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Mar 05

Written Influences on my Faith

Posted by Matt Jones on Friday, March 5, 2010. Filed under Literature,Religion,Theology.

Recently, Cori asked about books that have influenced our journey of the Christian faith. I thought that was a great question and a difficult one to answer. I thought I would reproduce my response here: This is a daunting task: how to narrow influential books down to a short list? These are a few that [...]

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Sep 23

Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

Posted by Matt Jones on Sunday, September 23, 2007. Filed under Literature.

Summer UCF allowed me the opportunity to read a book that I had been wanting to read for a long time: C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold. It is a beautiful retelling of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, a second century Latin novel which is itself most likely a retelling of an older Greek myth. [...]

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Apr 03

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Posted by Matt Jones on Tuesday, April 3, 2007. Filed under Family Book and CD/DVD Exchange,Literature.

Last week I finished up Erin’s pick for this year’s 2006 Family Book and CD/DVD exchange. Her selection was The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. The mystery is told from the perspective of 15 year old Christopher who has Asperger syndrome. It was such an interesting read with a [...]

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Mar 28

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Artwork

Posted by Matt Jones on Wednesday, March 28, 2007. Filed under Literature.

Hat tip to Kristin: The book artwork for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been released. So what exactly are Harry and He Who Must Not Be Named looking at? And what is your take on the name Deathly Hallows? Preorder it at Powell’s Books!

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Mar 21

The Once and Future King by T. H. White

Posted by Matt Jones on Wednesday, March 21, 2007. Filed under Literature.

A few weeks ago I finally finished The Once and Future King by T.H. White. This four part novel is about the Arthurian legend (the first part of the novel is the basis for the Disney movie The Sword in the Stone when Arthur becomes king of England by pulling Excalibur out of a stone) [...]

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Dec 25

Dickens speaks Truth

Posted by Matt Jones on Monday, December 25, 2006. Filed under Literature,Religion.

In Dickens’ The Christmas Carol Martha Cratchet asks how tiny Tim was in church and Bob Cratchet responds: As good as gold and better. Somehow he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the [...]

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