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Jeffrey L. Johnson
Jeffrey L. Johnson is pastor of Peace Lutheran Church in Wayland, Massachusetts, and editor of Stars Shall Bend Their Voices: Poets’ Favorite Hymns and Spiritual Songs.
Stories of the unhoused faithful
Listening to the poorest and most dislocated, Susan J. Dunlap hears the music of faith.
December 21, 2021
Can H. L. Hix improve on Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?
An odd, charming gospel account that draws from dozens of sources
March 25, 2021
An invitation to walk with poetry
Two books offer entrance points for the intimidated.
April 30, 2020
The silence of focused attention
Erling Kagge fears that the practice of stillness is endangered.
July 24, 2018
Cradled by God
What's the biblical God's essential characteristic? According to Cobb, it's the loving care a mother or father gives an infant.
June 22, 2016
Splitting an Order, by Ted Kooser
Simple, measured, and settled, the poems in Ted Kooser's new collection were composed by an artist with nothing further to prove.
July 21, 2015
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, by Nina Sankovitch
Nina Sankovitch explores the meaning and value of letters in our post-postal age.
May 6, 2015
Uncollected Poems, by R. S. Thomas; edited by Jason Walford Davies and Tony Brown
Welsh poet and priest R. S. Thomas had a creative energy that spanned the second half of the 20th century.
October 20, 2013
Benediction, by Kent Haruf
All three of Kent Haruf’s novels set in the fictional farming town of Holt, Colorado, bear liturgical-sounding titles: Plainsong (1999), Eventide (2004) and now Benediction...
May 16, 2013
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