Summary: More essays to explore history, science and politics from a serious Christian. I am a fan of Marilynne Robinson. I have read all but one of her novels, and to be honest the reason I haven’t read the last is that I don’t want to have read all of her novels. But I have … Read more
Summary: Short explanation of historic Orthodoxy’s understanding of Christianity. Real life often gets in the road of, or impacts my reading. I am a stay at home Dad, so I often have my reading interrupted by toddlers. I listened to a lot of audiobook with somewhat partial attention while I supervise my children at the … Read more
Summary: A 22 year old veteran,comes to the city since his only remaining relative (his mother) died and the country home is falling apart. One of my reading projects for the year is to read all of O’Connor’s fiction. I have read A Good Man is Hard to Find several years ago. But I knew … Read more
Summary: A collection of essays about Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age. At some point I will read A Secular Age. But frankly, the 900 page tome is far down my reading list. But this is at least the fourth book that I have read that is largely about A Secular Age. So now I have … Read more
Summary: How to think is as much art as science, but it needs to become a habit to make a difference Alan Jacobs is one of my favorite essayists. He was a professor at Wheaton when I was there (although I never had him). He is now a professor at Baylor. I have read a … Read more
Summary: More wisdom, riffing off of the liturgical year or the Irrational Season. The Crosswick Journals are hard to describe. Each of the three that I have read has been very different. But the central reason for reading them is the same, wisdom. The first was mostly about writing and family and calling and art. … Read more
Summary: An exploration of how the stories that Movies and TV tell us teach us about what it means to be human in a secular world. (With lots of reference to Charles Taylor) I have referenced the web magazine Christ and Pop Culture a number of times over the past couple years that I have … Read more
Takeaway: A better book than I really want it to be, but fundamentally flawed as conceived. There have been so many good reviews and helpful critiques of The Benedict Option that I know I am not going to bring anything new to the discussion. But this is the internet and so I am going to critique … Read more
This is my annual best of 2016 list. (Way late I know.) This is my list of the books that at the end of the year I still think about. They are not all from 2016 (most are not) and they may not be the “˜best’ books that I have read. Some years my best … Read more
Summary: A series of essays that shows why short form writing is still worth reading. I am a sucker for a free book. A couple years ago, Audible gave away a the title essay of this book as a Christmas present to its members. That was the first time I had read anything by Ann Patchett. … Read more