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WJK Radio 29: Barbara Brown Taylor Reflects on Feasting on the Word

Beloved author and preacher Barbara Brown Taylor visits with us to discuss the completion of the landmark series, Feasting on the Word, which she co-edited with David L. Bartlett. We'll speak with Barbara about her experiences, and get her thoughts on new and forthcoming projects in the Feasting on the Word family.

The twelve volumes of Feasting on the Word, which cover all of the Sundays in the lectionary cycle, are now available as a user-friendly, searchable CD-ROM.

Barbara Brown Taylor is Harry R. Butman Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Piedmont College in Piedmont, Georgia, and Adjunct Professor of Christian Spirituality at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. She is an Episcopal priest and the popular author of numerous books.

 

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Related Resources:

Carol Wehrheim, general editor, Feasting on the Word Curriculum: Teaching the Revised Common Lectionary

Kathleen Long Bostrom and Elizabeth Caldwell, editors, Daily Feast: Meditations from Feasting on the Word, Year B

 

Music Credit:

“Shadows,” by David LaMotte

 

WJK Radio 28: Allan Cole Responds: What Makes a Good Spiritual Life?

What makes a good spiritual life? Allan Hugh Cole Jr. helps us try to answer that question in this month's episode. In his new book, A Spiritual Life: Perspectives from Poets, Prophets, and Preachers, Cole gathers two dozen leading Christian writers who share their understandings of what makes a good spiritual life.

Allan Hugh Cole Jr. is Academic Dean and Nancy Taylor Williamson Professor of Pastoral Care at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he is the coauthor of Losers, Loners, and Rebels: The Spiritual Struggles of Boys, and author of Good Mourning and The Life of Prayer.

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Related Resources:

Marjorie J. Thompson, Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life

Brian D. McLaren, A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey

Lynne M. Baab, Fasting: Spiritual Freedom Beyond Our Appetites

 

Music Credit:

“Shadows,” by David LaMotte

WJK Radio 25: Michael J. Gilmour on the Spirituality of Bob Dylan

Since the early 1960s, music fans have found Bob Dylan’s spirituality fascinating, and many of them have identified Dylan as a kind of spiritual guru. Scholar and longtime fan Michael J. Gilmour discusses Dylan’s spiritual mystique in this month's episode. His new book, The Gospel according to Bob Dylan: The Old, Old Story for Modern Times, is now available, and can be purchased at 40% OFF from The Thoughtful Christian. 

Michael J. Gilmour is Associate Professor of New Testament and English Literature at Providence College in Manitoba, Canada. He is the author of Gods and Guitars: Seeking the Sacred in Post-1960s Popular Music and editor of Call Me the Seeker: Listening to Religion in Popular Music.

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Related Resources:

Rodney Clapp, Johnny Cash and the Great American Contradiction

Greg Garrett, We Get to Carry Each Other: The Gospel according to U2

Steve Turner, The Gospel according to the Beatles

Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz, The Gospel according to Bruce Springsteen 

 

Music Credit:

“Shadows,” by David LaMotte

WJK Radio 6: Kathleen Long Bostrom on 99 Ways to Nurture our Spiritual Growth

Sitting down with Dan and Jana today is Kathleen Long Bostrom to discuss 99 Things to Do Between Here and Heaven by Kathleen Long Bostrom. From the sublime (watch the sun rise) to the wonderfully silly (dance in the rain), her imaginative suggestions will breathe new life into readers’ lives while opening them up to new spiritual experiences.

Kathleen Long Bostrom is the author of dozens of books for children and adults, including Finding Calm in the Chaos: Christian Devotions for Busy Women. She has been an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) since 1983. Kathy and her husband, Greg, currently serve as Co-Pastors of the Wildwood Presbyterian Church in  Wildwood, Illinois.

Running Time: 30:33 minutes 

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Related Resources:

Kathleen Long Bostrom, Finding Calm in the Chaos: Christian Devotions for Busy Women

Kathleen Long Bostrom, 99 Ways to Raise Spiritually Healthy Children

Kathleen Long Bostrom, Making Space for the Spirit: 100 Simple Ways to Nurture Your Soul

 

Music Credit:

"Shadows," by David LaMotte