Comments on: Flannery O’Connor On The Need For Violent Critique http://pastoralia.org/church/flannery-oconner-on-the-need-for-violent-critique Welcome. I'm a husband, a father, an ordained minister, and a postmodern pilgrim. You can check out some of the projects I'm involved with below. In this space I mostly write about the intersections of Christianity and culture. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: denise http://pastoralia.org/church/flannery-oconner-on-the-need-for-violent-critique/comment-page-1#comment-1857 denise Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:45:25 +0000 http://pastoralia.org/?p=1273#comment-1857 Flannery O'Connor is one of the authors Drew will be reading and discussing in Torrey his senior year. He is pretty excited about that:) Flannery O’Connor is one of the authors Drew will be reading and discussing in Torrey his senior year. He is pretty excited about that:)

]]> By: Ben Sternke http://pastoralia.org/church/flannery-oconner-on-the-need-for-violent-critique/comment-page-1#comment-801 Ben Sternke Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:16:55 +0000 http://pastoralia.org/?p=1273#comment-801 I am reminded of how Dallas Willard describes Jesus' ministry in <i>The Divine Conspiracy</i>, how he spoke in an intentionally startling way to contradict commonly-held beliefs of his day. "Blessed are the poor," for example. Looks like Jesus "leadership style" was more O'Connoresque than Madison Ave-inspired. I am reminded of how Dallas Willard describes Jesus’ ministry in The Divine Conspiracy, how he spoke in an intentionally startling way to contradict commonly-held beliefs of his day. “Blessed are the poor,” for example.

Looks like Jesus “leadership style” was more O’Connoresque than Madison Ave-inspired.

]]> By: john chandler http://pastoralia.org/church/flannery-oconner-on-the-need-for-violent-critique/comment-page-1#comment-797 john chandler Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:16:31 +0000 http://pastoralia.org/?p=1273#comment-797 Hard indeed. I fear that scratching the itch would just lead to a bloody sore. Thanks for the source...looks like more O'Connor to add to the pile Hard indeed. I fear that scratching the itch would just lead to a bloody sore.

Thanks for the source…looks like more O’Connor to add to the pile

]]> By: Jason Coker http://pastoralia.org/church/flannery-oconner-on-the-need-for-violent-critique/comment-page-1#comment-796 Jason Coker Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:41:39 +0000 http://pastoralia.org/?p=1273#comment-796 <strong>Hi John -</strong> I know how you feel about the itch to write fiction. But I can hardly think of anything harder to write. This quote comes from her article, "The Fiction Writer and His Country." Hi John - I know how you feel about the itch to write fiction. But I can hardly think of anything harder to write. This quote comes from her article, “The Fiction Writer and His Country.”

]]> By: john chandler http://pastoralia.org/church/flannery-oconner-on-the-need-for-violent-critique/comment-page-1#comment-795 john chandler Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:40:12 +0000 http://pastoralia.org/?p=1273#comment-795 Jason, A fantastic quote...represents everything I love about the power of fiction. I have an itch, as yet unscratched, to write fiction. I read Flannery O'Connor for the first time last year, and after finishing, I scribbled down this thought which I revisit often: "I want to write stories that peel back the curtain and allow the reader to spy the inner workings of the madness around them." It seems she said the same thing, though better, in the paragraphs you quote here. Where did you find them? Jason,
A fantastic quote…represents everything I love about the power of fiction.

I have an itch, as yet unscratched, to write fiction. I read Flannery O’Connor for the first time last year, and after finishing, I scribbled down this thought which I revisit often: “I want to write stories that peel back the curtain and allow the reader to spy the inner workings of the madness around them.”

It seems she said the same thing, though better, in the paragraphs you quote here. Where did you find them?

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