"People want to make saints of the dead as if their v ery goodness shouldSince this is a very Christian viewpoint - especially some of the early desert mothers and fathers - and Blake was Roman Catholic and currently Episcopalian I enjoyed it. Certainly not everything Blake does or what is done in the book is Christian, but there's only one who actually followed the way of the Christ without making mistakes and that one was/is the Christ.
have protected them. Purity was not a shiled against violence, in fact
sometimes ignorance got you killed faster."
The Elijah/Elisha cycle of stories is one part of Scripture to which I continue to return for inspiration in science, religion and social concerns. I get these interests from both my parents - my mom as housewife, feminist, lay pastor and my dad as engineer turned into pastor. I have lived in both city and country. There are things I love about both. I've been a cook, roofer, manager, pastor, musician, and more. Currently I work at a motel and am trying to become a writer.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Incubus Dreams - Anita Blake
In this continuation of the series Blake's life grows even more complicated with four - no five - boyfriends. It's a pleasure to see the usual expectation that a heterosexual threesome is with two women turned on its head. The attacks and mayhem in this novel are more psychic than the usual guns and fists of the Anita Blake series, but still remains interesting. And there's always a nugget of truth. My pleasure this time was the comment.
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