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by Bruce Barton
by Bruce Barton
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Defenders of the Covenant by Angie Lofthouse
This August at the LDS Booksellers Convention I met author Angie Lofthouse who has just published her first novel, Defenders of the Covenant. Sci-Fi is never my first choice when choosing a book, but I had some time and started reading her novel the same day.
The book takes place sometime in the future. Earth has been taken over by alien invaders. Groups of refugees have hidden themselves underground and lived all their lives without seeing the light of day or knowing what Earth looks like, really. The book tells the story of one particular group of people who are LDS. Even though they have been warned all their lives of the dangers of leaving their refuge, four teens run away from their hiding place to discover for themselves what has happened to Earth.
The aliens capture the four of them and separate them and they each face individual struggles with the aliens – and with themselves as they now have to figure things out on their own. Three of them use their religious beliefs and training to guide them. One boy, Jeremy, rebels and his thought processes were never very clear to me. It seemed he joined the dark side and became evil very quickly and easily.
There is plenty of drama and action and pretty good character development. I struggled with the believability factor a bit, but as I said, I don’t often read sci-fi novels and a certain suspension of reality is probably requisite.
It’s an interesting idea to take aliens, Mormons, the Salt Lake Temple, faith, prayer, android soldiers, pig-people and even a bit of a love story and weave them together. The book is probably suitable for ages 10-12 and up and will most likely appeal mainly to Mormons. It is 350 or so pages long, but a quick and easy read.
I give it 3 out of 5 stars.
by Bruce Barton
This is a great recipe – just don’t tell them it’s made with zuchini!
2 meduim onions
2 T butter (I omit this)
1 1/2 lbs. zuchini
3 C chicken broth (I use boullion)
1/2 C half and half (I use canned milk)
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/8 tsp. salt
Pinch cayenne
Grated cheddar cheese
Chop and cook onion in butter until clear and soft. Wash and slice zuchini and combine with the onion and the chicken broth. Bring to a boil and simmer 15 minutes. Add seasonings. Put mixture through the blender and puree until smooth. Add half & half and adjust seasonings to taste. Reheat, but do not boil. Garnish with grated cheese
by Bruce Barton
by Bruce Barton
by Bruce Barton
by rzeszut
by Bruce Barton
by Bruce Barton
Old Brother Higgins built a shelf,
For the Family Book of Mormon to rest itself,
Lest a sticky finger or a grimy thumb,
Might injure the delicate pages some.
He cautioned his children to touch it not,
It rested there with never a blot.
Though the Higgins’ tribe were a troublesome lot.
His neighbor, Miggins, built a shelf,
Come children he said and help yourself.
Now his book is old and ragged and worn,
With some of the choicest pages torn,
Where children had fingered and thumbed and read,
But of Miggins’ children I’ve heard it said,
Each carries a Book of Mormon in his head.
Author Unknown