With the “uh oh…where are you taking me now” details, The Great Divorce makes me naked. Lewis uses finely crafted, occasionally intricate, language, but the nakedness is a simple thing. It is the unadulterated straight stuff, which shows us that we are settling for an existence lesser than God intended. This is the act of being wayward, even on micro levels.
What is it like to be more devoted to your vices than your God? Welcome to the world of distraction. Let’s be straight – if our actions are not moderately tempered, if we are obsessed with anything – even church – we are distracted. God’s vision is more expansive than ours, and Lewis astutely captures the human effort to deny that.
This book is personal to every reader. It’s a spiritual nudge, an epiphany, and a shock to remember, remember that we are strangers on this globe.
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Is everyone just embarrassed because we haven't finished the book? Well, don't be shy just write about the part that you HAVE read or what you might expect from the book if you haven't started at all. I don't think any of us really care if everyone finishes or not just as long as we have fun at doing whatever. If you didn't even want to read the book you could write about that too. What do ya'll think?
love, Kathy
i havent' even read it- so lame! i couldn't get it at my library and am too dang cheap to spend ten bucks to buy it. plus working full time, feeling crappy, and all my blood goes to my belly instead of my brain so i can't concentrate on anything lately. sorry to be a flake! how's that?? :)
kathy, how are you feeling? not long now
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