Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: Sacred Scripture, Violent Verses: How Should We Read the Bible's Texts of Terror? for Sunday, 15 July 2012; book review: Life Gets Better; The Unexpected Pleasures of Growing Older by Wendy Lustbader (2011); film review: The Way We Get By (2009); poem review: Abide With Me by Henry Lyte.