No. 25
CONTENTS
Publisher's Letter
Essays
A Lovely Reassembling
Mary M. Brown
"Though I won't pretend to understand what it must be like to face the
reality of a missing or a murdered child or family member," writes Mary M.
Brown, "I know a little about what it's like to have someone suddenly vanish
and to be haunted by her absence and by the questions that absence raises."
A New Practice: Sabbath Keeping
Jill Lamar
People of faith have differing ideas about what God meant by the fourth
commandment. Jill Lamar writes about her unorthodox approach to observing
the Sabbath and the peace, rest, and joy it brings.
Studies
Maritain's Signposts toward an Artist's Vocation
J. Greg Phelan
While clergy, missionaries, and those in caregiving professions can freely
talk about a calling from God, it often sounds presumptuous when an artist
does the same. But faith is essential to the artistic vocation, explains J.
Greg Phelan. Here, he demonstrates how Jacques Maritain left "signposts
toward an artist's vocation" that have inspired many.
Journey to Vocation: The Way Up Is the Way Down
Todd Pickett
The Mars Hill Interview
Vocation and the View from the Back of the Tapestry:
A Conversation with Leif Enger
with Dennis Vogt and Marit Kreuger
Leif Enger, author of the best-selling novel Peace Like a River, talks about
his journey from journalist to novelist and his relief at no longer feeling
like an imposter in his profession. Enger speaks about the writer's craft
and of what makes for good fiction.
Reminders of God
The Writing Life
Fiction
Last Judgment
Michael Kula
The Last Time I Saw Martha
Stephen G. Bloom
Butter and Eggs
Bill Bolthouse
The Angel with the Broken Face
Marly Youmans
Nonfiction
Death Enters the Wilderness Singing
Doug Thorpe
Poetry
From a Broken Rock
John Terpstra
Forgiveness
Lynn Martin
The Politics of Potential
Linda Malnack
Market Street: San Francisco
Paul Lacey
Sun Balancing Dark
Susanna Childress
Of Things Unseen
Julie L. Moore
Departures
Michael S. Glaser
Groceries
Susan B. Cowger
Moses
Jeanne Minahan
Views and Reviews
Music
Essay:
Why Christian Music Must Die
Dave Urbanski
Reviews:
Sufjan Stevens
Rich Campbell
John Davis
Andy Whitman
Books
Review:
Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, Koren Zailckas
Sheri Holman
Film
Reviews:
What Would the Lone Ranger Do? "The Office" and Human Desperation
Barry Taylor
Wes Anderson's Aquarium: The Life Aquatic
Craig Detweiler
What to Do with the Time That Is Given: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Eric David
Essay:
Bonhoeffer in Hollywood's Courtroom
Monica Ganas
Risvolti
The Editors
Mars Hill Contributors