finding joy, pursuing Christ
Unvisited Lands
Have you ever knelt in the hot summer sunshine to pick a flower from between twisted cracks of pavement or marveled at the blue sky and scuttling leaves of autumn?
Whether you're wild for waterfalls, awed by apex predators, or interested in a million other wonders, let's worship God together through pictures and prose while exploring how the universe shows His glory and love in uncountably beautiful ways.
Literature has unique power to quietly and intimately change us from the inside out. Among the hallowed walls of history's library include To Kill a Mockingbird, Romeo and Juliet, Fahrenheit 451, and The Chronicles of Narnia. Roam farther and you'll find internationally beloved comics like Tin-Tin, insanely popular bestsellers like Harry Potter, and gritty, moving tales like East of Eden.
The genres are as varied as your imagination, and the first time you crack a cover, you might be on a journey to change your life forever. Let's take that journey together to explore just what makes literature so life-changing, and how God is glorified and pursued through our favorite books.
Whether you've joined a Fellowship on a quest, clicked your ruby heels on a golden road, or gasped at Iron Man's snap-decision in Avengers, chances are that entertainment connects with your heart in a surprisingly personal way.
From tender Pixar movies to rap-worthy Hamilton tunes to our grandparent's favorite songs, entertainment weaves colorful threads through our lives and highlights the deep desires of our hearts, bringing buried feelings to the surface. And, if we look close enough, it can point us to the God who fulfills the very longing of these echoes.
These things . . . the beauty, the memory of our own past . . . are not the thing itself; they are only the scent of a flower we have not found; the echo of a tune we have not heard; news from a country we have never yet visited.”
--C.S. LEWIS
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