Reading Wendell Berry is good therapy for those who are restless. Consider Burley Coulter’s wisdom: Uncle Burley said hills always looked blue when you were far away from them. That was a pretty color for hills; the little houses and…
A Favorite Book of Fiction Free on Audio Books
For a limited time, Christian Audio Books is offering a free download of Hannah Culter. For those who love community, or have watched the decline of small towns, this is must reading (or listening). For more on why you ought…
Do you want your rights to be contingent upon the whim of those in power?
Wendell Berry: The difference between rights granted by a government and rights given by “our Creator” is critical, for it is the difference between rights that are absolute and rights that are contingent upon the whim of those in power.
Wendell Berry: Teach the young by trembling this 4th of July weekend
For the second year in a row, my plan is to be out of the country this 4th of July. So, no getting together with family. Still, I thought of this Wendell Berry poem in advance. If you are getting…
“But of course the story of my life is not finished yet. . .”
Wendell Berry’s Jayber Crow: But of course the story of my life is not finished yet. I will not live to tell the end of it. My life, though, has been something (as only now at last I am able…
If you watch carefully, you will notice that big talkers and fools sometimes gain dignity on the edge of time
Jayber Crow is the barber in Wendell Berry’s recommended fictional community of Port William. As such he witnesses how life and circumstances sometimes transform people . . .And, in that sense, there is a parallel between Jayber Crow’s job of…
Wendell Berry and living long; It won’t kill you, not for a long time
If you’re looking for good fiction, I commend to you Wendell Berry. Jayber Crow is a wonderful place to begin. Burley Coulter is the man in Berry fiction. My favorite quote may be the one found in this post .…
Take a Rest in Port William Fiction With Wendell Berry
I’m an “avoracious” reader as Barney Fife once said. In addition to theology and blogs, I read a lot of fiction. Rarely do I recommend fiction in posts. I make an exception for Wendell Berry. If you are looking for…
We’ve All Got To Go Through Enough To Kill Us
From Pilgrim’s Progress where the “river” is death: Now I further saw, that betwixt them and the gate was a river; but there was no bridge to go over, and the river was very deep. At the sight, therefore, of…
Who I Had Over For Coffee This Week
It isn’t that a bunch of intellects actually show up for coffee. I listen to them speak off the printed page. Books are stacked all around me at church and home and I turn from one to the other as…