Belated Friday Five

Taking the clue from Jenny, I will answer the Friday Five, a bit late, granted, but whatever. Thanks for finding some good questions, Jenny! Anyway, I didn't answer them Friday `cause I spent last Friday putting the finishing touches on a lecture that I gave for a course in my department and hanging out with Chris, Alex, Bill Reese, and company in Anaheim.

1. What is your favorite type of literature to read (magazine, newspaper, novels, nonfiction, poetry, etc.)?

Nonfiction and novels, by the likes of C.S. Lewis, Frank Herbert, J.R.R. Tolkien, Kathleen Norris, Paul Davies, and Philip Yancey.

2. What is your favorite novel?

I guess I have two: the only two novels I've read twice.
Dune by Frank Herbert and 1984 by George Orwell.

3. Do you have a favorite poem? (Share it!)

I suppose it would be "Love's Philosophy" by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

The fountains mingle with the river

    And the rivers with the Ocean,

The winds of Heaven mix forever

    With a sweet emotion;

Nothing in the world is single;

    All things by a law divine

In one spirit meet and mingle.

    Why not I with thine? --



See the mountains kiss high Heaven

    And the waves clasp one another;

No sister-flower would be forgiven

    If it disdained its brother;

And the sunlight clasps the earth

    And the moonbeams kiss the sea:

What is all this sweet work worth

    If thou kiss not me?

4. What is one thing you've always wanted to read, or wish you had more time to read?

I've wanted to read the complete works of Plato or Bill Shakespeare, but haven't yet.

5. What are you currently reading?

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington

Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995 by Joe Sacco

The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ As the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology by Jurgen Moltmann

Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul by John Eldredge.