Comments on: Still by Lauren Winner, and Other Books I’ve Read This Year

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Sun, 13 May 2012 21:36:19 +0000

@Kristin, I did enjoy reading it, but retained little encouragement or wisdom at the end. A pleasant experience while it lasted, though I doubt I derived any lasting benefit from it. Winner makes the point about the disjunction between her private spiritual life and her public spiritual life as a Christian writer, speaker, minister and theology professor in the Q and A at the back of the book. So it wasn't my original critique which I would have hesitant to offer of a stranger, based on her book.
@ Sherrey, thanks. I didn't know you were writing a memoir.
@ Dan, thanks much.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 13 May 2012 11:59:12 +0000

Your phrase, 'a private boredom with … faith' is both graphic and ominous; it gives me some language & insight for situations I'm facing, too.

By: Sherrey

Sherrey — Sun, 13 May 2012 06:11:09 +0000

Thanks for an honest review. And for some insight that, from the reader's perspective, I'm on the right track with my memoir. Didn't you love 1000 Gifts? Now there was a book that gave you something to hope for!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Sat, 12 May 2012 23:50:46 +0000

Thanks so much for this review! To be honest, I'm disappointed, too - having enjoyed two books and several articles by Winner, I'm really saddened to hear they were, for the most part, disingenuous. Actually, I feel quite deceived and will avoid the latest book as a result.

Thanks again for the thorough, insightful review!