Tag Archives: George MacDonald
Whimsical Imagination and a New Addition to the Forest
The following article over at Transpositions interweaves C.S. Lewis, George Macdonald, GK Chesterton, and Lewis Carroll. The article is really jumpstarting some observations I’ve making on the connection between theology and Pixar. More on that later, perhaps… Whimsical Imagination. Oh, … Continue reading
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What If Books Contained a Story?
Anne Jackson recently posed a question asking “What’s missing from today’s books?” I’m a bit disappointed that, on the surface anyway, her query was geared toward an analysis of “the market,” but I see where she is going with this. … Continue reading
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“No Comparing:” Reflections on George MacDonald 20
Here there is no room for ambition. Ambition is the desire to be above one’s neighbor; and here there is no possibility of comparison with one’s neighbor: no one knows what the white stone contains except the man who receives … Continue reading
“No Massing:” Reflections on George MacDonald 19
“There is no massing of men with God. When he speaks of gathered men, it is a spiritual body, not as a mass.” Okay, so I realize I’ve let quite a few days slip without posting on MacDonald. Rather than … Continue reading
“Truth is Truth:” Reflections on George MacDonald 14
“Truth is truth, whether from the lips of Jesus or Balaam.” We are either attracted or repelled by statements like this. When we are attracted to the quiet wisdom or the blunt direction given by such statements, we often reduce … Continue reading
“I Knew a Child,” “Spiritual Murder,” and “Impossibilities:” Reflections on G. MacDonald 11-13
I’m quickly falling into the trap of simply compiling entries, instead of reflecting on each one. Conveniently, however, these three entries all focus on the concept of Forgiveness, on how forgiveness illuminates our relationship with God, and our relationship with … Continue reading
When No Escape is a Good Thing and “The Word”- George MacDonald Reflections 9 & 10
9: Escape is Hopeless The man whose deeds are evil, fears the burning. But the burning will not come the less that he fears it or denies it. Escape is hopeless. For Love is inexorable. Our God is a consuming … Continue reading
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“No” and “The Law Of Nature:” Reflections of G. MacDonald 7 & 8
7: When we say that God Love, do we teach men that their fear of Him is groundless? No. As much as they fear will come upon them, possibly far more… The wrath will consume what they call themselves; so … Continue reading
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Sinai- Reflections on G. MacDonald 6
And is not God ready to do unto them even as they fear, though with another feeling and a different end from any which they are capable of supposing? He is against sin: insofar as, and while, they and sin … Continue reading
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