Rules of the Red Rubber Ball by Kevin Karroll

The Red Rubber Ball is a book that will serve as a catalyst. You will find yourself re-reading the book multiple times; no matter what position or tribe you currently are serving. My copy is weathered, as it has journeyed in my back pocket for a number of skunk-ape expositions.


 

Reading Plan Revised 2.0

January

Books from the Holy Land and Middle East

February

Florida

March

Celtic Month: Irish and Scottish Writers United

April

Treasure Islands of the Atlantic!

May

Southern United States Writers

June

Crime and Detective Novels

July

Douglas Adam's Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

August

Philip K. Dick and Philip K Dick Award Winners

September

Classic Books of the West

October

Edgar Allen Poe Month: Classic Gothic/Horror Novels

November

Biographies

December

The Kindlings (CS Lewis (Narnia)

JRR Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings), and friends of the two)

Revision of LOST by Chris Seay

The tide rises,

the day returns,

but nevermore,

returns the traveler to the shore,

And the tide rises,

the tide falls.

                                                                                          - Long Fellow

                

I love the television series Lost. Lost offers twisting plots; Lost also offers well formed characters, and interesting links into philosophy.   The tale offers a good study on the effect of the Gospel on the LOST sheep amongst hungry wolves





I read this book as if I was hunting for emergent(s) amongst the Cloud Monsters that inhabit the Island.  Chris Seay struggles with the gospel and often barely grasps it; because the gospel is weak it undermines the usefulness of the book.   Chris does do a good job on bringing in philosophical ideas that are not Christian.   This book is a good view into the Emergent World that Chris inhabits.  Seay has an ability to grab readers, and he knows his audience (between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five).   .  Chris shows the probing question on Lost is: "What does it means to build up a culture from the ground up?"





Also now we see the comparison of the Children of Light and the Children of Darkness; and the battle that is being waged for the balance of the Island.  I hope Chris writes a revised edition with all that is learned in LOST the final season.   The book would need at least a couple more chapters.  



 I would recommend this book to Christians who want to hold LOST parties, but I would have reservations because of a translucent Gospel.