Brian J. Buriff Books

Do you want to get in the Revelation without getting stuck? John promises that all who read and keep what is written in the Patmos posts will be blessed. However, instead of feeling blessed, many feel bamboozled. Revelations To Go! is for everyone who wants simple, easy-to-read, real-time, real life, practical meditations from the Revelation. It's for the novice, not the know-it-all. Don't expect charts, graphs, or apocalyptic formulations. When it comes to the Revelation, some literalize it, and others spiritualize it. Here, you can personalize it. While this approach is casual, it is certainly not careless. All due respect is presumed to the Holy Writ. At the same time, due respect and grace are finally reciprocated back to those who in the past have felt like holy dimwits. Herein, you'll find relevant nuggets of practical truth that will bless--not bewilder--you. Revelations To Go! is a relevant, real-to-life reconnection with the last book of the Bible. So come, take your shoes off by the water of life and drink freely. Relax. There's no pressure here. Start wherever you like--even in the middle or at the end. You will not feel left behind. Each meditation takes just a few minutes, not a millennium, so you can get in it, get out of it, and get on with your busy day!

The Labors of Herkimer is the tale of a country boy from a small town in Iowa, Herkimer Hampton. When in adolescence, his mother dies he is shipped off, by his father, Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, to be ward of the judge's cousin in New York City. While small in stature, Herkimer has developed great physical power through a program of weight lifting and karate. He has, also, a powerful sense of right and wrong, instilled by the judge. These two physical and moral strength- give him the incentive to perform several acts of heroism, each echoing one of the feats of the legendary hero, Hercules. For instance: He foils a robbery attempt at a shop where he is a summer employee, emulating Hercules' killing of the Nemean lion. In college he brings to judgment the campus bully Hercules' killing of the giant, Anteus. And later, as an employee of a Wall Street firm, he performs some remarkable deeds, very bountiful to his employers. In this age of cynicism a tale such as this must be presented as satire. Still, it is possible that such a young man does exist.