More on Introducing Till We Have Faces

I came across this quote in a new book, Practice Resurrection by Eugene Peterson, on Till We Have Faces, and was thrilled! In the back of Practice Resurrection, Peterson has an appendix of recommended books called, "Some writers on the Practice of Resurrection," he then offers this synopsis of Till We Have Faces:

"There are no shortcuts in growing up. The path to maturity is long and arduous. Hurry is no virtue. There is no secret formula squirreled away that will make it easier or quicker. But stories help. By means of story we are immersed in the intricate complexities of person and places, sacrifice and trouble, failure and achievement, laughter and tears, to say nothing of the intricate simplicity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit that word by word, day by day, gives form and beauty-the Genesis good, and very good!-to it all. But we must stay in the story as it is being told, give consent, and not impatiently or angrily go off and improvise our own. The Biblical story is our most comprehensive story for doing this. Other storytellers step in from time to time to help us find ourselves in the story. C. S. Lewis is one of our great storytellers. His Narnia Chronicles and Space Trilogy baptized our imaginations so that we could get a better grasp of what is involved in living the Christian life in our time and place. The last novel he wrote, Till We Have Faces, he thought was his best. I agree. But it is also the most difficult the most demanding. The root of the difficulty is that it is about the most demanding of human tasks, becoming mature, growing up to the measure of the stature of Jesus Christ."