tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post1561706446457693199..comments2024-03-10T05:08:34.291-04:00Comments on Coffee Tea Books and Me: Sunday Afternoon Tea - When Books take us to the Thin PlacesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-37503197149716952002014-09-30T21:30:02.362-04:002014-09-30T21:30:02.362-04:00Oh Brenda. Your blog just touches a deep part of m...Oh Brenda. Your blog just touches a deep part of me. We must be kindred spirits. Yours is one of the few blogs I have come across that encourages me to be *more* content with my life as it is rather than stirring up feelings of discontent. I often add your book recs to my Amazon/library wish list. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-63173448048194121602014-09-29T12:03:09.944-04:002014-09-29T12:03:09.944-04:00Your words about books - especially about the book...Your words about books - especially about the books you love - were poetry to my hears and heart today. I am encouraged by your explanation of the thin veil - so beautifully put. <br /><br />The Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes - and books like this, are a tender-and-true introduction to young children, I agree. Familiarity with simple Bible stories has its uses. I found myself telling an adult atheist-family-member-guest about my faith in God, recently, by sharing Bible stories most precious to me while I prepared lunch, and he was standing at the kitchen farm table. Why not? Karen Andreolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135239838790568639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-36900767667194857182014-09-29T09:34:32.465-04:002014-09-29T09:34:32.465-04:00Thank you so much for this post. I sometimes feel...Thank you so much for this post. I sometimes feel a little strange when I discuss with others how book make me feel and the places they take me. Sometimes, people look at me like I have 2 heads! Other homeschooling moms have criticized my decisions to allow my children to read Narnia and LOTR. I've not questioned my decision, however, because my children (who are 12, 14 & 18 now) can initiate and participate debates and discussions pertaining to christian themes in literary works. The insights they gain from characterization and symbols in literature are amazing. They, too, have been taken to places where the veil has been thinned. <br /><br />I'm going to read this post to them. Thank you so much!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-63704486571425191682014-09-29T07:54:26.174-04:002014-09-29T07:54:26.174-04:00I will have to read a City of Bells so that I can ...I will have to read a City of Bells so that I can read the sequel at Christmas :) Loved your photo of your Goudge and Stevenson collection! Reading is such a huge part of my life, and such a joy, that I often wonder how people enjoy life without it. :) Heather LeFebvrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911253756416658412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-41885375262900184602014-09-28T17:57:29.586-04:002014-09-28T17:57:29.586-04:00Now you've done it - your writing today brough...Now you've done it - your writing today brought tears to my eyes - I know JUST what you mean about those thin places and the books/music/memories/smells/colors that bring us there and remind us that this vale of tears is temporary and eternity is right around the corner, right next to us if we could only see it.Susan Humestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374042568634619411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-59406538529664074142014-09-28T14:32:09.140-04:002014-09-28T14:32:09.140-04:00Brenda, this is simply wonderful. I'm about to...Brenda, this is simply wonderful. I'm about to start Goudge's Eliot family trilogy. Will need to read City of Bells again. <br />You have put into words how I feel about books, and those thin places. Thank you.Deborah Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366855994841922862noreply@blogger.com