Most Censured Christian Author?
Searles

Sat Nov  7 14:02:53 1998
I'm posting an excerpt from a notification that I received.  I recommend that the article mentioned be read in its entirity for better undersatansing of the author's message.*p*Searles*p**br*THE NOTIFICATION*p*"The Sun Herald, Mississippi , USA., has an article about the*br*Christian author Madeleine  L'Engle, who wrote the children's*br*book, "A Wrinkle in Time" with its "witchcraft, crystal balls and*br*demons," which managed to make the 1963 Newbery Medal*br*winner one of the nation's 10 most censored books:*br*http://vh1459.infi.net:80/living/docs/lengle110798.htm*p*    Excerpts are included.*br*    The entire article should be read for accuracy and completeness.*p*    "To many Bible-based conservatives, though, such faith is*br*scripturally  unfettered and bears dangerous fruit.*br*    They have inveighed against her work  for years, particularly*br*"Wrinkle" for its "witchcraft, crystal balls and demons,"*br*managing to make the 1963 Newbery Medal winner one of the*br*nation's 10 most  censored books."*p*    "Perhaps  it's the panic of the millennium. . . . Christianity *br*needs to change, particularly on  the right. Everything Jesus was *br*against, being legalistic, rigid and unforgiving, the religious *br*right has become."*p*    "When you're looking at something judgmentally, you need to*br*pull back and say, 'No, I do that, too.' I ask myself, 'Is this a *br*loving response or a judgmental  response? Am I acting with pride *br*or humility?"*p*    "Grace comes when we just take the time to be quiet, watch the*br*trees, listen to  the wind, just be."*p*    A Wrinkle in Time*br*   Madeleine L'Engle*br*   Reading level: Ages 9-12*br*   Hardcover - 203 pages (June 1962)*br*   Farrar Straus & Giroux (Juv); ISBN: 0374386137 ;*br*   Also in cassettes*p*Loch Sloy!*br*Tuan Today*br*Lowell McFarland "*p*I've not posted the entire article here due to the copyright notice and will post URL for the Sun Herald as soon as I find one.*p*I'm wondering if being on the far right or the far left means that one is also far from the center of their religion?  Many times in my own religious life, I've found that it helps to take a retreat from the influences of the world to regain the center of meaning and spirituality.  Maybe its time for all of us to find that center?  We might find that at the center of spirit, there is not right, nor even a left.*p*Searles*br*




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A Wrinkle in Time