"We have a tendency to adopt the attitudes of those we spend time with. That's why Paul wrote, "Your faith will help me, and my faith will help you." (Romans 1:12 NCV) Fred Smith points out that there are two kinds of people in any group: polluters and purifiers. The...
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...
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...
Music Review 3: Fred Hammond’s God, Love, and Romance
by MHill | Mar 12, 2012 | Black History Month, 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...
Wisdom of Marion 2.7: Part 2 of My New Year’s Resolution
by MHill | Jan 7, 2012 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
"Christianity at its core doesn't condemn or condone. But we as believers and those who are non-believers want to choose one or the other and sometimes even both on how Christianity is supposed to be practiced or lived out." Look at Jesus in the story with the woman...
Wisdom of Marion 2.6: New Year’s Resolution
by MHill | Jan 3, 2012 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I've never been one to make New Year Resolutions...because they never last for the entire year. So I'd decided to never make a resolution I couldn't fulfill after January. However, I heard this today on the radio and I decided to make it my New Year's Resolution....
Wisdom of Marion 2.5: Is God Bigger Than You?
by MHill | Dec 14, 2011 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
"When you face challenges in life that are bigger than you, you need a God bigger than you." (Max Lucado) That quote from Max is right on. However, there are many people who want a God they can understood fully and not bigger than themselves. If that's so.....then why...
Widsom of Marion 2.4: God, Man, and Nature
by MHill | Nov 19, 2011 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I'm believing more and more that people will fall into one of these three worldviews: Theist: a belief in God or that God is the creator of the universe and the determiner of life Humanist: a belief that man is the highest standard and determiner of his own fate...