Love His books. I read several and thank God Someone gave them to me. I was a Christian but lost the fire because of My MS getting worse and now can't walk and in bed 95% of my life right now. I have 2 boys that I am guardian over and cant take them to games. After reading his books I felt the love of God pull on my heart. It is a battle not to get depressed but I know God is in control and he knows my future and he knows the boys need help. They are both emotionally damaged by mother abandonded and father a child abuser. I pray for them that God will send a big brother so they can be boys. I know he will. My faith is renewed. Thank CS Lewis for his books. Praise God!!!

I have a new book for you. I actually met the author and got his autograph in my book. “Chronicles of Thanatos the Reaper” by Aramis Thorn. He is a Christian author, and it is a very cool book. I read it when I was still Christian.

Here's a summary:
The fall of man has introduced death to the earth. For all of history an angel will be assigned to assist man in dealing with this most unnatural of events. Thanatos is chosen to assume this office but the constant interaction with humans in their final moments takes a toll on the angel. He moves through history, collecting souls and interacting with the horrors that humans visit on each other. Can he avoid the death taint that infects all the earth as he fulfills his commission as Thanatos, The Angel of Death?

konton=fun

I am only on the 3rd book in the Left Behind series because they are so scary. The devil gets peoples trust so easily, I'm afraid to go on in the series. I'm on Nicolae. It has been sitting on my nightstand for months. Anyone read it? Should I dare?

I don't know if anyone would be interested in more romantic stories but Karen Kingsbury, although sometimes sappy, is very inspiring to me. Her characters always have an ongoing dialogue with Jesus. It has shown me that I must communicate with Him all the time, not just when i'm praying.

Babette's Feast: If you have never seen this movie you are in for a treat. It is about God's love for us as shown by the analogy of Babette's Feast, which she makes for some Danish villagers who live on a remote Island in the North Sea. The movie shows us how God's love for us is a rich banquet. Babette is a French chef from Paris who is a political refugee after a failed revolution. She is given refuge by a small fundamentalist group of Christians and a home on the island. Even though the villagers seem at first to be a bit on the strict side of things, Babette sees their love and kindness in taking her in and giving her a refuge and their love for each other. However as the villagers age they begin to argue and bicker among themselves and begin to lose their sense of community. Babette then wins a lottery and since the government which persecuted Babette in Paris no longer exists and Babette is in no longer in danger of being arrested, the villagers all assume she will return to Paris where she can live quite comfortably on the winnings of the lottery. Babette however has other plans for the money and the movie teaches us a heart moving lesson about the love God has for us all. I remember hearing a story about a person who died and went to heaven and when he gets to his mansion, it's loaded with unopened presents. The man says to the Angel that he thinks it's wonderful that the mansion comes with so many gifts. The Angel replies that the man does not understand, the hundreds and hundreds of gifts are gifts God wanted to give him while he was on Earth, but the man never asked for them and so he never received them. There is also a subplot about turning away love when it is offered, but the movie shows that real love is never really completely lost. Also listen for the last line of the movie spoken by one of the villagers. She says it so quietly you almost miss it, but it sums up our relatiohship with God beautifully.

One book I think C.S. Lewis wrote that is excellent is "Mere Christianity" I am a fairly new Christian and I had a billion questions. "Mere Chrisianity" helped me understand a lot of the fundamentals. And I can't say enough about Billy Graham's books. They are easy to understand and have a gentle and loving spirit. If a book touched you I think many would be interested in how it touched you. It doesn't have to be Christian. My hope is that people could discuss what touched their lives without getting into debates which happened on another board whose name I won't mention. I think the issue there was specific, but underneath it all I thought I saw a small minority who wanted to talk about spiritual things without argument, no matter their spiritual point of view. I thought people could share what's on their heart and speak to like- minded people with freedom and yet not get into debates on "why that is right and that is wrong." I'd like to say more about these books mean to me a little later on, but I hope when people read it, they know it's just me. Wes

Hello all. A good book to check out is Hangman's Curse by Frank Perreti, then the second book of that Nightmare Academy

I just recently read "A Severe Mercy" by Sheldon Vaunaken (there are 18 letters in it from C.S.Lewis).
I absolutely LOVED it. I have sent it already to two other people. This story follows the love relationship between a couple, their eventual conversion, and then the death of the wife in what her husband comes to call "a severe mercy."
This book broke my heart. Simply through recounting their history, Vaunaken communicated the very simple keys to success in a relationship. Complete sharing, trusting, and the denying of self. Even though they learned this truth apart from Christ, I have come to learn that Christ is in fact the only key that enables me to die to self. When two people have Christ's love first in their heart, they are enabled to deny their "self" and put each other first. Then love blossoms, conflict has no hate in it, and blessed unity ensues: "the two become one". Anyway, I learned a lot from this book. And there is also a lot to be gleaned from the way Sheldon processed his grief. Altogether I would say this book was a great work.

I like Narnia because it has extra symbollism built into it that appeal to adults. But my favorite book is "The Great Divorce" It was the first book that showed me that it's not that God does not want to give us blessings, but instead of accepting them, we will do almost anything not to receive them. I also found interesting that where a person spent eternity was based on what choice(s) they had made in their lives and when it came down to the point of either being able to choose heaven or hell once they got off the bus, most chose to go back to hell. There was always one thing there that they did not wish to give up in exchange for heaven. Of all the passengers, I think of all the passengers on the bus, only one decides to stay in heaven. Lastly the "golden people" have no light or love of their own. It is all God's light and love that is reflected in them. One of the Golden People puts the importance of realizing that it is God's love being reflected in them this way, she is in love like a swimmer is in water and out of it she will not go.

Screwtape Letters, Narnia ...but I cannot describe how...maybe because of his original view...