Two Books and a Movie

In the last few days, I finished Tim Keller's The Reason for God and Eloise Jarvis McGraw's Master Cornhill. One is a brilliant Christian apologetic and the other a brilliant historical fiction account of a boy who survives the Great Plague in London in 1665, and the fire that destroyed the city the following year.

I also watched in part Jack the Giant Slayer. I did not watch the whole thing, and I also only heard a small part since it was on the plane (listening to something with earbuds makes me feel weird).

An interesting thread is woven through all of these. I'm still turning the thoughts over in my mind, but I notice there is a particular desire that people possess which leads them again and again to love beauty, to admire loyalty, and to need relationships.

I want to let it sit for a bit, but after reading Keller's book, and then the story about London, and watching the movie following those stories, I find the connections stunning.

Now I am going to try to sleep. On a plane. Yes, we'll see how that goes...