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Super-Moms, Über-Dads, and Other People Who Don’t Exist
Another peek into the Family Issue, which is available now. If you’d like more to sample, there’s Ethan’s Opener here, and the special episode of The Mockingcast, here. This article was adapted from Chad Bird’s newest book, Upside-Down Spirituality, available wherever books are sold. Gathering dust in the far western portion of Texas is a […]
Why Me Lord: A Brief Look at the Scoundrels, Buffoons and Ne’er Do Well’s Whom God Pursues in the Parables – Erick Sorensen
Next in our series of conference videos, Erick Sorensen discusses a God who couldn’t care less about our lists of accomplishments, as illustrated by the parables of Jesus. Press play for a fresh take on familiar tales, which Sorenson re-casts in light of real-life stories featuring scoundrels, sinners, and nobodies…like us.
Leslie Jamison on Self-Forgiveness and Shame
The most recent edition of Image features a lovely interview with Leslie Jamison. We can’t stop writing about her, especially after her extraordinary talk at our conference this year in New York. In the interview, she discusses a number of other concerns—the fear that our feelings are clichés, that privilege and difference inhibit resonance with […]
Carrion Comfort
by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Not, I’ll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee;
Not untwist — slack they may be — these last strands of man
In me ór, most weary, cry I can no more. I can;
Can something, hope, wish day come, not choose not to be.
But ah, but O thou terrible, why wouldst thou rude on me
Thy wring-world right foot rock? lay a lionlimb against me? scan
With darksome devouring eyes my bruisèd bones? and fan,
O in turns of tempest, me heaped there; me frantic to avoid thee and flee?
Why? That my chaff might fly; my grain lie, sheer and clear.
Nay in all that toil, that coil, since (seems) I kissed the rod,
Hand rather, my heart lo! lapped strength, stole joy, would laugh, chéer.
Cheer whom though? the hero whose heaven-handling flung me, fóot tród
Me? or me that fought him? O which one? is it each one? That night, that year
Of now done darkness I wretch lay wrestling with (my God!) my God.
Featured image credit: Deepak sankat
I Died and Didn’t Go To Heaven: Grace, Grief, and the Big Question – Connor Gwin
Up next in our series of conference videos, Mockingbird contributor Connor Gwin tells of his sudden cardiac arrest and subsequent resuscitation. Thus the big questions are raised, and linen pants are worn, and Steel Magnolias is watched — and the reality of life and death is confronted. This talk is for anyone who has ever wondered “what comes next.”
I Died and Didn’t Go To Heaven: Grace, Grief, and the Big Question – Connor Gwin from Mockingbird on Vimeo.
At Ego’s End: Where Grace Intersects Us – Josh Retterer
Next up from our recent conference in NYC, Mockingbird contributor Josh Retterer takes the stage! Here Josh shares a testimony of ego-death — the point at which we can begin to see the gospel’s impact on our lives:
At Ego’s End: Where Grace Intersects Us – Josh Retterer from Mockingbird on Vimeo.
PZ’s Podcast: The Treasure, Tyrone Davis and the Future of Mankind, How Exactly Does Love Come Down, Widow’s Pique, Running a Losing Race, and Bonaparte’s Retreat
With apologies for our negligence, here’s a trove of summertime PZPs for you: EPISODE 273: The Treasure A little bit of surgery can compose the mind, right? In any event, in my recovery I went back to Nevil Shute’s novel The Rainbow and the Rose. It concerns the twilight of a man’s life as he lies […]
Between the Waves (Exodus Chapter Fourteen)
This morning’s devotion comes from Nick Lannon’s newly released book, Life Is Impossible: And That’s Good News. The following excerpt was taken from Chapter 4, “The Impossible in Scripture,” a tour of divine surprises. As Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked back, and there were the Egyptians advancing on them. In great fear the Israelites […]
Special Family Issue(s) Episode of The Mockingcast Out Now!
Every time a new issue of The Mockingbird goes to print, we put together a special extended-length episode of The Mockingcast to hit the highlights of the theme under discussion. Happy to announce that the one for The Family Issue is up!
Join editor Ethan Richardson as he chats with Alfie Kohn, Matthew Quick, and Carrie Willard about their various contributions. Click here to listen. And here to order a copy of the issue itself.
The Next Two Hours
This one was written by Jeremy Park. My times are in your hand Psalm 31:15 Back in May, I went with some friends to see Kings Kaleidoscope on their “Adventures of Zeal” tour. I bought a VIP ticket, so I was able to sit in on the Q&A session with Chad (lead singer) and Daniel […]
I Feel Personally Attacked RN – Sarah Condon
Laugh and cry with this talk featuring the Rev Sarah Condon, from our “Beyond Deserving” conference this past spring. Here Sarah opens up about the cost of performance, a long-lost relative, a recurring neck injury, Shavasana (or, “corpse pose”), and the faith of Christ.
I Feel Personally Attacked RN – Sarah Condon from Mockingbird on Vimeo.
The Art of a Good Apology: Our Q&A with Harriet Lerner
Another glimpse into the newest magazine. Order up: they’re going quick! Rare is the 6-year-old kid who, if asked what job they’d like to have when they’re older, would answer “psychologist.” Astronaut or movie star perhaps, but headshrinker? Very few kids even know what the word means! Dr. Harriet Lerner is not your average bear. […]
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