"Grace meets you exactly where you are and it doesn't leave you." I heard the author Anne Lamott say this quote on the Tim Ferriss podcast a couple of days ago and knew this would be the opening sentence to my latest book review. Grace would be the proper view about...
Book Review 120: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
by MHill | Nov 3, 2017 | 2017 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
Some novels read fast. Non-stop page turning action that grabs your imagination and doesn't let go until you finish. Other novels read slowly like eating a well-cooked meal at your favorite restaurant. You take the time to eat your meal with a glass of...
Book Review 114: To Open The Sky by Robert Silverberg
by MHill | Jul 31, 2017 | 2017 Book Reviews, Robert Silverberg 1967-1976
Can human beings live forever? Of course, we all know the answer to that question. One death per person. However, science fiction has tackled the immortality theme throughout its history as a genre and Robert Silverberg addresses it in several of his books during...
Wisdom From Kammbia 4.5: Imagination
by MHill | Jan 30, 2017 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I have always been a believer in the importance of imagination in every aspect of our lives. Especially when it comes to creativity and the arts. I have been trying to find the proper definition of imagination and I believe I found it from this passage by Michael...
Book Review 92: Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
by MHill | Oct 2, 2016 | 2016 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorite Duologies, Octavia Butler
There has not been a novel that caused such discomfort, challenge my assumptions, or made me defensive while reading like Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler. It is the sequel to Parable of the Sower and continues Lauren Olamina's quest to create a new religion,...
Book Review 84: They Shall See God by Athol Dickson
by MHill | May 22, 2016 | 2016 Book Reviews, Athol Dickson, Marion's Favorite Books
I had mentioned in a previous review of an Athol Dickson novel that he was becoming one of my favorite writers. Dickson's ability to write suspenseful Christian fiction with literary quality merits wider recognition outside of the genre. They Shall See God tells the...
Book Review 77: Downward to the Earth by Robert Silverberg
by MHill | Feb 1, 2016 | 2016 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Robert Silverberg 1967-1976
You would think that religious themes in science fiction could not mix together. However, there is a long history of science fiction (and fantasy) writers that have included religious themes in their work. Gene Wolfe did with his Solar Cycle Series (Book of The New...
Book Review 54: Stone of Fire by JF Penn
by MHill | Jul 19, 2014 | 2014 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
What happens you read a novel that combines an Indiana Jones style of adventure with a well-detailed and chronicled history of early Christianity and mixed with a female protagonist that is a combination of Lara...
Book Review 50: Why Jesus? by Ravi Zacharias
by MHill | Feb 22, 2014 | 2014 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Nonfiction
I must admit I did not think my first review for 2014 would be a non-fiction book. Since I tend to read more fiction than non-fiction and all my reviews reflect that truth. Anyway, there is always a book that jumps out at you and asks to be read and reviewed. Why...
Introduction to the Book of Titus
by MHill | Feb 22, 2014 | Study of Titus
A few years ago, I decided that I would I do online bible studies for the lesser known books of the Bible. It seems even amongst Christians, we have our favorite books of the Bible. From the Gospels to Paul's most popular letters (Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, 1...