by Amanda Read Sheik | Aug 14, 2014 | In Otherwords, Style
Bureaucratizing beauty is not likely a way to safeguard it, however good it may be for companies to be honest with consumers about what they are serving them. I’m quite a ModCloth styliste, even choosing them as the source of wardrobe for actresses in my Romans...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Aug 14, 2014 | In Otherwords, Journal
“Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold,” our LORD Jesus told us. “But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.” (Matthew 24:12-13) We see the folly of lacking principle, the roots of the...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jul 6, 2014 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal, Politics, Style
At 238 years of age, I suppose it’s about time that America can no longer blame decline and error on youthful indiscretion. Here are some observations about a particular 4th of July-themed film that annoyed some readers more than I anticipated (I offended fans...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jul 3, 2014 | Journal, Literary Projects, Politics
I have been a writer of the reticent sort in the blogosphere for some time now. I will henceforth make an effort to share a bit more knowledge and creativity and inspiration as it comes to me, rather than holding back in scorn of this...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jun 6, 2014 | Reminiscences
A picture and letter from my great-grandfather Ross Bryan to great-grandmother Marguerite and their daughter Linda (my grandmother, Dad’s mother), when he was off at war. The letter reads: 27 Oct. 1944 Margie and Linda, I love you both with all my heart and hope...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Apr 15, 2014 | Journal, Politics, Style, World Views
My latest at Brenner Brief… Rendering unto Caesar in a progressive tax system Rather than say that taxes shouldn’t be paid at all, or that Caesar has a unlimited right of taxation, Christ put Caesar in his limited place. May the deductions be ever in your favor!...
