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JourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday September 21, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Rhetoric of Excess in The Parable of the Workers* for Sunday, 21 September 2014; book review: *The Corpse Washer* by Sinan Antoon (2013); film review: *Third Person* (2014); poem review: *The Way It Is* by William Stafford.2014-09-1418 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday September 14, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Accept One Another: The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant* for Sunday, 14 September 2014; book review: *Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition* by Gary A. Anderson (2013); film review: *The Story of the Jews* (2014, Israel); poem review: *All Ye Joyful* by J.R.R. Tolkien.2014-09-0717 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday September 7, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *We Live Only When We Love* for Sunday, 7 September 2014; book review: *Faith in the Face of Empire; The Bible Through Palestinian Eyes* by Mitri Raheb (2014); film review: *The Law in These Parts* (2011, Israel); poem review: *A Timbered Choir* by Wendell Berry.2014-08-3118 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday August 31, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The "Sweet Miracle of Our Empty Hands:" God Calls Moses and Jeremiah* for Sunday, 31 August 2014; book review: *The Book of Common Prayer, A Biography* by Alan Jacobs (2013); film review: *Groundhog Day* (1993); poem review: *A Prayer* by Soren Kierkegaard.2014-08-2419 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday August 24, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Jesus: "The Irresistible Incomprehensible"* for Sunday, 24 August 2014; book review: *Lawrence in Arabia; War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Middle East* by Scott Anderson (2013); film review: *The Man Who Stopped the Desert* (2013, Burkino Faso); poem review: *Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front* by Wendell Berry.2014-08-1721 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday August 17, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *God's Mercy On Us All* for Sunday, 17 August 2014; book review: *Endless Life; Poems of the Mystics* by Scott Cairns (2014); film review: *Gravity* (2013); poem review: *The Peace of Wild Things* by Wendell Berry.2014-08-1017 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday August 10, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Listening for God's Love: What I Did This Summer* for Sunday, 10 August 2014; book review: *City of God; Faith in the Streets* by Sara Miles (2014); film review: *The Lunch Box* (2014, India); poem review: *Questionnaire* by Wendell Berry.2014-08-0318 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday August 3, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Nation of Israel as the People of God* for Sunday, 3 August 2014; book review: *Compass of Affection; Poems New and Selected* by Scott Cairns (2006); film review: *Le Weekend* (2014); poem review: *The Place Where We Are Right* by Yehuda Amichai.2014-07-2717 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday July 27, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *You Belong to God* for Sunday, 27 July 2014; book review: *Story of My People* by Edoardo Nesi (2012); film review: *Sound City* (2013); poem review: *Covenant Prayer* by John Wesley.2014-07-2015 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday July 20, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Kwibuka" -- Remembering Rwanda* for Sunday, 20 July 2014; book review: *A Prayer Journal* by Flannery O'Connor (2013); film review: *Spirits of Mozart* (2006, Austria); poem review: *The Celestial Surgeon* by Robert Louis Stevenson.2014-07-1317 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday July 13, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Staggering Between Despair and Presumption:" Flannery O'Connor's "Christian Realism"* for Sunday, 13 July 2014; book review: *Breach of Trust; How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country* by Andrew Bacevich (2013); film review: *Lars and the Real Girl* (2007); poem review: *My Heart Leaps Up* by William Wordsworth.2014-07-0617 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday July 6, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Remembering Wars, Waging Peace* for Sunday, 6 July 2014; book review: *Mozart: A Life* by Paul Johnson (2013); film review: *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014); poem review: *I Have a Dream* by Martin Luther King.2014-06-2919 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday June 29, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A Terrifying Text: Abraham and Isaac on Mt. Moriah* for Sunday, 29 June 2014; book review: *The Great War; A Photographic Narrative* by Mark Holborn and Hilary Roberts (2013); film review: *Tim's Vermeer* (2014); poem review: *Dulce et Decorum Est* by Wilfred Owen.2014-06-2220 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday June 22, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"His Eye is on the Sparrow:" The God Who Sees and Hears* for Sunday, 22 June 2014; book review: *Things I've Learned From Dying; A Book About Life* by David R. Dow (2014); film review: *Vegucated* (2010); poem review: *On the Mystery of the Incarnation* by Denise Levertov.2014-06-1515 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday June 15, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Best of All Beginnings* guest essay by Debie Thomas for Trinity Sunday, 15 June 2014; book review: *Brilliant Blunders; From Darwin to Einstein -- Colossal Mistakes By Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe* by Mario Livio (2013); film review: *Mitt* (2014); poem review: *God's Grandeur* by Gerard Manley Hopkins.2014-06-0819 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday June 8, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Pentecostal Praise: Pentecost Sunday, June 8, 2014* guest review by Richard Avila for Sunday, 8 June 2014; book review: *Darling; A Spiritual Autobiography* by Richard Rodriguez (2013); film review: *Brink: Masdar* (2013, United Arab Emirates); poem review: *The Avowal* by Denise Levertov.2014-06-0116 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday June 1, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Exalted at the Right Hand of God: "He Ascended into Heaven"* for Sunday, 1 June 2014; book review: *The Reason I Jump; The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy With Autism* by Naoki Higashida (2013); film review: *Gloria* (2013, Chile); poem review: *The Beginning of Wisdom* by Denise Levertov.2014-05-2519 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday May 25, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Under God's Rainbow: The Church as Noah's Ark* for Sunday, 25 May 2014; book review: *Good Prose: The Art of Non-Fiction* by Tracy Kidder and Richard Todd (2013); film review: *The Act of Killing* (2012); poem review: *Candlemas* by Denise Levertov.2014-05-1816 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday May 18, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Stoning of Stephen: What's So Special About The First Christian Martyr?* for Sunday, 18 May 2014; book review: *Someone: A Novel* by Alice McDermott (2013); film review: *Dirty Wars* (2013); poem review: *Suspended* by Denise Levertov.2014-05-1116 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday May 11, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *From the Daily Mass to the Domestic Mess* for Sunday, 11 May 2014; book review: *Where The Negroes Are Masters; An African Port in the Era of the Slave Trade* by Randy J. Sparks (2013); film review: *Cutie and the Boxer* (2013); poem review: *The Servant Girl at Emmaus (A Painting by Velazquez)* by Denise Levertov.2014-05-0419 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday May 4, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Kitchen Maid of Emmaus: Three Paintings and a Poem* for Sunday, 4 May 2014; book review: *Band of Angels; The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women* by Kate Cooper (2013); film review: *Frances Ha* (2013); poem review: *Primary Wonder* by Denise Levertov.2014-04-2716 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday April 27, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Some Were Doubtful:" Thomas and The Touch of Blood* for Sunday, 27 April 2014; book review: *Collected Poems* by Denise Levertov (2013); film review: *Philomena* (2013); poem review: *Flickering Mind* by Denise Levertov.2014-04-2017 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday April 20, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Death, Thou Shalt Die* guest essay by Ron Hansen for Easter Sunday, 20 April 2014; book review: *My Promised Land; The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel* by Ari Shavit (2013); film review: *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013); poem review: *Easter Communion* by Gerard Manley Hopkins.2014-04-1321 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday April 13, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Happy Holy Week: Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday* for Sunday, 13 April 2014; book review: *Johnny Cash: The Life* by Robert Hilburn (2013); film review: *The Past* (2013, Iran); poem review: *Crucifixion* by Anna Akhmatova.2014-04-0616 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday April 6, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Remembering Death, Confessing Life: Jesus Raises Lazarus* for Sunday, 6 April 2014; book review: *The Stream and the Sapphire; Selected Poems on Religious Themes* by Denise Levertov (1997); film review: *Her* (2013); poem review: *Called to Become* by Edwina Gateley.2014-03-3016 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday March 30, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Vision Correction: Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind* for Sunday, 30 March 2014; book review: *The World Will Follow Joy; Turning Madness Into Flowers* by Alice Walker (2013); film review: *Inside Llewyn Davis* (2013); poem review: *Called To Say Yes* by Edwina Gateley.2014-03-2317 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday March 23, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *If You Hear His Voice* for Sunday, 23 March 2014; book review: *Idiot Psalms: New Poems* by Scott Cairns (2014); film review: *Nebraska* (2013); poem review: *Small Deeps* by Edwina Gateley.2014-03-1617 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday March 16, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Repenting of My Righteousness: A Jewish Ritual for a Lenten Discipline* for Sunday, 16 March 2014; book review: *Thank You For Your Service* by David Finkel (2013); film review: *Catching Fire, The Hunger Games* (2013, review by Megan Clendenin); poem review: *Just a Little Difference* by Edina Gateley.2014-03-0917 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday March 9, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *My Flannel Graph Jesus* a guest essay by Debie Thomas for Sunday, 9 March 2014; book review: *The Circle* by Dave Eggers (2013); film review: *Somm* (2012); poem review: *Beginnings* by Edina Gateley.2014-03-0217 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday March 2, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *If Asked, Don't Tell: Secrecy and Jesus* for Sunday, 2 March 2014; book review: *Hanging Man; The Arrest of Ai Weiwei* by Barnaby Martin (2013); film review: *The Way, Way Back* (2013); poem review: *Letting Go* by Edwina Gateley.2014-02-2317 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday February 23, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The People of God as a Positive Social Epidemic* for Sunday, 23 February 2014; book review: *Levels of Life* by Julian Barnes (2013); film review: *12 Years a Slave* (2013); poem review: *Silent God* by Edwina Gateley.2014-02-1616 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday February 16, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Say Yes, Choose Life* for Sunday, 16 February 2014; book review: *William Stringfellow, Essential Writings* by Bill Wylie-Kellermann, ed. (2013); film review: *All Is Lost* (2013); poem review: *Idiot Psalm 12* by Scott Cairns.2014-02-0915 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday February 9, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Isaiah and Jesus: Critical Dissent as a Form of Faith* for Sunday, 9 February 2014; book review: *There Was No Path, So I Trod One* by Edwina Gateley (2013); film review: *Muscle Shoals* (2013); poem review: *Idiot Psalm X* by Scott Cairns.2014-02-0219 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday February 2, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Live Different: The Beatitudes of Jesus* for Sunday, 2 February 2014; book review: *Silence, A Christian History* by Diarmaid MacCulloch (2013); film review: *The Summit* (2013); poem review: *Further Possible Answers to Prayer* by Scott Cairns.2014-01-2616 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday January 26, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *488 Years Later: Resources for Black History Month* for Sunday, 26 January 2014; book review: *Oil and Honey; The Education of an Unlikely Activist* by Bill McKibben (2013); film review: *5 Broken Cameras* (2012, Palestine); poem review: *Possible Answers To Prayer* by Scott Cairns.2014-01-1920 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday January 19, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Coming Back for More: Why Go to Church?* for Sunday, 19 January 2014; book review: *Who Owns the Future?* by Jaron Lanier (2013); film review: *A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet* (2012); poem review: *Eremite* by Scott Cairns.2014-01-1220 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday January 12, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A Shocking Request and a Stupendous Claim: The Baptism of Jesus* for Sunday, 12 January 2014; book review: *You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto* by Jaron Lanier (2010); film review: *Chico and Rita* (2010, Cuba); poem review: *A New Year's Poem* by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.2014-01-0520 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday January 5, 2014Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *An Urban Epiphany* for Sunday, 5 January 2014; book review: *Opportunity, Montana: Big Copper, Bad Water, and The Burial of an American Landscape* by Brad Tyer (2013); film review: *Inequality for All* (2013); poem review: *Epiphany* by Walter Brueggemann.2013-12-2915 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday December 29, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Best of the Rest, 2013: Books and Films* for Sunday, 29 December 2013; book review: *The Green Boat; Reviving Ourselves in Our Capsized Culture* by Mary Pipher (2013); film review: *Wadjda* (2013); poem review: *BC:AD* by U.A. Fanthorpe.2013-12-2228 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday December 22, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Betting on Salvation* for Sunday, 22 December 2013; book review: *Beyond the Impossible* by Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani (2013); film review: *The Perks of Being a Wallflower* (2012); poem review: *Adult Advent Announcement* by David A. Redding.2013-12-1516 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday December 15, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Lo, Faithful Virgin"* for Sunday, 15 December 2013; book review: *Eleven Rings; The Soul of Success* by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty (2013); film review: *The Intouchables* (2011); poem review: *Nativity* by John Donne.2013-12-0818 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday December 8, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Peaceable Kingdom* for Sunday, 1 December 2013; book review: *Blasphemy: A Memoir. Sentenced to Death Over a Cup of Water* by Asia Bibi (2013); film review: *Salinger* (2013); poem review: *Christmas* by John Betjeman.2013-12-0116 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: World Aids Day, Sunday December 1, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A Tale of Two Realities* guest essay by Art Ammann for World Aids Day, Sunday, 1 December 2013; book review: *Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking* by Susan Cain (2012); film review: *Spark: A Burning Man Story* (2013); poem review: *Advent Credo* by Daniel Berrigan.2013-11-2418 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday November 24, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"They Say There's Another King, One Called Jesus"* for Sunday, 24 November 2013; book review: *Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here; Untold Stories From the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism* by Karima Bennoune (2013); film review: *The Great Gatsby* (2013); poem review: *Voices from Lemnos* by Seamus Heaney.2013-11-1717 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday November 17, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Don't Grow Tired Of Doing Good* for Sunday, 17 November 2013; book review: *Foreign Policy Begins at Home; The Case for Putting America's House in Order* by Richard N. Haass (2013); film review: *Mud* (2012); poem review: From *The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions* by Arthur Bennett, ed.2013-11-1018 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday November 10, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *This Age, That Age: Sex and the Sadducees* for Sunday, 10 November 2013; book review: *Beyond War; Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East* by David Rohde (2013); film review: *The Patience Stone* (2012); poem review: *A Prayer* by Ambrose of Milan.2013-11-0319 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday November 3, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A Repentant Sinner or a Hidden Saint? The Story of Zacchaeus* for Sunday, 3 November 2013; book review: *The Bible and the Believer; How to Read the Bible Critically and Religiously* by Marc Zvi Brettler, Peter Enns, and Daniel J. Harrington (2012); film review: *Jobs* (2013); poem review: *Sleeping Prayer* (Celtic prayer).2013-10-2718 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday October 27, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Comfort and Critique: The Prophet Joel and a Plague of Locusts* for Sunday, 27 October 2013; book review: *To Save Everything, Click Here; The Folly of Technological Solutionism* by Evgeny Morozov (2013) - a guest review by John Mark Agosta; film review: *Lee Daniels' The Butler* (2013); poem review: *Prayer at Dressing* (Celtic prayer).2013-10-2024 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday October 20, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Keep Praying, and Don't Give Up: The Parable of the Persistent Widow* for Sunday, 20 October 2013; book review: *Helga's Diary; A Young Girl's Account of Life in a Concentration Camp* by Helga Weiss (2013); film review: *Vanishing of the Bees* (2009); poem review: *The Pilgrims' Aiding* (Celtic prayer).2013-10-1317 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday October 13, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste: Israel in Exile, Paul in Jail* for Sunday, 13 October 2013; book review: *The End of Sex: How Hookup Culture is Leaving a Generation Unhappy, Sexually Unfulfilled, and Confused About Intimacy* by Donna Freitas (2013); film review: *Blue Jasmine* (2013); poem review: *Peace* (Celtic prayer).2013-10-0618 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: World Communion Sunday October 6, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Accept One Another* for World Communion Sunday, 6 October 2013; book review: *Unprotected Texts; The Bible's Surprising Contradictions About Sex and Desire* by Jennifer Wright Knust (2011); film review: *Blackfish* (2013); poem review: *Morning Prayer* (Celtic prayer).2013-09-2916 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday September 29, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Poverty Reduction -- Of the Soul: the Parable of Dives and Lazarus* for Sunday, 22 September 2013; book review: *Faith, Doubt, and Other Lines I've Crossed Walking With the Unknown God* by Jay Bakker, with Andy Meisenheimer (2013); film review: *Mary and Martha* (2013); poem review: *The Love and Affection of the Angels* (Celtic prayer).2013-09-2217 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday September 22, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Horror Grips Me:" Remembering Congo* for Sunday, 22 September 2013; book review: *How Will You Measure Your Life?* by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth and Karen Dillon (2012); film review: *Fruitvale Station* (2013); poem review: *The Journey Prayer* (Celtic prayer).2013-09-1518 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday September 15, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Aelwyd a Gymhell:" What I Learned in Wales This Summer* for Sunday, 15 September 2013; book review: *Angles of Ascent; A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry* by Charles Henry Rowell, ed. (2013); film review: *The Mystery of Easter Island* (2012); poem review: *I Pray for Thee a Joyous Life* (Celtic prayer).2013-09-0815 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday September 8, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: A Mother-Daughter Trip to Guatemala* a guest essay by Beth Kawasaki for Sunday, 8 September 2013; book review: *Walking Home; A Poet's Journey* by Simon Armitage (2012); film review: *Twenty Feet From Stardom* (2013); poem review: *I Lie Down This Night* (Celtic prayer)2013-09-0116 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday August 25, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Jeremiah: Human Struggle with the Divine Call* for Sunday, 25 August 2013; book review: *Eating Animlas* by Jonathan Foer (2009); film review: *Behind the Candelabra* (2013); poem review: *I Am Bending My Knee* (Celtic prayer).2013-08-1817 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday August 18, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Not