Excellent point about Silas Marner needing that slow immersion. The lonliness he experiences after being betrayed by William Dane builds over so many chapters that by the time Eppie shows up, the redemption feels earned in a way a summary could never capture. I tried one of those book summary apps last year thinking it would help me "stay current" and honestly it just made me realize how much texture gets lost when we optimize for effeciency. The sanctification parallel is spot on too.
Yes exactly! I mean even the extra characters and the time it takes to tell their arca just help you feel the passage of time and the deepness of the realities so much more. Without you knowing it, those paragraphs/pages about what seems like filler, builds your understanding.
Wow. So true. This topic is worthy of our further consideration & possible discussion, which is too long to post here, haha. But thank you again Brianna for thought-provoking prose ☺️❤️
Great article! I love a good life hack, but nothing gives us a shortcut to just plodding along in our sanctification.
Abigail
Excellent point about Silas Marner needing that slow immersion. The lonliness he experiences after being betrayed by William Dane builds over so many chapters that by the time Eppie shows up, the redemption feels earned in a way a summary could never capture. I tried one of those book summary apps last year thinking it would help me "stay current" and honestly it just made me realize how much texture gets lost when we optimize for effeciency. The sanctification parallel is spot on too.
Yes exactly! I mean even the extra characters and the time it takes to tell their arca just help you feel the passage of time and the deepness of the realities so much more. Without you knowing it, those paragraphs/pages about what seems like filler, builds your understanding.
Wow. So true. This topic is worthy of our further consideration & possible discussion, which is too long to post here, haha. But thank you again Brianna for thought-provoking prose ☺️❤️
Haha I mean I'll talk with you about books anytime Telene ;) or anything else hah