Marilynne Robinson

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November 2014

November 05, 2014

Marilynne Robinson on politics: “the cheapest intellectual environment that you can enter into.”

People of every faith and no faith at all respect Marilynne Robinson's formidable intellect, creative...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Marilynne Robinson on faith and fear (& how we can be free not to worry)

It'll sound like I am joking but I'm not: I was worried about reading this...

December 2013

December 03, 2013

Why Stores Should Be Closed on Holidays

I lived with my family in Germany during the academic year 2009-2010, during which time...

November 2013

November 06, 2013

“Open Thy Hand Wide”: Moses, Calvin & the Origins of American Liberalism

This morning I saw that Al Mohler--a prominent spokesperson for what is called conservative evangelical...

August 2013

August 12, 2013

Anxiety is Love’s Greatest Killer

{see also: 5 Timeless Books of Insight on Fear and the Creative Process The Paris...

July 2013

July 15, 2013

The Legal and Addictive Stimulant of Fear (or “perfect fear casts out love”)

When I heard the verdict returned on the George Zimmerman trial, I thought immediately of...

June 2013

June 24, 2013

Vegan? Vegetarian? Flexitarian? Compassionate Carnivory?

Recently I came across this quotation from the novelist and essayist (and, I believe, genius)...

April 2012

April 21, 2012

Sorry, Can’t Hang Out, I’m Hanging out With Famous Writers

Well, sorta. I'm at the Festival of Faith and Writing (have been since Thursday! Fooled...