#kathy brennan

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Alice Brennan - Never to Die - Magnum - 1971

[grimweaver]

LOL! Love the name switch-- Kathy Reichs is the main character and Temperance Brennan is the author.

[king-ofthe-lab]

Has anyone read the Temperance Brennan books? I'm usually a "books before show/movie" guy, but I'd already seen Bones about 2.5x before I was even informed that there were books

[fnife]

Anyone know the Virals book series by Kathy Reichs???

[torybrennanvirals]

I've been working on making collages of the Virals series. More to come! I do not own these photos.

[ambermariehillman]

Either Kathy Reichs or Jack Carr ❤️

[fascinationsublime]

There is a very cool episode of Bones where they identify where a girl is from by analyzing her sign language and identifying her regional dialect. I don't know ASL so I don't actually know how accurate it is. It's season 6 episode 21 the signs in the silence and it's on Hulu and Amazon prime as well as Disney plus according to Google (for some reason. Why do you own everything Disney?). It's one of my favorite episodes.

Blind people must save a lot on electricity.

[jenmedsbookreviews]

Fire and Bones by Kathy Reichs

Today it is over to Mandie for a review of Fire And Bones by Kathy Reichs Review on the blog - link in bio @kathyreichs @annecater14 @simonschusteruk @mandie163.mg #books #bookreview #fireandbones #bookstagram #booksofinstagram

Today I hand control back to Mandie for her review of Fire and Bones by Kathy Reichs – books 23 in the Temperance Brennan series if you can believe that! Thanks to Anne Cater for the tour invite and to publisher Simon and Schuster for the review copy. Here’s what it’s all about: Source: NetgalleyRelease Date: 01 Aug 2024Publisher: Simon and Schuster UK Continue reading Fire and Bones by…

[cherylmmbookblog]

#Blogtour Fire and Bones by Kathy Reichs

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Temperance Brennan series – Fire and Bones by Kathy Reichs, Temperance Brennan book 23. It’s a pleasure to take part in the Blogtour! About the Author Kathy Reichs’s first novel Déjà Dead, published in 1997, won the Ellis Award for Best First Novel and was an international bestseller. Kathy was also a producer of Fox Television’s longest running…

[nordinor]

Book Review - Cold Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs

Picked up Cold Cold Bones not because I am a fan of Kathy Reichs – I’ve never read her work – but because I was in the mood for a cold weather book. The newest Temperance Brennan novel follows the titular character as someone leaves an eyeball on her porch, sending her through several of her old cases as new bodies start turning up. Her daughter goes missing. Her neighbor harasses her over a…

[aestheticallyaway]

I've just started watching bones and I am OBSESSED with this show

[notsoftysof]

I just had a thought ...

Brennan canonically writes sex scenes in her novels. Between "Kathy and Andy", aka Booth and her. And Booth reads all her books. And she knows he reads them...

They kind of had a sex life before they got together..? In addition to exchanging i-love-you's, deciding to have a baby and admitting that they would kill&die for each other.

[miz-chase]

Bones AU - A Hollywood Meeting

Booth & Brennan split up. Maybe it was his confession on the steps, or her confession in the rain, or just circumstances driven between them. They haven't seen each other in months, years. She doesn't answer his calls, when he's brave enough to even try.

Out of the blue, one day, Booth gets a call from her agent. There's a new Kathy Reichs movie coming out, would The Real Agent Andy be interested in coming to the premiere in exchange for a few interviews? Her agent is clearly fishing for drama to drum up the movie release, wasn't it time for Agent Andy to finally break his silence?

Booth doesn't want to talk to these people, but DC has been suffocating lately. The change of scenery, for free, fancy hotel included, sounds nice. So he goes.

Hotel's nice, he's got an old penguin suit that looks good enough, and he doesn't take it personally that he's got to take his own cab to get to the theater. He lurks in the background of the red carpet hubbub, drink in hand. Bones's agent doesn't even acknowledge him. That suits him fine.

