More Than Words

Matt says: This is an interesting book because it is about authors who have had profound influence on current writers. There were a hand full of authors that appealed to me. Some of the best essays were about authors that brought alive the mundane and ordinary to show God's common grace. Some of the essays were disappointing (esp on Dostoevsky). Overall a pretty good book.

Dana says: My second time with this book. It was interesting to note which parts struck me the first time reading it and which parts struck me this second time. Over all I got more out of this second reading because I read much more literature now than I used to. This book includes a wide variety of writers from different denominations within Christianity (both in the authors who write the essays and the writers they are writing about) and some can be challenging depending on what denomination you come from but all are thought provoking. I wish essayists coming from a Reformed background would have been included, such as Leland Ryken and Gene Veith.

My favorite chapters this time were the ones on Kierkegard, Thomas Merton, John Milton, Hans Christian Andersen, and Tolkien. But just as in my first reading my favorite of of all essays again was the one by Yancey written on John Donne- worth the price of the book alone.