tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post2910746892753724351..comments2023-10-02T03:39:59.884-05:00Comments on Jeff Meyers: Golden GileadJeff Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934932107746619375noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post-26646469020841907192009-02-19T18:01:00.000-06:002009-02-19T18:01:00.000-06:00"I left a copy of it somewhere in the bathroom"It..."I left a copy of it somewhere in the bathroom"<BR/><BR/>It's like the letter Samuel Johnson is alleged to have written. "Sir, I am in the privy. Your book is in front of me. Soon it will be behind me."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027642695251272599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post-43060047038889291232009-01-31T20:24:00.000-06:002009-01-31T20:24:00.000-06:00"The Shack"! I left a copy of it somewhere in the ..."The Shack"! I left a copy of it somewhere in the bathroom! I couldn't finish it even in there. Good grief, there are devotionals in a Christian school based on this crap? Man, oh, man.mozarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12379441959997940489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post-79941337417912599622009-01-31T19:26:00.000-06:002009-01-31T19:26:00.000-06:00Oh, Mozart, don't get me started. You haven't ev...Oh, Mozart, don't get me started. You haven't even mentioned all the hype over that idiotic, ridiculous book _The Shack_. It is dreadful, sophomoric literature and heretical theology, but my kids get devotionals based on it in their Christian school! I'll just stop now before I get into trouble.Jeff Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934932107746619375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post-48296228788081925112009-01-31T19:14:00.000-06:002009-01-31T19:14:00.000-06:00"Gilead" is an absolutely perfect book. "Home" is ..."Gilead" is an absolutely perfect book. "Home" is different, so comparisons don't make much sense here, but Robinson's story-telling abilities are second to none. I'm a little miffed she has not gotten the attention she deserves from the Christian world. I vividly remember "World" magazine devoting a cover spread to Ann Rice while Robinson's works got buried somewhere in the middle of the magazine. Arrrgghhhh!!mozarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12379441959997940489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post-51580391842985874522009-01-31T09:56:00.000-06:002009-01-31T09:56:00.000-06:00Jeff,You will like Home - totally different view, ...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>You will like Home - totally different view, but just as challenging - it amazes me how much she understands about the burdens of pastoral work - especially the challenges a pastor faces ministering to his own family.<BR/><BR/>Tom ClarkTom Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04058400618847870582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post-78683710608358922852009-01-30T16:18:00.000-06:002009-01-30T16:18:00.000-06:00Thanks, Jamison. Sounds interesting. I should be...Thanks, Jamison. Sounds interesting. I should begin Home tomorrow. But I don't cry. I make women cry.Jeff Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934932107746619375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post-72415958103907792322009-01-30T15:41:00.000-06:002009-01-30T15:41:00.000-06:00Dude,Home is most certainly equal to Gilead, thoug...Dude,<BR/><BR/>Home is most certainly equal to Gilead, though in very different ways. Giving nothing away, Gilead is meditative journal entries from an old sage, where Home is straightforward narrative. But it's one powerful story with lots of resonance. Every man I've spoken to that's read the book--all much more tough-guy and manly-man than am I--has cried at the end. Let's see if you're tough enough to escape that fate...shookfoilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116953566488663802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558461285642691762.post-24148922574019457652009-01-30T10:43:00.000-06:002009-01-30T10:43:00.000-06:00I bought and reread Gilead in the last few months,...I bought and reread <I>Gilead</I> in the last few months, and I really need to get my hands on <I>Home</I>.<BR/><BR/>I have read at least one review, that one indicating that <I>Home</I> is at the very least a worthy companion piece, certainly close to <I>Gilead</I> in quality, if not equal. So there's hope.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679732369824962701noreply@blogger.com