Comments on: Pilgrim’s Progress http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:56:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Daniel http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-339691 Daniel Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:10:15 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-339691 Bit late noticing this so don't know if anyone will see this but there is a free audio version as well as text versions on Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21171/21171-index.html Bit late noticing this so don’t know if anyone will see this but there is a free audio version as well as text versions on Project Gutenberg

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21171/21171-index.html

]]> By: chuck http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-335000 chuck Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:20:28 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-335000 We are with "The Bean" clan, getting ready for snow retreat. I remember my dad reading this to us 40-ish years ago and it was great then and is still great. Such a constant reminder of the life we live as we walk by faith, though weak and small at times, and we know that we win in the end, if we persevere. Interesting to think about which characters are you today and hope who you might be tomorrow. Go Nancy and keep encouraging our ladies. And keep being Douglas' helper so he can continue to make me think so much that my head hurts. We are with “The Bean” clan, getting ready for snow retreat. I remember my dad reading this to us 40-ish years ago and it was great then and is still great.

Such a constant reminder of the life we live as we walk by faith, though weak and small at times, and we know that we win in the end, if we persevere. Interesting to think about which characters are you today and hope who you might be tomorrow.

Go Nancy and keep encouraging our ladies. And keep being Douglas’ helper so he can continue to make me think so much that my head hurts.

]]> By: Heather D http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334610 Heather D Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:40:18 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334610 The Sr. Traditio students just finished reading Pilgrim's Progress. I have to confess that I've only read abridgments up to this point and was surprised to find the original so taking. And it is an excellent read aloud: Bunyan had an attentive ear such that the words flow very smoothly aloud and he's quite good at characterization in dialogue. I bet that there are a lot of children's books out there far more awkward for reading aloud. The Sr. Traditio students just finished reading Pilgrim’s Progress. I have to confess that I’ve only read abridgments up to this point and was surprised to find the original so taking. And it is an excellent read aloud: Bunyan had an attentive ear such that the words flow very smoothly aloud and he’s quite good at characterization in dialogue. I bet that there are a lot of children’s books out there far more awkward for reading aloud.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334575 Jenny Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:46:05 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334575 (Madeline Story: Daughter of Jenny) It is an amazing book! After reading the chapters assigned for Mrs. Wilson's class, I would listen the the unabridged audio book version for the rest of the evening! So... enjoyable. Thank you John Bunyan and Mrs. Wilson! (Madeline Story: Daughter of Jenny)

It is an amazing book! After reading the chapters assigned for Mrs. Wilson’s class, I would listen the the unabridged audio book version for the rest of the evening! So… enjoyable. Thank you John Bunyan and Mrs. Wilson!

]]> By: Emily http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334570 Emily Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:23:01 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334570 About kids being able to "follow" it, my first time was when I was three, and I adored it. My dad would read it aloud to us on Sabbath evenings while we ate yummy food. I think allegories sometimes come even easier to little kids, or they did to me anyway. When I read it myself several years later, it was like coming back to old dreams in real life. About kids being able to “follow” it, my first time was when I was three, and I adored it. My dad would read it aloud to us on Sabbath evenings while we ate yummy food. I think allegories sometimes come even easier to little kids, or they did to me anyway. When I read it myself several years later, it was like coming back to old dreams in real life.

]]> By: jen carlson http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334377 jen carlson Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:46:28 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334377 our church ladies' book club is reading it right now. we plan cap it off with a listen to Ralph Vaughn Williams' opera Pilgrim's Progress. his melodies/harmonies express the emotions, dangers, and joys of Christian's journey so perfectly, and the text is pulled straight from the book. it's one good way to get the book to sink down deep into your bones. hear a bit of it here: http://www.amazon.com/Ralph-Vaughan-Williams-Pilgrims-Orchestra/dp/B000005Z6Z/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260560654&sr=8-2-catcorr our church ladies’ book club is reading it right now. we plan cap it off with a listen to Ralph Vaughn Williams’ opera Pilgrim’s Progress. his melodies/harmonies express the emotions, dangers, and joys of Christian’s journey so perfectly, and the text is pulled straight from the book. it’s one good way to get the book to sink down deep into your bones. hear a bit of it here:

http://www.amazon.com/Ralph-Vaughan-Williams-Pilgrims-Orchestra/dp/B000005Z6Z/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260560654&sr=8-2-catcorr

]]> By: Cindy http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334218 Cindy Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:20:01 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334218 Here's a link to the National Library of Singapore's digitized copy of Pilgrim's Progress in Malay translated in 1905: http://sgebooks.nl.sg/opendoc.aspx?doc=shc/nlbhb/020000195.pdf The illustrations are great! Here’s a link to the National Library of Singapore’s digitized copy of Pilgrim’s Progress in Malay translated in 1905: http://sgebooks.nl.sg/opendoc.aspx?doc=shc/nlbhb/020000195.pdf

The illustrations are great!

]]> By: Hannah G http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334193 Hannah G Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:29:28 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334193 Valerie, thanks for the audio link! This book was read to me once in fourth grade, but I've never read it myself. Terrible. And my husband even teaches a segment on this book in his class, so I really have no excuse. Time to plug in the iPod and give it a listen. Valerie, thanks for the audio link!

This book was read to me once in fourth grade, but I’ve never read it myself. Terrible. And my husband even teaches a segment on this book in his class, so I really have no excuse. Time to plug in the iPod and give it a listen.

]]> By: RLS http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334167 RLS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:04:05 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334167 I know that it is a great Christian work, but do you honestly think that Pilgrim's Progress has outsold the Illyad, the Odyssey or the Koran? I know that it is a great Christian work, but do you honestly think that Pilgrim’s Progress has outsold the Illyad, the Odyssey or the Koran?

]]> By: bean http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334164 bean Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:28:51 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/12/09/pilgrims-progress/#comment-334164 Oh, we're using the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pilgrims-Progress-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141439718/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260390430&sr=1-8" rel="nofollow">Penguin Classics edition</a> since the Banner of Truth one was a bit too expensive to purchase for all of our staff...it doesn't seem modernized, but does anyone know for sure if it is or is not? It has some great illustrations as well. Oh, we’re using the Penguin Classics edition since the Banner of Truth one was a bit too expensive to purchase for all of our staff…it doesn’t seem modernized, but does anyone know for sure if it is or is not? It has some great illustrations as well.

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