Out of Egypt:

George MacDonald - Getting Better with Age

Reading "The Wise Woman," "The Shadows," and "The Golden Key" for Inklings class. If the sign of a good book is that it works on multiple levels, then his works rank somewhere near the top. Every time he stabs me a little deeper. Now I only hope that he can help me be good, not just feel good.

Was it Lewis who said that MacDonald's favorite subject was Death? Reminds me of Bonhoeffer's distinction - the penultimate and the ultimate. MacDonald wrote from the ultimate all more than anyone else I know.

I don't know how you all feel, but I think that Lewis, Tolkien, and all of us are but disciples at his feet.