A friend from church who was a member of our short lived Sunday School class on Poetry has started a literary discussion group. This fellow may or may not get published (the industry being what it is currently), but I see a future for him. He is currently working on an epic poem and is now hosting this group. Our first work/author to be discussed is "Notes From Underground" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I think this is great opportunity for me because I had been wanting to read the Russian authors and understand their ways of creating novels (as well as good entertainment). I have known that I needed help on characterization in my stories (and dialog, etc.) and I think that Dostoevsky is a master of characters and human nature.
Well there will be more to come on what I will have learned and various commentary on the works that we will analyze.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Missions: The fullness of the Great Commission
This month's thema is concerning the balance needed in evangelism vs. social gospel. The article linked below is a good representation of the idea. I realize that it is written from the generic evangelical point of view instead of the "Reformed" pov, but I can just see some within our community scream that this smacks of reconstructionism and we can't have that. So, the article is relevant to every Christian.
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