Thursday, December 10, 2015

Justin Martyr, Deb Elkink, & The Third Grace

The following words remind me of @Deb Elkink's inspiring Mennonite novel The Third Grace: http://greenbrierbooks.com/greenbrier-fiction/contemporary-fiction/the-third-grace-by-deb-elkink .

"We do indeed proclaim ourselves atheists in respect to those whom you call gods, but not in regard to the Most True God, the Father of righteousness and temperance and the other virtues, who is without admixture of evil." St. Justin Martyr, writing about 150 AD, quoted in The Faith of the Early Fathers selected by William A. Jurgens.

 

 

Elma Schemenauer CONSIDER THE SUNFLOWERS: 1940s-era novel about love, Mennonites, faith, & family. Set in Vancouver & rural Saskatchewan. Order from Chapters online http://tinyurl.com/ny8smwk or Borealis Press http://tinyurl.com/lfdo9pf  . More info at http://elmams.wix.com/sflwrs  . Book trailer at https://youtu.be/sBRuhh1xX7Y .

 

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