Be Always Little: Christian Fables for Young and Old

Title

en_US Be Always Little: Christian Fables for Young and Old

Description

en_US By Jude Fischer

Creator

en_US Fischer, Jude See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Fischer, Jude

Date

2016-01-25T19:55:27Z

en_US 2008-09

en_US 1996

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:55:27Z

Date Issued

en_US 1996

Abstract

en_US This is a collection of some twenty-three Christian stories by Fischer, with several others by Elizabeth York and Daniel Fischer. I read the first three: The Boy and His Song, The Orphaned Moment, and The Chair and the Furniture Doctor. My sense is that all three function more as parables than as fables, inviting deep ongoing questioning about our values. I like the second and third stories particularly. The moment, after many failed attempts to get noticed by people who are busy and preoccupied, is enjoyed by each member of a family. The chair, painted over six times, is lovingly cared for by someone who knows chairs. Through removal of paint and painful sanding, the furniture doctor reveals the loveliness down deep in the chair. He then enhances that loveliness with stain. The chair's last realization is that it will always need the help of the furniture doctor.

Identifier

en_US 9780921440260

en_US 6616 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81935

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Madonna House Publications

en_US Combermere, Ontario, Canada

Subject

en_US BV4515.2.F57 1996 See all items with this value

en_US Christian See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole