The Niņos
Another wonderful outlet and input for spiritual and creative energies is the Niņos prayer group (yeah, "neenyos." You got it). Lots of fun, amazing prayer, miraculous answers, and wonderful support.
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Many books have been prayed into existence and one of the latest is Diana Glyer's The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien As Writers in Community, finally hitting the shelves in early March, 2007. Fans of Tolkien, Lewis, Charles Williams, and the other lesser-known Inklings will be excited by this book, as well as members of writers' workshops and people interested in how we influence and encourage each other. Whether one is a fan of Tolkien, Lewis, and Williams or not, no one argues that the Inklings weren't a highly successful group of writers and it is useful to look at the way the group functioned and try to understand what made it so exceptional. Here is a nice interview with Diana on The Tolkien Library website and here are more of my thoughts on my blog. |
You can also read Diana's previous book, The Liberal Arts in Higher Education, co-written with David L. Weeks.
Another APU prof is Joe Bentz; his newest book is Silent God, following in the footsteps of his previous non-fiction book, When God Takes Too Long.
Joe's second book, A Son Comes Home, has just been reissued by Randall House.
Joe's first book, Song of Fire, was published before I knew Joe (but I bought it and I really enjoyed it!) but his second book, A Son Comes Home, was in the editorial process when the Niņos started. Joe's third book, Cradle of Dreams, was conceived, written and published while we supported in prayer, as was Joe's fourth book, At Close of Day.
Laura Simmons' excellent book, Creed Without Chaos: Exploring Theology In The Writings Of Dorothy L. Sayers, is developed from her doctoral thesis and while she's moved out of state and is no longer a regular Niņo, she is always in our hearts (and emails!) and we were thrilled to be noted in her thanks.
Niņos has prayed several doctoral theses to completion and many other creative life breakthroughs. Plus we have very interesting meals with "themes"... It really doesn't get much better!
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