Annie Dillard died last week. We remembered her with appreciation, and we also learned with some surprise that a very different kind of writer, Eudora Welty, had been chosen by The New York Times to review Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek when it first appeared...
TMC Program Staff Adam Borneman, Ryan Bonfiglio, and Jennifer Watley Maxell continue their conversation with Heather Brown about creating spaces of trust, cultivating good listening practices, and the balance between artfulness and authenticity. Episode Transcript....
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Proverbs 1:7 In my prayers, I often find myself saying, “You are the only one worthy of worship, you are the only one worthy of praise, you are the only one worthy...
Last week we sat in silence with John Cage, listening to 4 minutes and 33 seconds of a pianist doing nothing, so the audience could hear everything. That cough two rows back. The radiator ticking. Somebody's stomach growling. Cage wasn't hiding from sound. He was...
TMC Program Staff Jennifer Watley Maxell, Ryan Bonfiglio, and Adam Borneman speak with Heather Brown about crafting spaces for storytelling, the importance and challenge of connecting our stories of faith with Jesus, and why genuine can be better than slick. Episode Transcript....
Ritual is woven into the life of faith. We gather, pray, proclaim, listen, share meals, tell sacred stories, serve our neighbors, and return to the practices that remind us who we are and to whom we belong. Yet ritual can be misunderstood. It may be dismissed...
American composer John Cage (1912-1992) wrote pieces of music to be played on a variety of objects, including flowerpots, scrapped hoods of old cars, and other pieces of junk. Then he began tinkering with a piano, shoving objects under the strings, including screws, bolts, spoons,...
TMC Program Staff Mark Ramsey, Adam Mixon, and Beth Daniel continue their conversation on certainty, delving into the connections between my story, the story of the community, and God's story. Episode Transcript....
For many of us, the idea of routines and rituals gets a bad rap. We often equate them with vain repetitions that culminate in boredom and leave us unmoved and uninspired. But there are plenty of rituals and routines that allow for centering, continuity, and...