Fantasy Author Lev Grossman says C.S. Lewis taught him that in fiction, stepping into magical realms means encountering earthly concerns in transfigured form. More. I agree. I find inspiration and insight in fantasy that I can then bring back into what we normally term reality.
Some women murder their children at birth. Some kill them over a lifetime. Many of us came from dysfunctional families. I knew mine was that, but have been realizing more and more just how seriously dysfunctional it is. When people extol their mothers I have long kept my mouth shut, partly because I believed the …
Jesus certainly was not a “Bible believer,” as we use that term in the post Billy Graham era of American fundamentalist religiosity that’s used as a trade-marked product to sell religion. Jesus didn’t take the Jewish scriptures at face value. In fundamentalist terms, Jesus was a rule-breaking relativist who wasn’t even “saved,” according to evangelical …
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