Singing the praises of science fiction
My new post at ThinkChristian.
Earlier this summer, NPR asked listeners to select the top 100science fiction and fantasy novels of all time. By some chance, the final list began and ended with the two most acclaimed Christian novelists of the twentieth century. J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy came in at No. 1, while C.S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy rounded out the list at No. 100.
Read the whole thing and join the conversation.
Earlier this summer, I wrote a couple of articles about parks for two terrific websites. I’ll let you judge whether the articles themselves were terrific.
Parks and Recreation, Comment Online
A Biblical Basis for Parks, ThinkChristian.net
Enjoy!
I have just started reading Andy Crouch’s new book Culture Making, and, for some unknown reason, I decided to start at the back, in the acknowledgments. Among the people thanked:
Keith Blount, an unapologetic English atheist, [who] created the marvelous cultural artifact call Scrivener, a program which justifies the existence of the Macintosh computer all by itself and which made completing this project an unexpected joy.
Amen, brother. Amen.