The Power and the Glory
I have been reading The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene. I usually take books to work so I can read on break and lunch. Needless to say I have been able to get a number of interesting conversations out of it. Mostly because people confuse it with another novel (novel series really) called The Work and the Glory by Gerald N. Lund.
Lund is a Mormon author. Living in Idaho, many people are aware of Mormons, if not from a Mormon background themselves. Most people seem to assume that you are a Mormon, too. As The Power and the Glory has a lot of hard grace it the story line, it makes a great spring board. While Greene may not have been a good Christian, his stories have none of the fuzzy, greasy, feel good grace that slither off the pages of popular Christian novels. One of the main themes in The Power and the Glory is, “You did not choose me, I chose you.” Something our legalistic flesh needs to hear.
I haven’t finished the book yet, but am about three quarters of the way through. Unless Greene really decides to screw up the ending, I can whole heartedly recommend this book with out feeling like a sleaze bag.