Tolstoy on Death

Okay its not War and Peace, but its Tolstoy, and he's talking about death.

Yes, another free audio on Christian audio.

In these two famous short novels, Leo Tolstoy takes readers to the brink of despair. At the end of life worldly ambition offers no consolation for the spiritually empty soul. But Tolstoy is the master of themes of redemption. He turns his morbid topic into hope, leading toward spiritual awakening. Tolstoy offers his readers a lifetime of perspective on a most human subject, death.

Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Illyich is a small book with singular depth of insight. The book was published in 1886, breaking a nine-year literary silence after the publication of Anna Karenina. It is considered to be one of the great explorations of death and dying in all of Western Literature. No author in so few words summons so many emotions into the reader's soul. This masterpiece is here paired with another Tolstoy short novels, Master and Man, which too examines the human response to mortality. Together these two stories will ultimately offer encouragement to the spiritually hungry.

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is considered by many to be the greatest novelist in Western Literature. Several classic novels belong to his pen including War and Peace and Anna Karenina. In addition he wrote many short novels, including The Death of Ivan Illyich.

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What did C.S Lewis Read?

Hey folks,

We all know that C.S Lewis had a great ring of friends who help convince him of the truth of christianity, but what books did he read that helped change his worldview from an atheist to a christian. G.K Chesterton book "Orthodoxy was that book and you can listen to the entire book for free on Christianbook.audio, just go to the link here and use the code SEPT2006.

Every month Christianaudio.com gives a free audiobook out!..Another reason to buy an mp3 player!

Francis Collins in Time Magazine

Its been awhile since I posted, but this demands that I post a short blurb.
If you don't know who Francis Collins is,.. (Head of the Genome Project) then get out of your hole! There's an interesting article on Francis Collins in the latest issue of time magazine.


Interesting because in the article it says that He released a book that is hard on intelligent design, heaping scientific doubt on its key notion of "irreducible complexity" in phenomena like blood clotting, and theological scorn on its ultimate implications.

He also says at one point "he has little patience with those who say evolution is just a theory, noting that in his scientific world the word theory "is not intended to convey uncertainty; for that purpose a scientist would use the word hypothesis."

To read the article, go here

Also on Tuesday, July 25th, he'll be appearing on Charlie Rose, to talk about his new book. "The Language of God."

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Last Lewis broadcast on BBC

Just a couple of weeks ago I was recently informed of the posting of the only surviving footage of C.S Lewis's broadcast talks from the "Beyond Personality talks". It was broadcast on BBC radio on 21st March 1944. Take a listen to it here

Also here's a pic of C.S Lewis when he hit the big Time..cover of Time magazine that is.

If you like to download the mp3, you can download it here

Weekly Dosage of Religion

If you aren't up on what's happening in the world of religion and ethics, then you need to check out Religion and Ethics News Weekly on KCET. Fortunately for you computer saavy people, there is a podcast as well as a mp3 download., so check it out. I believe there is steaming windows video as well.

This week episode talks with Anne Lamott, one of todays well known spiritual writers as well as a outspoken christian liberal. The episode also deals with stolen antiquities from Buddhist temples around the globe.

check out the link here

Bono at National Prayer Breakfast

Boy its been awhile since I posted here, but I'm back!
Some interesting reads at Christianity today.
I'll spare you all the brief commentary and have you guys read them for yourselves.
check out a summary of the Day of Prayer thing. On the links below

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Calvin and Hobbes and C.S. Lewis

As many of you know, the definitive Calvin and Hobbes collection has just come out, It's three volumes, weighs 23 pounds and has every single cartoon in the series. What many of don't know is besides naming Calvin after the 16th century theologian and Hobbes the 17th century philosopher, Mrs Wormwood (Calvin's teacher) is named after the devil's apprentice in C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters!