A Call to Doubt and Faith: Christian Wiman on Remembering God
The poet Christian Wiman is giving voice to the hunger for faith — and the challenges of faith — for people living now. After a Texas upbringing soaked in a history of violence and a charismatic Christian culture, he was agnostic until he became actively religious again in his late 30s. Then he was diagnosed with a rare form of incurable blood cancer. He’s bearing witness to something new happening in himself and in the world.
New York Times on ‘My Bright Abyss,’ by Christian Wiman
‘My Bright Abyss,’ by Christian Wiman reviewed at the NYT: This is a daring and urgent book, written after the author learned he had a rare, incurable and unpredictable cancer. But it is not a conventional memoir of illness and treatment….
Noah’s Ark – Heinz Janisch (Adapter), Lisbeth Zwerger (Illustrator)
Rather than a “review” I thought I would post a gallery that gives you some idea of the art this book contains. Not surprisingly I found it to be a wonderfully evocative presentation of this classic story.
Kicking at the Darkness: Bruce Cockburn and the Christian Imagination by Brian J. Walsh
I have been a fan of Bruce Cockburn‘s music since I was in high school. I have dozens of his albums and generally buy each new release. Granted, our politics don’t exactly line up perfectly but I have always appreciated…
Are Christians Too Modern?
A thought I had today … Evangelical Christians are too “Modern.” They fail to see the intellectual baggage modernity brings with it and they falsely assume that pre and post-modern thought somehow rejects the concept of truth or absolutes. Post-modern…
The Orthodox Heretic by Peter Rollins
If used in the right way and with the right attitude these stories can help the reader to think differently about faith and belief; to focus more on living out their faith in the here and now rather than dreaming of heavenly rewards or being obsessed with correct doctrine.
