"It's interesting to me that people who want you to be open-minded, only accept that when you agree with their viewpoint. I thought being open-minded allow for a diversity of viewpoints through rigorous discussion or debate. So, I've become leery of those who claim...
Music Review 3: Fred Hammond’s God, Love, and Romance
by MHill | Mar 12, 2012 | Black History Month, Marion's Favorite Albums, Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, What is Love?, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I read from an interview prior to Fred Hammond's latest release, God, Love, and Romance that he was unsure how his fans would receive it. Well, I believe his fans should not worry about that at all and he will pick up some new fans from this excellent CD. Hammond...
Wisdom of Marion 2:8: One Body But Many Roles
by MHill | Mar 11, 2012 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
"For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body---Jews or Greeks, slaves or free---and all were made to drink of one Spirit. For...
Book Review 19: The Christian Imagination edited by Leland Ryken
by MHill | Mar 6, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Christianity & Art, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Nonfiction, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Writing
I wrote a review for Imagine by Steve Turner and said that book along with the Bible and a couple of others that every Christian who loves the arts and literature should have in their library. Well, I'm adding The Christian Imagination edited by Leland Ryken to that...
Quote 46
by MHill | Mar 1, 2012 | Quotes
"All life, high and low, sordid and noble, vile and pure, is the province of art. Surely if the Bible is to be our standard we must admit that nothing lay outside the province of the inspired writers. A Christian writer cannot be a significant writer if his vision...
Quotes 45
by MHill | Feb 26, 2012 | Quotes
"Every good book should be entertaining. A good book will be more; it must not be less. Entertainment....is like a qualifying examination. If a fiction can't provide that, we may be excused from inquiry into its higher qualities." (C.S. Lewis) "I got into this row,...
Quotes 44
by MHill | Feb 25, 2012 | Quotes
"Fantasy writing must be grounded in both truth and life experience if it is to work. It can be as inventive and creative as the writer can make it, a whirlwind of images and plot twists, but it cannot be built on a foundation of air. The world must be identifiable...
Book Review 18: S. by John Updike
by MHill | Feb 22, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
What happens when a woman leaves her former life behind in order to seek a spiritual awakening? Well, that's the scenario in the novel S. by John Updike. S stands for Sarah Worth, the main character in the novel. She is a New England housewife who decides to leave...
Ultimate Issues Question 3
by MHill | Feb 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
When I was a kid, I couldn't wait to become an adult. I always saw being an adult as one with the ability to make my own decisions and to have freedom and responsibility. And I have enjoyed being an adult (dealing with the good and bad). But, I wonder about kids...
Ultimate Issues Question 2
by MHill | Feb 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Here's an ultimate issue question that's been on my mind for sometime: Do attractive people get breaks in life or get away with more things than an unattractive person would? And since attractiveness (or beauty) is subjective...is there a standard for it?