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ps. Love the The Magician’s Nephew and I think i...

2006-05-10T14:19:00.000-05:00

ps. Love the The Magician’s Nephew and I think it is really funny that you cited the source to that extent! ha-ha

"We can appreciate what they bring when we know th...

2006-05-10T14:18:00.000-05:00

"We can appreciate what they bring when we know that light and sound will soon pierce their emptiness and fill our lives with something more."

ahhhhhh... what an amazing thought... can't wait for something more!

I think your writing is just as amazing as C.S. Le...

2006-05-07T12:33:00.000-05:00

I think your writing is just as amazing as C.S. Lewis'. Honestly.

You are a FANTASTIC writer K-T.

I read the series when I was little. I LOVED it, ...

2006-05-06T11:16:00.000-05:00

I read the series when I was little. I LOVED it, but most of the story morphed into my young imagination - just like it did with THE LORD OF THE RINGS. It was weird, because as I got older I couldn't remember where the books left off and my imagination began. Since the movies have been coming out, though, I’m starting to figure it out.

Ohhhhhh Katie!!! I just read that last week. The w...

2006-05-05T09:36:00.000-05:00

Ohhhhhh Katie!!! I just read that last week. The whole leading-up to the exerpt, I kept thinking it was exactly like when Aslan created Narnia.

I hadn't ever read the books before... Rob and I read the two last week and are now reading the Horse and His Boy. FANTASTIC!!!!!

Silence: sometimes loud, sometimes unsettling. V...

2006-05-05T08:06:00.000-05:00

Silence: sometimes loud, sometimes unsettling. Very true.

But I was talking with a buddy the other day who lamented how little we pay attention to "Be still, and know that I am God."

I agree that utter silence can be threatening yet ...

2006-05-04T17:28:00.000-05:00

I agree that utter silence can be threatening yet not always. Sometimes the world gets so noisy that I strive to shut out all sound and it brings peace.

But most times I do keep sound around me. Silence that I haven't sought often can be unsettling. Utter silence for eternity would be hell.

I need to read them, I know I do. I tried as a ki...

2006-05-04T15:26:00.000-05:00

I need to read them, I know I do. I tried as a kiddo and it was to out there for me. But maybe I need to give it a whirl.

Just to not confuse your readership - you have The Wizard's Nephew in one place and the Magician's Nephew in the credits.

it's been a long time since i've read this serie...

2006-05-04T15:08:00.000-05:00

it's been a long time since i've *read* this series. i've watched the movie, i've listened to all the books on tape, but i was probably a child last time i read them.

i shall do that in the near future.

Steve - OFFENDEDBobby - I'm getting more comfortab...

2006-05-04T14:19:00.000-05:00

Steve - OFFENDED

Bobby - I'm getting more comfortable with silence but have you ever noticed how loud silence can be?

Great thoughts. I can't deal with silence. I have...

2006-05-04T13:59:00.000-05:00

Great thoughts. I can't deal with silence. I have to have some music in the background or something. I really should overcome that as part of making the spiritual disciplines more a part of my life. But it's hard. So I'd say that to an extent I fear silence.

It brings... not it bring... If I am going to para...

2006-05-04T13:54:00.000-05:00

It brings... not it bring...

If I am going to paraphrase, I better do it right.

well speaking of memories of church sanctuaries, o...

2006-05-04T13:53:00.000-05:00

well speaking of memories of church sanctuaries, our church had chairs in our last sanctuary, red plastic chairs that hooked together and for some reason in high school i remember a few friends and I racing to see who could squirm on our stomachs from the back of the sanctuary to the front, and it was a LONG way, funny that your memory made me remember that (oh and the sanctuary was dark when we would this - helped us not get caught)

I havent read this one. I need to I guess. I am ju...

2006-05-04T13:52:00.000-05:00

I havent read this one. I need to I guess.

I am just laughing at the vision of young Benster running scared in church. I can relate with that!

C.S. Lewis is great... such a way with words...I l...

2006-05-04T13:49:00.000-05:00

C.S. Lewis is great... such a way with words...

I like your point ... when sound is absent, it bring a feeling of apprehension. (I paraphrased your words.)

For some reason, when I read this line, I was immediately transported back to the Baptist Church in Frazee where my dad used to preach at... It was my job to check the pews and make sure that the pencils were sharp and that the visitor cards were stocked. It scared the CRAP out of me... the sanctuary was always eerily quiet... almost out of reverance. And it was darker in there than in the church foyer. So as a 6 year old, I would open the door and sprint as fast as I could down the isle and check the pencils in the first row... and then make note of whether I needed to put new visitor cards in the slot... and then sprint back out. It was my weekly routine and it was spooky.

God must have been just laughing at me.

So, you're post rings true... stark silence is not good.