut out of this cereal box. These are the actual scissors I [...]

Gathering Around the Tree….

Rechelle — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:15:31 +0000

Or uh… make that the YouTube video…

His Blue and Frozen Remains

Rechelle — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:07:51 +0000

It was a dark and stormy night… No… wait. Actually it was a dim and frozen morning. Preceeded by a dark and stormy night…. For I was seated in my usual spot, the perch in our home described as the “brown chair” a heavily padded wingback which is the most desirable seat in the house. I had the laptop on my lap as I earnestly scanned the headlines for news of the latest protestations to emerge from either Bachmann or [...]

Death Comes to Pemberly

Rechelle — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:04:34 +0000

The instant I heard PD James interviewed on NPR regarding her latest book Death Comes to Pemberley, I knew I was going to have to go to great lengths, possibly even murder, to lay my hands on a copy. Fortunately, the CD saved me from committing any such grisly crime by purchasing the book for me for Christmas. Having never read a PD James book, but being somewhat familiar with her mysteries via Masterpiece Theater, I figured that if anyone [...]

Happy New Year!

Rechelle — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:42:01 +0000

Who’s up for another circle?

Jim Bob Duggar’s Attempts to Save Scottish Atheist Thwarted Due to Hectic TV Vacation!

Rechelle — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:01:29 +0000

In the first few minutes of this video in which the Duggar family is visiting Scotland, Jim Bob Duggar is seen attempting to proselytize a Scottish street performer. The performer admits after Jim questions him that he “doesn’t really believe in God”. Upon hearing these shocking words, Jim is forced to try and convert the man quickly because the family has to get to their next destination. As the scene plays out it becomes strikingly evident to me that Jim [...]

Dear Charles Hosts His First Giveaway,You Seriously Don’t Want to Miss Out!

Rechelle — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:33:15 +0000

Dear Readers of Rechelle Unplugged (all six of you who remain), it is with great excitement that I inform you of a supreme giveaway going on just inches from your fingertips at this very juncture! For if you were to reach your wormy appendages in such a way as to click upon the Dear Charles tab (located in the header) you will be rapidly transported to the Dear Charles section of this blog where none other than Dear Charles himself [...]

Review of Lee Strobel’s “The Case for Christ”, with Boffo Giveaway Included

Rechelle — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:32:24 +0000

With mincing alacrity, Dear Charles takes on Lee Strobel's "The Case for Christ" and startling questions arise!!!

The Mother Daughter Show

Rechelle — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:19:48 +0000

It happened again. In spite of not posting on this site for months at a time, I got sent another book to review for the blog. I can’t really comprehend this, but who am I to turn down a free book? The only problem is that once the book arrives, I have to actually sit down and read it and that was not as easy as it may sound. I took a few classes at a local university this Fall [...]