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Body Mindfulness

August 2019

This month IVP has released a new, revised version of my writings with Dr. Paul Brand, Fearfully and Wonderfully: The Marvel of Bearing God’s Image. Gratitude was the one quality that most impressed me about Paul Brand. For him, the universe was God’s own work of art, and the human body God’s masterpiece. He kept making notes on scattered computer files, calling them “A Litany of Thanksgiving.” Dr. Brand never finished his litanies, but here are a few of his ...

A Father Is Born

June 2018

I have long looked to Frederick Buechner, who turns 92 next month, as a mentor. I included him in Soul Survivor as one of the key people who helped form my faith. For those of us who attempt writing, Buechner shows by example how to communicate faith most effectively. I have many shelves loaded with books written by Christians. Most of them, I regret to say, would hold little appeal to anyone not already committed to the same faith. Christians ...