The Writer and the Christian

I have taken a brief rest from posting on Jim Wallis, but I will return to this later. For now, I would like to begin reviewing some of the fiction I have been reading.
First up is Coraline, by respected fantasy writer and graphic novelist Neil Gaiman. I confess myself a fan of Gaiman, whose Stardust […]

I’ve always been a fan of U2. But I’d never imagine I’d be saying that their album Joshua Tree is quite possibly the greatest collection of songs I think I’ve ever heard. That’s my thought, and Rolling Stone said the same thing.
Nothing terribly profound today, except maybe: listen to U2. Not that I’m a particularly […]

Love stoops, it wrestles,
eventually the lightning comes to earth,
at the end the birds must roost
and the trees lie flat
with the sigh of the entings.
But love does stoop,
it has to kneel to be true;
some try to stand,
but they always fail
We kneel every time
even the serpent eats the dust
obeying the command of his creator.
Love is vulnerable, it […]