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    Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
    Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
    Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
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    Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World

    By N. D. Wilson

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    What is this World? What kind of place is it?

    "The round kind. The spinning kind. The moist kind. The inhabited kind. The kind with flamingos (real and artificial). The kind where water in the sky turns into beautifully symmetrical crystal flakes sculpted by artists unable to stop themselves (in both design and quantity). The kind of place with tiny, powerfully jawed mites assigned to the carpets to eat my dead skin as it flakes off. The kind with people who kill and people who love and people who do both...

    "This world is beautiful but badly broken." "I love it as it is, because it is a story, and it isn't stuck in one place. It is full of conflict and darkness like every good story, a world of surprises and questions to explore. And there's someone behind it; there are uncomfortable answers to the how's and whys and what's. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Through Him were all things made...

    Welcome to His poem. His play. His novel. Let the pages flick your thumbs."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateAug 6, 2013
    ISBN9781418576240
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    N. D. Wilson

    N. D. Wilson lives and writes in the top of a tall, skinny house only one block from where he was born. But his bestselling novels have traveled far and wide, disguising themselves in many strange languages in dozens of distant and mysterious lands. He is the author of ten novels, including the Outlaws of Time series, the Ashtown Burials series, and the 100 Cupboards trilogy. He and his wife have five young storytellers of their own, along with an unreasonable number of pets. www.ndwilson.com

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    • 5/5
      I kept going back and forth between 4 and 5 stars, but let's face it, it's rare enough that a book makes me cry and refreshes my soul this much.

      The Chestertonian influences will be obvious, but not so overpowering as to annoy Chesterton fans or to put off those who dislike him.

      It's gritty and whimsical, and it makes you feel small in the best way. Will read again for certain.
    • 5/5
      Delightful and provocative in all the best ways.
    • 5/5
      I am enjoying this book very much. My mother and I are reading it aloud together, and I would highly recommend reading it aloud if you buy it. It is written with words that you can roll about and taste, that paint pictures and build worlds--OUR worlds; our Father's worlds.
    • 4/5
      Notes From the Tilt-A-Whirl is an unusual book that explores the nature of the universe from a poetic/artistic standpoint. N.D. Wilson examines topics such as the origins of the universe, the issue of good and evil, death, after death, life and beauty. His viewpoint is inspired by philosophers, poets, preachers and his own observations of the natural world. Underpinning it all is his belief in God as an artistic creator. Wilson's philosophy is presented to the reader in the form of metaphors, stories, questioning, observations and meditations. It is a quirky book that is both serious and humorous, insightful and simple.I really enjoyed this book. The writing style is my favorite kind: it has a distinct rhythm to it. It would be perfect for reading aloud. Whether or not you believe in divine creation, this book engages your mind to think about the world from a different perspective. It is clear that N.D. Wilson is very engaged and in love with life. His observations of the natural world; the seasons and the insects were really intriguing. It took me a long time to read the book, because it is one that needs to be read slowly in order to take it all in. Wilson writes in his introduction, "This book attempts to find unity in cacophony. The barrage of elements (philosophy, poetry, theology, narrative, ad nauseam) may at times feel random." Personally I liked the way everything swirled together, but it may be irritating to some people who like a clear cut structure.
    • 5/5
      This book landed solidly on my favorites must reread someday list. If G.K Chesterton, Ann Voskamp and Steven Wright got together and wrote and worldview book this would be it!
    • 5/5
      This book is a confusing whirl of words and imagery and quotations. The author warned the reader that this would be the case and I for one loved every minute of it. It's not a normal book and I will have to read through it more than a few times to take it all in. But it made me laugh , it made me cry and it helped me to enjoy this ride we call life a little more.
    • 5/5
      This book was very good - a little less organized than "Death By Living," but the author warns his readers of this at the beginning. I enjoyed the way Wilson explained what many of the 'great' philosophers said about God and/or the origins of life. He did an expert job of boiling down the essentials with wit and humor and fleshed out much of the foolishness that is hailed by many today as wisdom.
    • 5/5
      Ready to be in awe? Ready to be challenged - taken out of the box - left in amazement? This would be great for a small group - - Me? I used it for home school! Yes, home school. I absolutely found N.D. Wilson a friendly personality. His unique way of posing and answering questions simply begins with the word "HOW?".

      My children (ages 4 to 10) found it just as interesting. "In the Beginning was the Word" - and he then says "welcome into His poem, his play, his novel..with the pages flick your thumbs. This is His spoken World" Wow! What a way to capture interest and begin a movie. With this he begins to challenge the world view.

      Thought provoking and challenging.

      Thank you Thomas Nelson for this review copy.
    • 4/5
      A refreshing christian perspective on our physical ‘world’ in all its magnificence.Just as some carnival rides are not recommended for those with weak hearts, this book should also carry a disclaimer. The pace is quick, the references wide reaching and very well researched but there may be some who cannot bear the jolts and jerks. As for me, I loved it.Preparing for this review, I rediscovered the definitions in the title of N. D. Wilson’s “Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God’s Spoken World“. * Wide-Eyed: meaning with the eyes open wide, as in amazement, innocence, or sleeplessness * Wonder: the emotion excited by what is strange and surprising; a feeling of surprised or puzzled interest, sometimes tinged with admirationThere are times when one needs to search out something one has know or grown accustomed to just to rediscover it. This book is quite appropriately named.In short, I would tag this book as C. S. Lewis on steroids. Written in bursts that provoke deep thoughts, each chapter is filled with short takes of the writers life with scientific observations on the world that may have stopping to catch your breathe. Be prepared to reread sections, first perhaps for clarity and at times to soak in the doctrine that lies beneath.If you are a careful reader (meaning you must research statements before taking them as your own), you will find yourself searching out many of the statements made. This added to my enjoyment of a book in that it sparked my interests on other topics beside the main theme of the book itself.From a span of the ‘philosophers’ to the magic of ‘quantum physics’, you will certainly not be bored and you just might view this ‘world’ in a very different way. I will accept the idea that N. D. Wilson suggests .. that this life and this world is God’s novel and I have been written in.
    • 4/5
      The subtitle to Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl, “Wide-Eyed Wonder in God’s Spoken World,” is a very apt description of this book written by N.D. Wilson. Although the analogy of the common fairground ride is the starting point for describing the world around us, more analogies, metaphors and colorful descriptions fill the book in Wilson’s feeble attempt to describe both the wonder of creation and the glory of the Creator. I say “feeble” because that is exactly how Wilson would describe it. Take the following excerpt for example:“Ants are easy to describe. They have six legs. But what words do I have to capture the transcendent? The truest description I conceive is sure to have a false side. Which of these twenty-six letters should I use to try and shape you a bust of the Infinite?Shall I tell you a poem about footprints in the sand?Should we talk about spheres, about spinning, about war, about philosophy, about children and insects and soil and tombstones and stars and antimatter? It is not enough. [this is about as succinct a description of what he includes in this book as you can get.]When the Artist set Himself to this same task, naked mole rats happened. So did haiku, Saturn’s rings, the three forms of water, fire, Greek people, and the occasional egg-laying mammal.This is a task that God Himself cannot complete. He is infinite…and so His canvas is forever expanding….This is the only true challenge for the Infinite. Anything else is as easy as speaking. This is the only struggle for the Infinite, the only resistance He will ever meet.The best of all possible tasks for the best of all possible Beings.”The book is unlike any other book I’ve read. Imagine if you will John Piper, Willy Wonka and Billy from Family Circus all thrown together into one person and you’ll come close to N.D. Wilson. His writing style seems very “stream-of-consciousness” and while he has a point, it’s easy to lose him every now and then. Like Billy, he eventually gets to his destination but not without being easily distracted. Throughout the book though, he is awestruck by the glory of God and wants to pull everyone aside in his unorthodox, sometimes irreverent manner to join him in his reverie. But it is this constant “wide-eyed wonder” that will leave you breathless, laughing, and dumbfounded at the sheer amazement of the world and the God whose glory is only dimly reflected in it.

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