“I’m always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality.” — Flannery O’Connor
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by MHill | May 26, 2012 | Quotes
"As Christians, we have to give people the permission to be imperfect, Because we can not demand perfection from others, since we are not perfect ourselves." (Pastor Paul Sheppard)
Music Review 5: Peculiar Image-Vertical Glory
by MHill | May 26, 2012 | Music Reviews
For about ten years, there has been a growing genre of Christian Hip-Hop that has come on the popular music scene. I must admit I have not listened to a lot of it. But like any fledging genre, some of it is worth listening to, some of it is not and there are some...
Wisdom From Kammbia 2.15: Is Reading A Story Only For the Middle Class?
by MHill | May 19, 2012 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
"The general approach has been that if the middle class likes something, it is bad art. There is a snobbishness on the Left that is rarely noted but is one of the most significant animators of Leftism: a contempt for the middle class, and for middle America, that is...
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by MHill | May 17, 2012 | Quotes
"I know, I know, all Christian artists think they value both the craft and the content. But in my experience, they often fool themselves. When it comes time to make a decision for the story or the “message,” they will go with the message every time. Why? Because they...
by MHill | May 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
I thought this was an excellent article about Christians needing to understand the culture around us.
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by MHill | May 14, 2012 | Quotes
"I’ve found that most people who tell me that fiction is a waste of time are folks who seem to hold to a kind of sola cerebra vision of the Christian life that just doesn’t square with the Bible. The Bible doesn’t simply address man as a cognitive process but as a...
Wisdom of Marion 2.14: Love Is……
by MHill | May 12, 2012 | What is Love?, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
"When someone loves you, truly loves you, It is not because they don't know who you are. It is because they do know who you are, and what you are like, and they still love you. That makes love meaningful. Also, love doesn't exists in the absence of judgment. and that...
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by MHill | May 12, 2012 | Quotes
"How you feel is infinitely less important then how you act." (Dennis Prager)
Wisdom of Marion 2.12: Are you a Polluter or a Purifier?
by MHill | May 5, 2012 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
"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...