His seat in the theater is far in the back, which turns out to be ideal. Watching actors sketch out an echo of his own life, a happier time when things still made sense, when she was still in his life... it makes him physically ill. He stumbles out into the empty second-floor lobby and slumps on to back stairs. Booth feels ridiculously out of place, surrounded by red carpets, ornate golden doodads, and shiny, shiny mirrors. On so many levels, he doesn't belong here.

A door slams, and for a moment, he doesn't even recognize her. She's done all up in makeup, a fancy hair thing, a breathtaking dress. The look on her face, though, is all Bones. Perfect, beautiful Bones, decidedly green in the gills. She collapses against one of the gilded window frames, pressing her forehead against cool glass.

She doesn't notice him there, and suddenly he finds himself too tonguetied to break the silence. The movies soundtrack and the boom of an explosion, muffled by the theater doors, fill the empty air between them. He watches her, the smooth skin of her bared back, the shaking of her shoulders. It's like he can't even breathe, for fear of catching her attention.

But then the theater doors open again, a cluster of people business-like as they stroll over to Brennan. At the center is her agent, clipboard in hand. Unaware or indifferent to her client's distress, she pulls Brennan over, rapidly firing off interview obligations, places they need to go, people they need to speak to. The way Bones's shoulders stiffen is too familiar, her face a mask of severe professionalism. Despite the slight teetering on high heels, she manages that familiar, stubborn stomping that belongs at a crime scene, not a glitzy theater.

He's still looking at her feet when he realizes she's stopped, standing completely still, directly in front of him. When he looks up, her lips are parted, eyes wide in surprise. They can only stare at each other, speechless in a frozen moment. Time collapses, and he's looking at her across an American University lecture hall, wondering about the impossibility of fate.

But then her agent is back, tugging on Brennan's elbow, reminding her that the press junket was meant to start ten minutes ago. She's dragged away before she finds any words to say, and he's helpless to do anything more than sigh her name.

Then she's gone. He's alone again. It was like he had imagined the whole thing. He leaned back on his elbows, staring up at the ornate ceiling and trying to bring himself back to reality.

But then there's pounding of bare feet on the flight of stairs below him, the whisper of silk dragged on marble. She's out of breath, her hair askew, dress hiked up by hands holding impossibly spindly shoes.

She pants, staring at him, lips forming syllables that never seem to make words. After moments or hours pass, she finally finds one that sticks.

"Booth."

[myladyship]

I've been binge-watching Bones over the last few weeks.

I'm so curious about Brennan's writing style. One of the main gags of the show is Temperance Brennan's lack of understanding of pop culture references and metaphors.

I want to know how her characters behave, talk, and bond with each other. Especially the romance between Kathy and the book version of Booth. I want to know what makes her writing so good that she's a top seller.

[wutbju]

The Wartburg Watch has a story we BJU alumni need to see.

Long-time readers are aware of my undying love for science fiction. As I read tributes paid to Bodie Weiss on the event of his death in 2020, I contemplated the molestation of Tyson when he was a teen. How can a man so beloved be capable of such evil at the same time?

How many of you have read Speaker for the Dead by Orson Card? It’s the second book in the Enders Game Quintet. (Maybe you saw the Enders Game movie?) Ender destroyed an entire civilization when he thought he was playing a game. In the second book, he deals with his guilt. He posited that the remembrances of the dead are often glowing, knowingly skipping over the pain caused by the person in his life. He said that it did not do justice to that person’s life. So, he began to work with people to change how we remember the dead. We are to tell the truth and remember the entirety of each life.

What didn’t they say about Bodie Weiss in the obituaries?

Here is his obituary from the funeral home website. (He died of an internal infection during Covid.)

Bodie was born in Bangor, Maine on October 5, 1961. His family lived in Bar Harbor until moving to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1973. At the age of 14, while walking through the woods near his home, he gave his life to the Father and began his life-long devotion to following Christ’s example. Bodie graduated from Bob Jones University in 1984. It was there that he met his wife, Kathy. He earned three Master Degrees, and a PhD from Cambridge University. After marrying in August of 1984, he and Kathy moved to Austin, Texas where he worked for Coca Cola delivering product to convenience stores throughout the city. While attending a local church, he was asked to take on their small youth group which became a paid position leading him into full time ministry. While pursuing a youth ministry opening on a whim, he sent his resume to Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Wichita, and was hired in the role of Sr. High Youth Director. Because Bodie understood that the Father worked through him, he was able to build a large youth group emphasizing relationship with both the Father and others. He often said “You only have two things to do today, love the Father, and love others.” The youth group became well known throughout the country and articles were written about it in youth leader’s journals. Bodie was a prolific writer and had several books published. He drew inspiration from the writing of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Brennan Manning, LeAnn Payne, Dr. Larry Crabb, and many others. Bodie is survived by his wife, Kathy and several friends to whom he ministered to both in full-time ministry and the social work he did after leaving full-time ministry.

