A sad but touching true story of a Japanese girl who gets leukemia and sets out to fold one thousand paper cranes in the hopes oBook #50 this year. :)
A sad but touching true story of a Japanese girl who gets leukemia and sets out to fold one thousand paper cranes in the hopes of getting her wish to get better granted.
I've read this many times already growing up, but I recently saw my little brother reading it and decided to give it a reread. Sadako is a very likable character. The story is pretty fast-paced and short, and the writing is simple and easy to read. ...more
Uh, it's the Psalms. I feel like that's enough. No further explanation is necessary. So what are you waiting for? Read it! I just love the Psalms, and Uh, it's the Psalms. I feel like that's enough. No further explanation is necessary. So what are you waiting for? Read it! I just love the Psalms, and I want everyone to read it. ...more
This was….wow. I don't know why I waited so long to read this. This book was so good. It had such good insights. There is just so much packed into thiThis was….wow. I don't know why I waited so long to read this. This book was so good. It had such good insights. There is just so much packed into this one 256-page book. But who am I kidding? It's Lewis; can I expect anything less than an amazing read?
Mere Christianity explains and elucidates basic Christian doctrines and principles in a most genius matter. It argues and defends the validity of Christianity and gives a better foundation to your beliefs. It's great to believe in something passionately, but it's important and vital to know WHY you believe it. You need a solid foundation that allows you to defend your faith in the midst of adversity; Mere Christianity helps you to build that foundation.
This is the kind of book that makes you see things in a new light, a book that augments your perspective and knowledge and leaves you feeling baffled at how much you didn't know and how much you just absorbed. It also is just so full of things that you should know already, yet when you read it, it makes you feel like you're finding it out for the first time. (You ever get that? I get it a lot.)
The illustrations and examples Lewis gives are just so amazing and ingenious. He was able to come up with such wonderful, effective, persuasive examples/illustrations because he really understood what he was trying to communicate. Even when I had a hard time understanding a topic, his word pictures made it click in my mind and helped me wrap my head around the difficult subjects. I still don't know how he even thought of illustrations that so perfectly captured the heart of his topic, but everything he said was just so clear and lucidly expressed to the reader exactly what he wanted to say.
Writing excellent nonfiction is HARD, yet Lewis executes it beautifully and almost makes it look easy. His thinking was critical. He doesn't rush through things. He takes the reader steadily & patiently through his own thought process to the conclusion, using simple language so that anyone can understand. However, he does it all while not dumbing it down as if the reader is unintelligent. He respects his readers and he doesn't write from a moral high ground. He was well-informed about his topics but demonstrated a great deal of humility in his writing. He was able to answer these questions so effectively and empathetically because he himself wrestled with these questions for years.
I believe every Christian should read this book. There are so many things you can learn from this, regardless of your level of maturity as a Christian. Not only will you gain a new appreciation for Lewis' pure genius in both writing and Christianity, but you will also walk away from this book with a better understanding of things every believer should know and with an increased knowledge of how to better your walk with God and live a life that is in harmony with both God and man, a life that is pleasing to Him. ...more
You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.
It's C.S. Lewis, guys.
You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.
It's C.S. Lewis, guys. What else do I have to say? If it's Lewis, you know it's good. Read. It.
This book was different from his other writings. It was much darker and despondent, as can be expected from a man who was mourning the recent loss of his beloved wife (who also happens to have the same name as me, btw, not that anybody cares.) And yet, the writing was distinctly and unquestionably Lewis. He has such a way with words that just draws your entire being into every little utterance. This book just showed Lewis raw and, well, human. He was so open about his feelings, and it was just stirring to read this and feel like I was on the journey with him.
And I seriously do not need to tell you how great his observations are, so I won't say anything.
Even with things that we do know already, Lewis phrases things in such ways that have more impact than anything I could ever come up with. I never would even guess to phrase things in the way he does.
It is hard to have patience with people who say there is no death or death doesn't matter. There is death. And whatever is, matters. And whatever happens has consequences. And it and they are irrevocable and irreversible. You might as well say that birth doesn't matter."
Thank God for C.S. Lewis. What a blessing to the world he was. I don't know where I'd be without his writings. I wouldn't be who I am without him and his writings.
And, as I just love Lewis quotes and can't get enough of them, here's one more to brighten your day: ...more
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