Are we heading this way
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It was actually a very good read.  The only reason I didn't mark that I loved it was because it was scary.  The first book "Second Term" was so frighteningly close to what is happening today that I found myself even more angry at what's going on today.  This second book 'The Warning' has gone beyond what is happening today and projects what could easily become in the next few years if we keep running down this path.  The similarity to actual people is shockingly accurate and gives one pause to worry and be concerned for our country.
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This book explains how we got to where we are today.  Power and money have altered the aim of our goverment to favor the ultra riches.  Clearly the pendulum  has swung too far.  Eye opening reading with a clear concise style. A must read to understand  the plight of the middle class.
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It's about time.  The road these men have chosen is rocky but it leads in  the right direction versus the superhighway of Liberalism which heads off a  cliff.  Kudos its a steal buy it and enjoy.
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If you are concerned about this country and the path we have been forced to follow in last twenty-five years , this book will enlighten
you quickly. Whether democrat or republican,  and for future generations .
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This was a very good book that illustrated the straight downhill course - morally- our nation has taken in the name of diversity... The last 20 years it seems like we have left all our American values behind. I don't know what is ahead, but it will be a very dark and bumpy ride if we don't get back to our founding principles. This book does discuss the issues and the solutions so I recommend it because it does shed some light on the subject. It also gives the Bible-believing Christian hope and encouragement in his walk. We know that it probably won't get any better because the end is right around the corner and mankind's efforts at world peace are a complete disaster...as sin and evil seem to grow greater by the day... The only hope I see for us now is the Second Coming...
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Amazing how prophetic this book is.  Even more so than 1984.  This is veryfreightening.  This COULD happen here.  It feels like we are on the way right now.  I hope this book will help wake people up.
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If we do not change the current course we are on...if we do not compare yesterdays mistakes to todays...the title fits exactly what will befall us.
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The average human being walks this planet in a daze, unaware that there is much more to this world than meets the eye. Still, that a change of direction is greatly needed is obvious to most. Our socio-economic system is failing.
In her book, Ms. Frighetti is making us aware that 2012 is a pivotal year: it marks the beginning of the era of the Fifth Sun (to the Mayans), which portends a change of consciousness in humanity, evolution. She also makes us aware of other cultures with similar prophesies. And, she is also trying to make us understand that to change our direction, our effort is required: "The choices we make now will help to write the next chapter in humanity's story." Indeed!
Ms Frighetti also tries to make us aware that everything is energy in flow. I enjoyed her visit to the Montana vortex and the House of Mystery, where the energy of the vortex affected her perception, and altered the growth of plants and trees around. Interesting pictures!
This book is delivering a timely message.
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We think that mankind learns from our mistakes, but after reading this, have we? Are we perhaps even going backwards?  This book makes you think.
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I can't believe this was written so long ago and yet it seems to look so much like the road we are on.  I am shocked!  I hope more people read it and see the path we could be on unless we make an effort to change it.
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The lengths we go to find the one lead many paths.
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The science is becoming reachable. At least the nano technology appears so. I refuse to believe in a future that does not contain some form of interstellar travel.  It will probably be very different from any thing we imagine. The life style differences on Earth are marked.  Moving away from this planet can only exacerbate change. I wish I could see it.
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According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, one defines direction as the path along which something moves, lies, or points or an order or instruction to be followed.  Both are fitting definitions when applied to the realm of spiritual development.  On one hand, we, from the moment we are born to the moment we expire, are moving along a direction.  We have a starting point (mine was in December 1978, in Huntington, West Virginia), and we have will have a stopping date (still working on that one).  The time in between our starting point and our stopping point is the direction of our life, or trajectory, as one of my college Bible professors referred to.  We begin, we move along for a while, then we end.  Direction.

On the other hand, we, from the moment we are born to the moment we expire, are following directions.  Some of those directions are instinctual (crying when we are spanked at birth), some of those directions are intentional (the directions that I give my students in order to complete a paper or project), and some of those directions are accidental (pointing blindly at a wrench when fixing an appliance and your son actually brings you the correct item).  Regardless of the purpose of the direction, we will find ourselves following directions throughout the course of our direction of life.  We begin, we move along for a while, then we end.  Direction.

Yet, should life not be more than simply follow directions as we follow along a direction?  This is the idea that is at the heart of Bill Purvis new book Make a Break for It.  As he writes in the introduction, Do you ever feel as if your whole life is stuck in a traffic jam, on idle as you wait. . .and wait. . .and then wait some more for a lane to open up so you can get on the fast track to where you want to be?  Or maybe you feel more like you're in a roundabout.  You keep going around in circles, driving past one exit after another because you don't have any idea where you're supposed to go next (p. 11).  As Purvis argues throughout his book, life should be more than beginning, moving along for a while, and then ending.

Purvis story begins somewhat like you would imagine a published testimony to starta young man trapped in a broken life fueled by vices.  Yet Purvis story is not your usual testimony material.  His testimony includes being stabbed in the heart by a pimp who tried to murder him and his friend.  Just let that line sink in for a moment.  Escaping that moment led Purvis to a true come to Jesus momenta hospital bed confessional that leads to a young man committing his life to not only follow Christ but seek to lead others to Christ.

However, before you part company with Purvis 20 pages in because youlike mehave a boring testimony, I encourage you to stick with him.  This is not Augusten Burroughs This Is How, a brash, abrasive therapy session where you almost feel guilty for not being more broken.  [BTW, I like Burroughs book.]  Nor does this delve into sappy sentimental religiosity.  The chapters that follow Purvis testimony are carefully-crafted conversations about life, redemption and the self-sacrificial love of God.  It is a book about living well, about moving past excuses and criticisms, about choosing mentors well, and about living the adventure of life.

This book is about directionabout beginning, about moving along for a while, and about ending.  Yet, Purvis argues, all of this direction should be taken with purposepurpose which is found in God because it is only God who can give us direction for our direction in life.  So, in Purvis words, make a break for itbreak away from your direction-less life and allow this redeemed journeyman guide you to a better direction for your life.
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No business promises great success. But this book will direct us a path to take our first step. It is not a get rich fast scheme.
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You have begun the journey and this will begin to take the blinders off.  It is all coming down and evil will have to account  for all the evil it has done.  It hates this, but it is happening!!  Get in touch with the truth inside.  Evil is all around us and deserves all it has inflicted!!
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This book is immersing us into a thinking pattern that will help us keep ahead of a changing world. Kling quotes hockey great Wayne Gretzky, "I don't skate to where the puck is; I skate to where the puck is going to be." This book is endeavouring to think beyond the present. Be prepared.
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Reflective of the times, but have we really advanced at all? Well told story.