Bulletin 1.18.26

I have been reading poems, romances, vision-literature, legends, myths all my life. I know what they are like. I know that not one of them is like this. Of this text (the Gospels) there are only two possible views. Either this is reportage ...or else, some unknown writer in the second century, without known predecessors, or successors, suddenly anticipated the whole technique of modern, novelistic, realistic narrative...The reader who doesn't see this has simply not learned to read.

—C.S. Lewis, Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism,
(Essay read at Westcott House, Cambridge, on May 11
1959. Published in Christian Reflections [1981])

When You admire someone - especially with affection - your heart is warm or ever soft toward him or her. A warm and soft heart is like wax that is warm and soft - ready to take the imprint or image of something that is pressed into it, as a seal is pressed into wax. I ’m sure you ’ve noticed that when you find a friend who you think is the coolest thing on two legs, you start to adopt his or her expressions, accent, and hand gestures. You might even begin to walk or laugh the way your new found friend does. This happens because God designed us that way - to become like the people and things we love, whether good or evil. From our earliest days, we are natural imitators, always being shaped by the things we hold dear - whether our parents, our friends, or rock stars... Simply put: You become what you worship.

—Kris Lundgaard, Through the Looking Glass:
Reflections on Christ That Change Us (2000)