Books
John Dewey On Teachers
“Teachers – and this holds especially of the stronger and better teachers – tend to rely upon their personal strong points to hold the child to his work, and thereby to substitute their personal influence for that of subject matter as a motive for study. The teacher finds by experience that his own personality is […]
Guarding The Holy Fire
Guarding the Holy Fire: The Evangelicalism of John R.W. Stott, J.I. Packer, and Alister McGrath by Roger Steer Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1999, 368 pages. The title of this book is somewhat misleading, as it is not a study of Stott, Packer, and McGrath. Rather, it is a historical survey of evangelicals within the Anglican […]
A Room Of One’s Own
(passages) by Virginia Woolf “This was the turf; there was the path. Only the Fellows and Scholars are allowed here; the gravel is the place for me.” “Fiction must stick to facts, and the truer the facts the better the fiction — so we are told .” “If truth is not to be found on […]
Recent Movies: Brief Reviews
Matrix.[M] An amazing story among the technical wizzardry of spiritual journey and coming to belief. Application to following Jesus and the journey into spiritual seeing, as well as the biblical emphases of election and free will Once were warriors.[MA] A violent portrayal of manhood issues among NZ Maoris.The raw honesty is almost unbelievable, but you […]
Abraham Maslow
Some thoughts from Abraham Maslow from Toward a Psychology of Being “Sickness might consist of not having symptoms when you should.” “If you tell me you have a personality problem, I am not certain until I know you better whether to say ‘Good!’ or ‘I’m sorry.’” “Logical positivism has been a failure.” “Another consequence for […]
Narnia As Shared Universe
Narnia as shared universe I hope we are all clear on one point: HarperCollins is not going to change a single word of the Narnia Chronicles. They may produce a stuffed Aslan, but we don’t have to buy one. They may ask other authors to write stories in the Narnian mode. Some people think this […]
Assorted Wisdom
“‘I just sort of drifted into it.’ That’s almost always the explanation for everything.” “Nothing is true except from a single point of view.” “Life is short, but the art is long.” “Long life, finally, is nightmarish repetition.” “The present intrudes.” “Young people are more hopeful at a certain age than adults, but I suspect […]
Top 100 Books Of The Century
The Image Top 100 Books of the Century A central part of Image’s mission is to showcase the wealth of contemporary writing that grapples in a serious way with religious faith. But, of course, we are also always mindful of Image’s “patron saints” — T.S. Eliot, Flannery O’Connor, Walker Percy, Georges Bernanos, Shusaku Endo, to […]
Words Of Wisdom
“The secret of success is constancy of purpose.” — Benjamin Disraeli “Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself.” — Charles H. Spurgeon “Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.” — Art Linkletter “Gratitude is the heart’s memory.” — French Proverb (Bits & […]
A D Hope
“The most wisdom is a creature to done after the wille and counceil of his heyest, sovereyn friend . whether so that we ben foule or clene we arn at one in His loveing.” Julian, LXXVI (the wisest thing we can do is to fulfil the will and council of our high and sovereign friend […]
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