D. J. Blue
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Peace of the Mind
is D.J. Blue’s follow-up to 2005’s The
Good Life Chronicles. Once again, he
covers a wide array of topics, this time including several chapters on
Christian spirituality. Included among
them: an in-depth analysis of the Bible,
covering questions answered as well as questions raised while reading the
Bible; the debate between Catholics and
Protestants on different spiritual issues is discussed; and Rick Warren’s
best-selling spiritual book The Purpose
Driven Life is also reviewed, including eerie parallels to topics brought
up in The Good Life Chronicles. Readers of that preceding book will recognize
other familiar topics: the annual
Taconite Trophy Classic continues to be immortalized via the written word, as
each year’s golf tournament has been chronicled herein; the fourth installment chapter on women,
always popular yet provocative with the female crowd, is included; and a
complete Seinfeld episodic list (partially referenced in the previous book) is
now given its just due--the entire classic series is reviewed, episode by
episode. This is just a sample of the various topics and experiences covered. Peace
of the Mind concludes the Thousand Page Trilogy with an over-all introspective
and occasionally subtle spiritual theme running through many of the chapters,
reflecting the accomplishments, the struggles and the aspirations of life
itself.
D. J. Blue has been writing extensively for the past 25 years. This is his third published book. Previously he has written
The Good Life Chronicles, and he has co-authored
The Velvet Machine: A Plush Collection of Unshaven Essays with S.K. Black. He currently resides in California.
Excerpts from the book:
1. "S.K. had made it known that he wouldn’t be back for the second day of golf. And after going through the downward spiral, J.K. also made it known that he wasn’t coming back for the second day--a bloody nose, a broken pitching wedge, and a battered golf psyche—it was understandable."
3. "Specifically, I became determined to read the Bible again, to rediscover the book that I had read at a younger age. I was young at the time, and I had skipped over certain sections that seemed boring. This time, I was going to read it from cover to cover. And I was going to read it, paying particular attention to points made that relate to current issues of the day, such as homosexuality, war, sex, abortion. What does the Bible say about these things? In today’s society, I had heard the religious right and their opining lecturers express their opinions on these subjects through the news media, but now I was going to find out firsthand, now I was going to get it from the source itself, uncensored, unedited...."
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Table of
Contents
1 2003
Taconite Trophy Classic…..……..........….....…3
2 Time
to Say Goodbye…….……..........….....….........19
3 2004
Taconite Trophy Classic…….....…..........…....26
4 One
Day in Phoenix………….......…............………..37
5 2005
Taconite Trophy Classic…….................……..41
6 Women,
Part 4: A New Beginning…….................…57
7 The
Ambien Years……………..............…..…...……64
8 2006
Taconite Trophy Classic……................….…..71
9 A
Journey of Spirituality—The Bible: An Analysis....82
10 A
Journey of Spirituality—America
in Prophecy....101
11 A
Journey of Spirituality—The Good Life/The Purpose Driven Life Connection......................................107
12 A
Journey of Spirituality—The Catholic Church…109
13 2007
Taconite Trophy Classic……...................…112
14
Seinfeld: A Complete Episodic
Analysis…......…123
15 Passion, Drama, and High Entertainment….........145
16 A
Restful Sleep………………………............……158
