Vincent Farino Outside reading

I believe that religious themes can be found in books that are not even intended to be spiritual. Author C.M. Barsotti states, "It is not just, or even primarily, the stories of angels and demons that are rightly labeled ‘spiritual.’ Rather, God is more typically encountered in the everyday, in the stuff of life. When we truly experience forgiveness, reconciliation, alienation, or friendship at the movies, that is a spiritual experience" (p. 17). In books there are these themes of forgiveness and reconciliation that can relate to Biblical themes such as the story of the Good Samaritan. The Good Samaritan helped the man on the road when no one else would. Even though it was against what his people believed and lived the Good Samaritan helped the man on the road. These types of stories and themes are found in books of all kinds.