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A review by leswag97
Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L'Engle
4.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I have never read one of Madeleine L’Engle’s works of fiction, but still I felt as though as soon as I began to turn the first few pages of “Walking On Water” that I knew L’Engle, and I could see her heart.
She shares much insight into the intersection of faith and art—an intersection that most definitely exists, and sometimes in places that we may be surprised to find it. In a manner of writing akin to a “stream of consciousness,” L’Engle questions our pre-conceived notions of “Christian” art, and encourages all readers—saints and artists alike—to “feed the lake,” as she put it; a helpful metaphor pointing to the important work that each and every one of us have been called to do, and how whatever work we do helps in creating something far bigger than ourselves.
She shares much insight into the intersection of faith and art—an intersection that most definitely exists, and sometimes in places that we may be surprised to find it. In a manner of writing akin to a “stream of consciousness,” L’Engle questions our pre-conceived notions of “Christian” art, and encourages all readers—saints and artists alike—to “feed the lake,” as she put it; a helpful metaphor pointing to the important work that each and every one of us have been called to do, and how whatever work we do helps in creating something far bigger than ourselves.