For those who known me personally know that Incognito has been one of the bands I have listened to consistently over the past 20 years. (Pat Metheny Group is the other band.) They are my favorite band and everytime I have played their music for someone, people have...
Wisdom of Marion 2.10: Why I Read Fiction
by MHill | Mar 24, 2012 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Writing
Why do I read fiction? I believe these quotes will answer it for me: "The overwhelming majority of people go to literature for enjoyment, entertainment, and what we might call the refreshment value of literature. People read literature because they want to, not...
by MHill | Mar 17, 2012 | Writing
Good article about Blogging and how to build an audience.
Wisdom of Marion 2.9: Adults need to be Adults
by MHill | Mar 17, 2012 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
"When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things." (1 Corinthians 13:11 NASB) "But that was when there was a clear differentiation between childhood & adulthood. Now we...
Quote 48
by MHill | Mar 16, 2012 | Quotes
"In the history of our church, storytelling came first. Theology, doctrine, and scholarship came later. Ours is an age of electronic parables. Every movie and TV show presents a worldview, a set of beliefs that tell us who we are, where we came from, and how we're...
Quote 47
by MHill | Mar 14, 2012 | Quotes
"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...