Masterful. These poetic works of Gene Edwards will make the hope of Christ burn brighter.
This finale volume of the Chronicles of Heaven series is the Masterful. These poetic works of Gene Edwards will make the hope of Christ burn brighter.
This finale volume of the Chronicles of Heaven series is the best one yet. I can scarcely wait to look into these mysteries when they come true. They are so beautifully imagined in human words, I cannot fathom what the real Event will be like....more
For pete's sake, whenever I read anything by Lewis, I wonder why I bother to read anything else until I've read everything he ever wrote. Lewis has suFor pete's sake, whenever I read anything by Lewis, I wonder why I bother to read anything else until I've read everything he ever wrote. Lewis has such a concise clarity that is both brilliant and simple, the mark of a great thinker and writer.
I, am somewhat hesitant and humbled to say, have never lost anyone profoundly close to me. I lost by grandfather when I was 14. We were close, and I loved him, but being only 14, I hadn't the time I wish to know him even better than I did. It's also always sad to lose anyone, but a grandparent is an "expected" loss. He was older, and went quickly and didn't suffer, so it is about the easiest way possible to lose a loved one, if there ever is an easy way. I mourn the most for my own father, but even there, there is comfort, since they are both believers, and will see each other again in heaven. It is rare to be in ones early 30s and still have three grandparents, all parents, all siblings, and even every close friend still on this earth. This mercy is not lost on me.
But I am absolutely filing this book away for when the day comes that I will lose someone. Because I know that is inevitable in this life. And the clarity and sympathy apparent in this book, will be a great comfort to me on that day. Even now, I could recognize truth in what he said, even if it's not yet firsthand. I pray I am spared the type of loss Lewis experienced, but it is a great comfort, even know, to know that one's faith can continue, even in such a severe mercy as his "grief, observed."...more
Of course, almost anything by Lewis is graded on a reverse-curve: everything he's written is better than almost anything else you could spend3.5 stars
Of course, almost anything by Lewis is graded on a reverse-curve: everything he's written is better than almost anything else you could spend your time reading, so my lower star rating is not comparing this book to all other books, but against himself. The second half of the book is stronger than the first half. Not my favorite Lewis, as some of these arguments are better fleshed out in his other books, but excellent, nonetheless. ...more
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