After my last post, I talked with two of my good friends about what I'd written. I realized that I should give a little more explanation about some parts of the post. One of the lessons that has impacted me the most from reading so many books over the past four years is that I need to consider who is writing the books I'm reading. What is their perspective? What is their worldview? What are their religious beliefs? A few years ago when the movie series based on C.S. Lewis' Narnia Series came out, there were several books and a lot of attention given to "finding God" in the series. My husband read Alan Jacobs' book The Narnian and thoroughly enjoyed it. Afterwards, we discussed the book series. What I came to understand is that C.S. Lewis was a Christian, as was J.R.R. Tolkein. Both men wrote from their perspectives of the world. They didn't set out to write Christian allegories, but their faith naturally permeated the wo...