I first met Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove when I was reporting on the New Monastic movement for Christianity Today. At the time, he was just finishing up his first book while also participating in an intentional community, completing his divinity degree, and doing lots to organize the new monastics. Since then he’s written a number of books… [Read more…]
May 25, 2010
Yes, Christ defeated death on the Cross, but there’s plenty of people who hope to do better and not die at all. A couple news pieces recently about people who hope to end death: Arakawa, Whose Art Tried to Halt Aging, Dies at 73 Arakawa, a Japanese-born conceptual artist and designer, who with his wife,… [Read more…]
May 24, 2010
The Calvin Festival of Faith and Writing introduced me to Eugene Peterson. I heard him speak there, and I’ve been reading his work since. He’s an excellent writer. It’s hard to say more without somehow diminishing him. In Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places (Amazon, Google Books, Eerdmans book publishers) Peterson talks about how Jesus… [Read more…]
June 23, 2010
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