James MacDonald
American children's literature and science fiction found increasing common ground during the latter decades of the twentieth century, as novelists worked across both fields to produce fiction aimed at a range of readers. James MacDonald, born on February 22, 1954, in White Plains, New York, belongs to this period of American writing as both a children's writer and a science fiction writer.
MacDonald was educated at the University of Rochester and went on to work as a novelist and writer in English. His output spans children's fiction and science fiction, making him a practitioner across more than one genre. As a citizen of the United States writing in English, he has produced novels that fall within these two distinct but sometimes overlapping categories, sustaining a career that encompasses the particular requirements of each.
MacDonald received the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, a specific honor within the field of children's fantasy writing. That award represents a concrete point of critical recognition for his work in children's literature and provides the clearest documented measure of his standing within that area of fiction.
Quotes by James MacDonald
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God owns the truth. The issue is our ability to derive truth apart from God’s sufficient Word.
More of anything other than God will never fill that longing for fulfillment He has placed within you and me.
God’s Word doesn’t change, the message doesn’t shift. It can’t be compromised in any way. It’s where we stand firm.
Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired.
When we shift from personal purity to personal happiness, we lose biblical hope because we are not focusing on God’s agenda, we are focusing on our own. God’s agenda is guaranteed on our agenda is not.
This fight is not going to be over in 10 minutes or 10 weeks; there’s no quick solution. If you think it’s taking too long, remember, God is with you.
If all you are doing is spending time with the struggling members of your church and you are not building proactively into your church’s culture, and you are being shortsighted and limiting the effectiveness of your ministry.
Repentance is shockingly beautiful when we see it not as “I sinned again, I need to repent,” but as “I sinned against my God again, but He is calling me back so He can lavish me with His love and forgiveness.