The Gun Of The Father Is Always

A Reader Should Encounter Themselves In A Novel, I Think.

In A World Of Intrusive Technology, We Must Engage In A Kind Of Struggle If We Wish To Sustain Moments Of Solitude. E-reading Opens The Door To Distraction. It Invites Connectivity And Clicking And Purchasing. The Closed Network Of A Printed Book, On The Other Hand, Seems To Offer Greater Serenity. It Harks Back To A Pre-jacked-in Age. Cloth, Paper, Ink: For These Read Helmet, Cuirass, Shield. They Afford A Degree Of Protection And Make Possible A Less Intermediated, Less Fractured Experience. They Guard Our Aloneness. That Is Why I Love Them, And Why I Read Printed Books Still.

There's A Reason Prophets Perform Miracles; Language Lacks The Power To Describe Faith.

For Many People, There Is An Almost Power To Be Found In Prayer.

If Differences Can Be Hidden, Perhaps They Aren't Differences At All.