I believe Bodie was a monster but appeared as an angel of light. His obituary gives a hint that things were not as they seemed. He applied on a whim to lead a youth ministry at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, now known as Eastminster. He had first been to a church in Austin. At the height of his success, he left the ministry and went into social work. How many times did the abuse in this story play out in other venues?

Let this post be a speaker for those he harmed.

Tyson looked back at his relationship with Bodie and his friend group at church.

Tyson was a high school youth group member from 1994 to 1998. He said Bodie was a “great teacher.” In some respects, it felt much like it must have felt for Jesus’s disciples. He emphasized the love of God and was kind. He related to both the popular kids and the “least of these.” He seemed “real” to the teens. He worked with the boys, and his wife worked with the girls.

Tyson said Bodie emphasized the following in his teaching:

There should be no guilt or shame in being authentic.

Vulnerability and honesty were key.

Strong male friendships were important.

Love God and love others.

Tyson felt that he and others were looking for a strong male figure.

Bodie reached out specifically to kids with no fathers, either through death or divorce, as well as to kids whose dads were alcoholics or emotionally and physically abusive.

To this group of teens, Bodie seemed to live like Jesus and that they were like his disciples. As some know, abusers often pick out the kids who are emotionally vulnerable and play on that weakness.

Tyson described a “push/pull” duality, which he now describes as grooming.

The boys would seek Bodie’s approval and attention. He would appear uninterested in a boy for a short time. Then, he would turn on the charm and be attentive. Suddenly, he would revert to coolness or disinterest. The teens would seek out and hope once again for his attention.

Tyson said he would make odd comments during this time.

He was critical of Tyson’s attachment to women.

He would sometimes jokingly say, “I’m not gay or anything.”

He wanted them to “share affection.”

He wanted them to say that they loved each other.

He encouraged them to be vulnerable with one another.

He encouraged full, frontal hugs.

He once told another teen, “Oh, I’m not trying to make out or anything.”

Tyson said by this time, they had “zero resistance” toward anything Bodie would say

One-on-one time

By this time, the teens wanted to spend time with Bodie. The youth group grew large, and their love for one another was evident. Other churches wanted to learn how to do similar ministries in their churches.

Eventually, Bodie began to offer one-on-one time with the students. These times could be in the church, his house, or even his cabin during the church summer camps held at Westminster Woods Camp. At that time, a cabin was away from the rest of the camp. Bodie always liked to stay in that cabin alone, and he would invite boys to stay with him alone at night.

It is vital to remember that he had built up these teens to trust him implicitly. They all wanted to be the boy Bodie chose to stay with. Tyson said it bordered on jealousy when another got chosen.

I appreciate Tyson’s description of Bodie’s unique form of grooming.

I also want to thank Diane Wheeler of Westminster Camp for speaking with me. The Wheelers took over the camp after these events. They tore down that cabin, noticing that it did not fit in with the excellent safety practices they currently maintain. She said they would never allow anyone to be alone with an adult. She was also aware of what had happened with Bodie. I respect her concern for the safety of the children.

Tyson’s one-on-one encounter turned into abuse.

Tyson noted that whenever he met with Bodie, he “always seemed to be getting out of the shower.” He would appear shirtless with a towel around him and get dressed in their presence.

Tyson was alone with Bodie when he noticed that the blinds were drawn. The room was dark and painted a maroon/brown color. The back windows faced west. Two couches faced each other. A fan was running. Bodie came out of the shower, and as he dressed, he left his shirt off.

