"It is not Christian to make art that assumes that the world is unblemished. More than any other group of people we should be aware of the effect of evil and be ready to draw people's attention to it." (Steve Turner)
Book Review 13: Imagine by Steve Turner
by MHill | Oct 7, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Christianity & Art, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Nonfiction, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
After the Bible, I will declare that Imagine by Steve Turner has been the third most important book I've read since I became a Christian almost 10 years ago. I will include this book along with Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey and Word Pictures by Brian Godawa as the...
Book Review 12: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
by MHill | Sep 20, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Nonfiction
"One of the questions that I've been asked over and over since Blink came out is, When should we trust our instincts, and when should we consciously think things through." {pp.267} I wanted to start this review by using a quote from Malcolm Gladwell's interesting and...
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by MHill | Sep 20, 2011 | Quotes
"The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter." (Malcolm Gladwell from his book, Blink)
Things That Make You Go Hmm……4
by MHill | Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Have you ever gotten a different opinion about a person after talking to them in a conversation? I was speaking to a couple of work colleagues today and after the conversation.....I got a completely different view of them then I had before. Hmm.....
Wisdom of Marion Vol 2.1
by MHill | Sep 9, 2011 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Well...I've officially crossed over about 10 days ago. What do I mean? I turned 40! I enjoyed this birthday especially because I was on vacation and spent 4 days in Los Angeles. The City of Angels.....that could be a whole Wisdom of Marion column by itself. LOL! But,...
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by MHill | Sep 7, 2011 | Quotes
"Indeed, in our modern, and now postmodern world, what many seekers truly yearn for is not so much a logical demonstration of the accuracy of the Bible, as an assurance that the teachings of the Bible and the church have something to do with us----but that they are...
Wisdom of Marion Vol 1.40 (What is Love? Pt.4)
by MHill | Aug 27, 2011 | What is Love?, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
We have to come to Part 4 and the final part of this series, What is Love? And we have travelled from the Out of the Blue stage (Part 1) and rushed into Love and Marriage stage (Part 2) and ended up in the I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying stage (Part 3) due to divorce...
Wisdom of Marion Vol 1.39 (What is Love? Pt. 3)
by MHill | Aug 20, 2011 | What is Love?, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
"Seven weeks have passed now since she left me She shows her face to ask me how I am She says the kids are fine and that they miss me Maybe I could come and babysit sometime She says 'Are you Ok?', I was worried about you Can you forgive me? I hope that you'll be...
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by MHill | Aug 14, 2011 | Quotes
"Regrettably, we tend to read the Scriptures as though their rejection of a 'worldly' lifestyle entails a recommendation of an 'otherworldly' one." (Gary Demar)