Ned Bustard wears many hats: Creative Director of Square Halo Books; author of Squalls Before War: His Majesty's Schooner Sultana; editor of It Was Good: making art to the glory of God; illustrator of The Church History ABCs; graphic designer, printmaker, illustrator.Ned was kind enough to turn aside from his many other creative endeavors and offer the following words about Margie Haack's memoir, The Exact Place:
"Most of the time when I am reading I feel like an outsider, as if I am merely watching a program on television. With Margie’s writing I feel like I am a participant, I’m eating the Cream of Wheat; I’m peering through the trap door; I’m pulling in the fish; I’m lying on the cold linoleum; I’m smelling the triple batch of chocolate chip cookies. Which is all lovely and affirming. She weaves life and Faith together so seamlessly that I can see Creation glowing with the light of Heaven. Margie has such a gift of making you feel like you are a part of things . . . and that is what I hate about Margie’s writing. As I am swept up in the glory of the ordinary, and seeing the shimmer of the spiritual—she cuts me with the ragged shards of life in a fallen world. Then I want to be merely watching again. But there is blood on my hands."
Ned, thanks so much!
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