In leaving the ground, he left all of the craziness behind. Nothing could touch him, no hatred, no rumors, no law. If only it were possible to just keep flying, on and on until the land turned into ocean and back to land again. If only he could go far enough to be certain what was left behind him never caught up. Susan Crandall’s The Flying Circus is an adventure story at heart – in true ‘running away to join the circus’ vein – […]
An Introduction to Christian Theology that Didn’t Feel Very Introductory
A joint review of: – Christian Theology: an Introduction to it’s Tasks and Traditions by Peter C. Hodgson and Robert H. King, and the companion book of assorted readings, Readings in Christian Theology While it says it is introductory, it sure didn’t feel like that at times. But all in all, I think I’m just in a little over my head with this subject. My full review of these Christian Theology textbooks can be found on my personal blog.
Setting up for the sequel
“Suddenly I’m seeing exactly how vulnerable our city really is. I feel as if the ground beneath me cracks open like an earthquake and swallows my childhood fairytale of stability, safety, and security, of everything I’ve trusted my future into.” If you’re a fan of the genre, you know that there’s a ton of really well written, dystopic fiction – particularly in the Young Adult section of your local library – and it often makes its way to your local theater. Everything from kids […]
Corn Crack Jimmy, And I Don’t Care
I don’t know what it is lately with young adult dystopian trilogies where they just can’t pull the trigger on the endings. And I’m a huge Wendig fan. This just felt like it got too big to handle. And then he Harry Pottered the ending with a cheater of an epilogue. It’s like this great big exciting amazing world he builds for us, and then only let’s us see just a wedge before shutting the door on it all. If it were a bedtime story, […]