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May 14, 2012
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Phil Christman
As she introduced Marilynne Robinson to a relatively full Van Noord Arena, Calvin College English professor Jennifer Holberg commented that it was good to have the Orange Prize-winning novelist “playing for Team Calvin.”
In the impromptu talk that followed, Robinson wasn’t captain, but coach. She spoke in shamelessly exhortative terms to and of a needlessly demoralized and fearful U.S. Christian community. Glossing 1 John 4:18 (“Perfect love casts out fear”), Robinson attacked notions of cultural decline or secularist rot. Like the editors of her beloved Geneva Bible, Robinson fearlessly applied her text to current events.
It is “extraordinary,” she began, ...Full Story
As she introduced Marilynne Robinson to a relatively full Van Noord Arena, Calvin College English professor Jennifer Holberg commented that it was good to have the Orange Prize-winning novelist “playing for Team Calvin.”
In the impromptu talk that followed, Robinson wasn’t captain, but coach. She spoke in shamelessly exhortative terms to and of a needlessly demoralized and fearful U.S. Christian community. Glossing 1 John 4:18 (“Perfect love casts out fear”), Robinson attacked notions of cultural decline or secularist rot. Like the editors of her beloved Geneva Bible, Robinson fearlessly applied her text to current events.
It is “extraordinary,” she began, ...Full Story
Jenica Groot-Nibbelink
At 35, Jonathan Safran Foer has published three works of fiction, two works of non-fiction and a variety of short stories and essays. His first two novels, Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close have already been made into films. Foer’s work has been received positively by critics and lay readers alike. His first book, Everything is Illuminated, won the National Jewish Book Award and the Guardian First Book Award. His work is often commended for its creative incorporation of visual images. The Tree of Codes, for example, is a story whose narrative is die cut from Bruno ...Full Story
At 35, Jonathan Safran Foer has published three works of fiction, two works of non-fiction and a variety of short stories and essays. His first two novels, Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close have already been made into films. Foer’s work has been received positively by critics and lay readers alike. His first book, Everything is Illuminated, won the National Jewish Book Award and the Guardian First Book Award. His work is often commended for its creative incorporation of visual images. The Tree of Codes, for example, is a story whose narrative is die cut from Bruno ...Full Story
Be fruitful and multiply
Fourteen years ago, I sat in church on Mother’s Day as each mom received a flower. I so ...Full Story
Click 'like' if you survived There’s a note that’s cir-culating on Facebook. It goes something like this: “My curfew was street lights. I played outside, not online. Hand Sanitizer didn’t exist, ...Full Story
Fourteen years ago, I sat in church on Mother’s Day as each mom received a flower. I so ...Full Story
Click 'like' if you survived There’s a note that’s cir-culating on Facebook. It goes something like this: “My curfew was street lights. I played outside, not online. Hand Sanitizer didn’t exist, ...Full Story
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