“Ever since there have been such things as novels, the world has been flooded with bad fiction for which the religious impulse has been responsible. The sorry religious novel comes about when the writer supposes that because of his belief, he is somehow dispensed from the obligation to penetrate concrete reality.
“He will think that the eyes of the Church or of the Bible or of his particular theology have already done the seeing for him, and that his business is to rearrange this essential vision into satisfying patterns, getting himself as little dirty in the process as possible. His feeling about this may have been made more definite by one of those Manichean-type theologies which sees the natural world as unworthy of penetration. But the real novelist, the one with an instinct for what he is about, knows that he cannot approach the infinite directly, that he must penetrate the natural human world as it is.”
“If I can summarize Calvin’s teaching on prayer succinctly, I would say this: The chief rule of prayer is to remember who God is and to remember who you are. If we remember those two things, our prayers will always and ever be marked by adoration and confession.”
I place before you here a short discussion by childrens author N.D. Wilson and his father, (author, pastor) Doug Wilson, on a subject close to my heart. Is it appropriate for Christians to appreciate the use of magic in stories? Yes, if you want to read the Bible. But not so fast, what about the idea of authority? Some useful, worthwhile thoughts.
Yesterday Eric played Huntington and TONIGHT IS LIVE IN BECKLEY (March 5) with special guest and local talent, Stacy Grubb. Click here for Beckley details.
Today’s song is “The Run Down,” and I am asking you to run down to…
This Thursday (March 4) Eric will be playing a show in Huntington and then on Beckley on Friday night (March 5). So it’s a world tour of West Virginia, basically.
This Thursday (March 4) Eric will be playing a show in Huntington and then on Beckley on Friday night (March 5). So it’s a world tour of West Virginia, basically.
This Thursday (March 4) Eric will be playing a show in Huntington and then on Beckley on Friday night (March 5). So it’s a world tour of West Virginia, basically.
By the authority vested in me from that game of paper, rock, scissors, I declare this week “Eric Peters Week” in all of West Virginia and here at www.SDSmith.net.
I plan to post a video each day this week as a clever enticement to your ears and heart. I hope you will come to either concert. Eric is a grand fellow and puts on a wonderful show.
Today: A song for his boys called “I’ll Go With You.” Live in Beckley, WV in 2009.
I made it into the top 1,000,000,000,000 and am therefore pretty sure to win.
OK, really it’s only the top 1,000. It was based solely on the book pitch (short summary of the book). This is good. Next they narrow it down to the Top 250 (reading an excerpt from the book).
It’s like American Idol except with no idols or Americans and it’s non-sexy writers like me with pale skin and agoraphobia who only go out when the next Star Trek sequel is in theaters.
Here are the top 1,000 if anyone wants to scroll down and find my name (don’t really do that, Mom).
I’ll be sure to update everyone when I crash and burn in the next round.