Bodie lay down on one couch whileTysot sat on the other. Bodie said that this was a sort of counseling session. He said that men could care for one another and that it was not a sexual thing. He asked Stuart to lie down on top of him and began kissing him.

Tyson said he bought it 100% when Bodie said this was a lesson in intimacy between friends. Stuart said he left “feeling like an adult.”

Tyson knows of five others who were abused.

He says that others were abused far worse than he was. He also noted that some of those being groomed were not abused, and then those odd push/pull behaviors would stop around them.

Bodie was eventually let go after Tyson went away to college. The church still recommended him to others.

Some parents complained to the church about Bodie’s relationship with their kids. The kids were upset and defended Bodie against these “attacks.” It seems to me that Bodie trained them well. Eventually, the leaders apparently witnessed Bodie using the cabin to be alone with the boys.

There was an “undefined incident, and Bodie was let go from his position at the church. He would go to another church, and it is alleged that Eastminster recommended him!

There is an allegation that there was a lawsuit against the church and that there was inevitably an NDA, and everything went quiet. Folks, there is no place for NDAs in the church. If that happens, someone who was harmed is not allowed to speak. How could a church think this is what Jesus would do in such circumstances? There is an international effort to stop NDAs in churches that claim to follow Jesus.

Tyson has needed regular counseling as he began to understand that Bodie abused him.

He has spent an enormous amount of money learning to deal with the fact that he was groomed and abused at Eastminster. As Tyson grew older, he began to understand that he was manipulated by Bodie to be abused. This is a normal progression. The older Tyson tells the younger Tyson that it is OK to talk about what happened.

What about Eastminster?

Today, I called the church to tell them I was writing about what happened with Bodie. I said that there were other kids abused as well. I had great hopes that a pastor would speak with me and express concern for the lifelong pain and confusion that Tyson and others had experienced. After all, what would Jesus do upon receiving such a call? Would He go quiet and call the lawyers? I don’t think so, but who knows what gives in churches today. I wonder if they care that Stuart no longer attends church because of his experience. I think I understand the phrase “frozen chosen” better.

What should Eastmnster do?

Yes, I know the pastors and church leaders have changed. However, as CS Lewis said in the quote above,” time doesn’t cancel sin.” I believe the church has a moral and spiritual duty to discover and reach out to all they can find who participated in Bodie’s youth group. What does that look like? Maybe they’ve already done so?

An effort should be made to contact as many people as possible who have spent time in that ministry. They should ask the victims to come forward to the church.

Eastminster should be aware that it is likely that there were many more molested who did not come forward. It is inevitable when dealing with a paraphilia.

Eastminster should contact any churches Bodie came from or went to and alert them of the probability of more victims.

The church should offer to help them by paying for counseling for all who were harmed. Tyson has come forward via this post.

They should have a third-party, independent investigation to evaluate the church’s safety protocols. GRACE is one such group.

They should make an announcement in church and offer apologies from the church for what happened.

Eastminster cannot pretend this didn’t happen. The church body has a responsibility to be the church to those abused.

How is Bodie remembered?

He did a good job of teaching about love and friendship, then screwed it up by harming some of those he taught. Yet Stuart, who has harmed, had this to say.

F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” I think you can take that sentiment and apply it to relationships – the test of a great relationship is the ability to hold the good done and the pain caused in your heart at the same time and still retain the ability to love. For some of us who knew Bodie, this is our truth. Bodie wasn’t a perfect man. He’d have been the first to tell you that. And in his struggles, he, like all of us, hurt those he loved. It would be easy to look at Bodie’s life and come to the conclusion that the good vastly outweighs the bad. The influence that Bodie had on our lives, his teachings in relationships with each other and with Christ – and the residual effect that influence will continue to have as we build our families and teach our kids – it’s immeasurable. But he would also demand honesty in relationships, and even though the good he did will live on into perpetuity, so will the pain. The two can coexist, and must. The path to forgiveness cannot begin in the absence of the transgression. And it is my hope, that even though Bodie is no longer here with us on Earth, those of us that didn’t have the opportunity to reconcile with him, yet desire to forgive the cause of that pain, will find the means and the peace with which to do so.

Tyson does a good job of being a “Speaker for the dead.”