tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13263155.post5784585215170615350..comments2023-10-15T10:55:42.537-05:00Comments on This That and the Other Thing: Book Review: Sunrise on the BatteryRAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04102249990885174107noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13263155.post-3117761623428856252011-09-24T18:45:44.171-05:002011-09-24T18:45:44.171-05:00"We all know the person at church who can'..."We all know the person at church who can't hold a conversation that doesn't invoke His name..."<br /><br />Yes. I know what you mean; I expect we make allowances for those who actually walk the walk.kkollwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13263155.post-64379635407506639292011-09-22T19:47:47.470-05:002011-09-22T19:47:47.470-05:00SPOILER ALERT!!!!
The trouble is, she really did...SPOILER ALERT!!!!<br /><br /><br />The trouble is, she really didn't try. Dad got religion and all of the sudden was 'all in". Mom was doing a capital campaign presentation at the ritzy girls school their girls (two in high school, one younger) attended--the school all the "in" old-money social set used. After Mom was finished, he took the stage and asked if the people knew Jesus and said he was available to discuss it after the meeting. It was social suicide and undid all the work they had done for years to join that set. She was furious, the girls were laughingstocks at school and their invitation to the deb ball was rescinded. His business partner tells Mom that he has always loved her, that he has enough on hubby to make him cooperate and that the two of them and the girls can move elsewhere. She is planning to go spend the weekend with him, and goes out for a morning run, during which she tears muscle. She's debilitated and can't get away from a guy who is trying to attack her. She's rescued by a street guy to whom her husband has been ministering. They reconcile and live happily ever after, with two of the girls getting baptized, and all three moving to a new less expensive school because he has to make restitution for all the shoddy work his partner had done. It was all just too pat.RAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04102249990885174107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13263155.post-34473885539269562282011-09-22T10:19:42.306-05:002011-09-22T10:19:42.306-05:00"...resolves it quickly, without ever really ..."...resolves it quickly, without ever really addressing the issue of how Christians should be different from others..." <br /><br />Because it's the impossible question to answer, I think. If you have to answer it you end up either laying down "burdens heavy to bear" (i.e. unreasonable rules) or judging people whose vision is different from your own.<br /><br />I think this question can be touched on, wrestled with, but never resolved--and certainly not in fiction. Although good for her for trying, I suppose... :/Kathleen Basihttp://www.kathleenbasi.comnoreply@blogger.com