"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,...
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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?
Ultimate Issues Question 1
by MHill | Feb 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Here's the first life's utlimate issues question: Do you think we value information and knowledge more in our society, than wisdom? If so, why?
Ultimate Issues
by MHill | Feb 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Well, I've decided to add a new column to my blog today. Do you ever think about the big issues of life? With having busy careers, family time, marriage or relationship time, church life and other things....it seems we don't think about life's biggest issues. However,...
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by MHill | Feb 4, 2012 | Quotes
"Reason is a wonderful servant, but a poor master." (Eric Weiner)
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by MHill | Jan 24, 2012 | Quotes
"It's easy to give grace to people you like or friends and family. But can we extend grace to those we don't like or did something wrong to us, or feel they committed a major sin, or people we don't know. That's the real question..it isn't?"
Book Review 17: The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick
by MHill | Jan 20, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
Well, I finally decided to read one of Philip K. Dick's novels. Since he's one of the giants of the science-fiction genre and I'm a reader of it, I thought the time was right to check him out. Some of you would have told me to read either Man in the High Castle or...