Finished reading the Joanne Harris book Five Quarters of the Orange late yesterday and right after that began reading To Heaven and Back by Dr. Mary C. Neal, the review book I'll write about sometime this week. Both very good, quite different from one another, but I enjoyed each of them. The Harris has some strong language toward the end, but the storyline was great. Liked that she wove in a diary/recipe book that made me wish someone had left me a treasure like that.
Love this quote in the heaven book---the author was commenting on how in her growing up years, the divorce of her parents made life feel a bit unsettled:
"The ritualized worship services of the Episcopal Church continued to sustain me and I found that their predictability gave a sense of stability to my swirling adolescence."
So very true. I've told Gary that one thing I enjoy about the Anglican church is how it seems that life outside the sanctuary turns off for that hour. I can't hear traffic, voices, and there are no distractions. And the fact that the service is liturgical and the same every week makes me feel secure. I know what to expect, and there's great comfort in that.
Know what I mean?
