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Sabbath, June 14, 2025
Shelley and I are always delighted when a new bookstore opens. Actually, the Barnes and Noble which opened a few months back in Issaquah has replaced an earlier Barnes there, which was located in a rather out-of-the-way section of town. But the new one, which we stopped at this Friday, is not far from a Trader Joe’s and a whole lot of other popular places, which means it should thrive handsomely.
Anyway, yesterday I strolled through the store looking for the “reference” section, because I know that there I’ll find books on writing, plus the latest in dictionaries and other tools.
But this time I was intensely surprised to see, directly under the label “Reference,” a two-shelf supply of Bibles! Actually, the traditional reference tools were in the shelves just to the right, but I found myself thinking, “Oh, if only humanity would turn more often to Scripture for a reference on living!”
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