© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-megdunn Recent reviews written by member megdunn en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_438843379332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - Christians, of all people, should not be the destroyers. We should treat nature with an overwhelming respect. -- Francis Schaeffer In 1967, two defining articles came out on our modern ecological crisis. The first one, by Lynn White, Jr.,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438843379332 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:52:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438843379332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438843051652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - The creation, including the earth, is not to be well treated because it is sacred or because it should be worshiped, but because God made it and called it good (Genesis 1), and its goodness is independent of human utility. -- Redeeming... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438843051652 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:46:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438843051652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438842527364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - In Thomas Cahill’s second book in his Hinges in History series, The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels, Cahill explores the foundations of linear thought and progress. During the time of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438842527364 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:40:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438842527364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_400180743812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - If pressed to name the greatest contribution that the Irish have made to civilization, I suspect that Guinness, a beer first brewed in 1755 in the heart of Dublin by Arthur Guinness, might be the first thing to pop into many people's minds. Others might... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~400180743812 Tue, 7 Aug 2007 22:47:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_400180743812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_393572683396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - "To live with someone with FTD is a test of personal strength and character.... Spouses of FTD/Pick patients are often treated for clinical depression, and one I heard about committed suicide.” -- Andrew Kertesz My dad has Picks disease... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~393572683396 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:12:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_393572683396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_388102262404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - One of the ironies of the era in which we live is that many Americans have pantries overflowing with food and yet are more detached from the origins of that food than ever before. We&#146re often quite ignorant of the many steps of production that our... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~388102262404 Sun, 8 Jul 2007 20:01:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_388102262404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_292863184516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - Back in September, announcements were made during our church services that we were going to start in on a great book on marriage during Sunday school called Empowering Couples: Building on Your Strengths. We had just had a wedding in the church... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~292863184516 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:44:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_292863184516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_276572376708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - What do penguin sex, apologizing for the crusades, a sexy carrot and living with freaks have in common? They’re all a part of the narrative on Christian spirituality that Donald Miller has woven together in his book, Blue Like Jazz. An old... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~276572376708 Wed, 8 Nov 2006 23:01:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_276572376708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_216948182660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - slavery: The total control of one person by another for the purpose of economic exploitation. (definition by Kevin Bales) slavery: Forced labor without pay under threat of violence. (definition by American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG))... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~216948182660 Sat, 7 Jan 2006 20:32:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_216948182660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_197841161860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - If you’re looking for a book that is “wicked and wonderful,” Jennifer Government is not it, despite the Washington Post Book World quote on the cover that says it is exactly that. If you ask me, Jennifer Government is more along the lines... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~197841161860 Thu, 6 Oct 2005 20:45:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_197841161860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_181081837188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - About a year ago a woman at church mentioned that she likes to shop at Wal-Mart not just because it&#146s cheap but because she feels like she&#146s supporting a Christian business seeing as Sam Walton (the founder of Wal-Mart) was a Christian. I knew... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~181081837188 Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:14:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_181081837188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_171850108548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - Daughter of the Blood After having read several books that I picked up off of the teen shelf at the library, I thought it was time for something a little more adult. So, based primarily on the picture on the cover, I chose Daughter of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~171850108548 Tue, 1 Feb 2005 02:52:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_171850108548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_169627192964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - Firesong Do you remember the feeling you had upon entering the movie theater to see Matrix: Revolutions? It was probably one of great anticipation. Now remind yourself of how you felt as you walked out of that movie. If you were like... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~169627192964 Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:15:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_169627192964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_168168230532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - Slaves of the Mastery is the second in the Wind on Fire trilogy. Kestrel, Bowman and Mumpo are now 15 years old, old enough to become betrothed (and Mumpo has his heart set on Kestrel though she’d rather not consider marriage to anyone as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~168168230532 Tue, 4 Jan 2005 01:47:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_168168230532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_167431147140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - Twins, Kess and Bo Hath, are only 10, but already they know that something is wrong in Aramanth, the walled city in which they live. Their little sister, Pinto, is now two, the age at which each citizen of Aramanth takes their first test. The Hath’s... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~167431147140 Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:47:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_167431147140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_165589913220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - Our library has a rather extensive collection of Anne McCaffrey books on tape. Lately I've been listening to several of the Pern novels, but recently I pulled out Freedom's Landing for a change of pace (and because someone else had beaten me to most of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~165589913220 Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:42:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_165589913220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_159734206084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - Made in America: My Story is an autobiography of Sam Walton as well as the story of Wal-Mart. As Sam himself admits in his foreword, “I’m really the best person to tell the Wal-Mart tale, and ... --like it or not--my life is all wrapped up in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~159734206084 Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:03:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_159734206084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_155861356164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - Suburbs are a fairly new phenomenon. Before cars it was simply silly to consider building housing as far away from business as is the practice today. Most people had to walk or ride a horse drawn carriage to work, shopping, etc. and distances were spaced... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~155861356164 Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:47:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_155861356164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_154864946820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - When I had my first child I kept him mostly to myself. Others would offer to hold him but I'd refuse them, not so much because I wanted my little bundle to myself, but because it just seemed that he didn't want to go to anyone else -- for others he would... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~154864946820 Thu, 9 Sep 2004 18:13:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_154864946820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_147653496452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - Overview of the Book Since the days of Constantine, the church has "enjoyed" a time of power and influence. Even in the United States, a nation that allows for the freedom of religion, Christianity has been the de facto state religion until... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~147653496452 Wed, 14 Jul 2004 01:40:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_147653496452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143385398916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - Lily awoke to find that all three pairs of her shoes had been filled with strawberry jelly. What could it mean? Was her dead Uncle Max trying to tell her something? When Lily and her mom move into an old family house, Lily begins to discover that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143385398916 Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:16:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143385398916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_128095325828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - Christopher Paolini began to write Eragon when he graduated high school at the age of 15. The book chronicles the beginning of a young man&#146s (Eragon, also age 15) adventure as he discovers a dragon&#146s egg, bonds with the dragon, and sets out to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~128095325828 Fri, 30 Jan 2004 19:31:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_128095325828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_106194112132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - Read with Me Bible: An NIrV Story Bible for Children The Read with Me Bible is excellent... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~106194112132 Tue, 15 Jul 2003 23:10:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_106194112132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_103554715268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - While hanging out at a local, independent bookstore in town, I peered toward the "staff picks" table... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~103554715268 Fri, 20 Jun 2003 01:14:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_103554715268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_103553207940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author megdunn - There are several passages in the Bible that remind Christians they are not of this world. Christians are Resident Aliens on this planet and among the cultures and nations in which they live. But so often, rather than living as though foreigners... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~103553207940 Fri, 20 Jun 2003 00:58:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_103553207940?linkin_id=8003929