Books

“Books take us out of our natural spheres, and enlarge us by taking us to people, places and situations that we couldn’t otherwise go to.  They also have the ability to take us to a very scary place—deep within the depths of our complex hearts and emotions.  When we relate to the characters, something very personal and powerful is dealt with inside of us.  It shakes us, it shatters our false exteriors, it unshackles us, it ships us out—to go and do the same for another (in God’s name, in His wisdom, and in His love, and not in the way of “man”.  Eldredge

 

They remind us of the bigger picture that Eldredge refers to—the great epic adventure that we are all a part of.  I believe there is a hero in the heart of every man just waiting to be released, albeit incrementally, and that his courage is kindled by both the Cause and by his Comrades.  Now his fellow warriors, teachers and statesmen might be of another time, another race, another continent, but the heart that beats within is the same.” M.F.