Not Another (Phony) Baccalaureate Message
If we come to see – or understand – things outside of ourselves differently, we also come to see or understand things inside of ourselves differently, and so find ourselves living differently. When we see differently, we also think and say and behave and feel differently, and often radically so…Read
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I have no idea where it came from, but I learned it early-on in grade school, as did many of you: “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” we were instructed, with no qualification or room for disagreement. It was a given, an a priori, like the earth revolving around…
The Blackfire Trilogy
Four unlikely teenagers are summoned by a mysterious stranger to save another world being destroyed by evil. Elli Adams and her friends Beatriz, Jamie, and Alex must overcome their own personal challenges of blindness, self-confidence, and Down syndrome as they struggle to fulfill their perplexing and horrific calling.
This is a terrific story. The plot is riveting, and its unlikely heroes are people you care about. Woven throughout is a meditation on the nature of the conflict between good and evil, the meaning of faith, and the importance of the choices we all must make. To read it is to grow.
David Johnson, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary