On the Reading of the Bible

"I'm particularly grateful that I was allowed to read the Bible as I read my other books, to read it as story, that story which is a revelation of truth. People are sometimes kept from reading the Bible itself by what they are taught about it, and I'm grateful that I was able to read the Book with the same wonder and joy with which I read The Ice Princess or The Tempest."
- Madeleine L'Engle, Walking On Water: Reflections on Faith and Art