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Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer

A Disconnected, Yet Still Sublime C.S. Lewis Addition Author: C.S. Lewis Letters to Malcom: Chiefly on Prayer is a posthumously published collection of Lewis’s letters to a fictional friend. It is written not as an instruction, but more as a meditation, a collection of private notes and asides. Lewis thoughtfully discusses prayer with his fabled friend, Malcom, taking prayer out of the rote asking, while admitting to our imperfections and desire to be better than we are. Lewis shines a light on the relationship prayer invites between ourselves and God, like talking to a friend, and notes some basic dos and [...]

2024-02-14T17:49:37-07:00February 14th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , |

Grapes of Wrath, The

A Nihilistic Classic Author: John Steinbeck Tom Joad, convicted murderer, is walking the long, dusty road to his Oklahoma home. He doesn’t regret what he did – he would do it again. But he does miss his family and wonder what happened to them while he was in jail. What he finds, after teaming up with an ex-preacher (Casey) on the road, is his family preparing to abandon their only home, the farm that has been with them for generations. It seems that there is hope, there is money, to be made in California. The government is taking over the farms, [...]

2023-12-08T16:24:56-07:00December 8th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

Mysterious Island, The

Solitude, Survival, and a Mystery Author: Jules Verne The Mysterious Island is classic Jules Verne: adventure tinged with near-misses, engaging survivalist saves, profound mysteries, elements of imagination, and lots of fascinating scientific tidbits. We begin with escape. A group of Union soldiers is held at a Confederate camp, and they take advantage of the proverbial dark and stormy night to steal a hot air balloon, letting the wind carry them where it may. And it does. To save their very lives, they end up throwing all their supplies overboard, finally arriving, five men with varying levels of expertise, plus one loyal [...]

2023-12-03T12:42:07-07:00December 3rd, 2023|Tags: , , , |
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