Peace But Division: The Embarrassing Words of Jesus* for Sunday, 18 August 2013; book review: *Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us* by Michael Moss (2013); film review: *The Stories We Tell* (2013); poem review: *House Protecting* (Celtic prayer).2013-08-1120 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday August 11, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Imitating Abraham: Strangers in a Strange Land* for Sunday, 11 August 2013; book review: *The Open Door: 100 Poems, 100 Years of Poetry Magazine* by Don Share and Christian Wiman (2012); film review: *What Maisie Knew* (2013); poem review: *The Guiding Light of Eternity* (Celtic prayer).2013-08-0413 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday August 4, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Watch Out for Greed!" The Parable of the Rich Fool* for Sunday, 4 August 2013; book review: *A Walk Through The Churchyard; Toward a Spirituality of Christian Death* by Rob Gieselmann (2012); film review: *Girl Rising* (2013); poem review: *The Gospel of the God of Life* (Celtic prayer).2013-07-2818 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday July 28, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Lord, Teach Us To Pray:" Our Kids and God's Kingdom* a guest essay by Joan Bigwood for Sunday, 28 July 2013; book review: *My Bright Abyss; Meditation of a Modern Believer* by Christian Wiman (2012); film review: *Kon Tiki* (2013); poem review: *God's Aid* (Celtic prayer).2013-07-2117 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday July 21, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Choosing the Better Part: Jesus at the Home of Mary and Martha* for Sunday, 21 July 2013; book review: *Tenth of December: Stories* by George Saunders (2013); film review: *42* (2013); poem review: *The Gifts of the Three* (Celtic prayer).2013-07-1416 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday July 14, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Go and Do Likewise:" The Parable of the Good Samaritan* for Sunday, 14 July 2013; book review: *The Way of the Stars; Journeys on the Camino de Santiago* by Robert C. Sibley (2012); film review: *To the Wonder* (2013); poem review: *Encompassing* (Celtic prayer).2013-07-0716 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday July 7, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Go!" Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two* for Sunday, 7 July 2013; book review: *Open Heart* by Elie Wiesel (2012); film review: *Red Tails* (2012); poem review: *The Dedication* (Celtic prayer).2013-06-3017 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday June 30, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A Note to Our Readers: JwJ 2004-2013* for Sunday, 30 June 2013; book review: *Does Jesus Really Love Me? A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America* by Jeff Chu (2013); film review: *The Sapphires* (2013); poem review: *Chief of Chiefs* (Celtic poem).2013-06-2316 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday June 23, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"My Name Is Legion:" Seeing Ourselves in the Gerasene Demoniac* for Sunday, 23 June 2013; book review: *My Beloved World* by Sonia Sotomayor (2013); film review: *Portlandia - Season 2* (2012); poem review: *The Blessing of God* (Celtic poem).2013-06-1615 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday June 16, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Glimmers of Hope: Prophetic Voices and Political Violence* for Sunday, 16 June 2013; book review: *The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks* by Jeanne Theoharis (2013); film review: *The House I LIve In* (2012); poem review: *Blessing* (Celtic poem).2013-06-0915 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday June 9, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Jesus and the Widow of Nain: "His Heart Went Out to Her"* for Sunday, 9 June 2013; book review: *The Celtic Vision; Prayers, Blessings, Songs and Incantations from the Gaelic Tradition* edited by Esther de Waal (2001); film review: *A Place at the Table* (2012); poem review: *The Beltane Blessing* (Celtic poem).2013-06-0221 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday June 2, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"If The Lord is God, Follow Him:" Elijah and the Prophets of Baal* for Sunday, 2 June 2013; book review: *Why Priests? A Failed Tradition* by Garry Wills (2013); film review: *The GateKeepers* (2012, Israel); poem review: *A Nation* by Czeslaw Milosz.2013-05-2618 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday May 26, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Lo Cotidiano: "The Daily Thing"* for Sunday, 26 May 2013; book review: *Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall* by Will Ellsworth-Jones (2013); film review: *Buck* (2011); poem review: *A Prayer for Pentecost*.2013-05-1920 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday May 19, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Back From the Dead: A Contemporary Pentecost Story* a guest essay by Edwina Gateley for Sunday, 19 May 2013; book review: *The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography* by John J. Collins (2013); film review: *Side Effects* (2012); poem review: *O Comforting Fire of Spirit* by Hildegard of Bingen.2013-05-1218 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday May 12, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"I Am Giving Thee Worship With My Whole Life:" Celtic Prayer as a Guide to Faith* for Sunday, 12 May 2013; book review: *A Thousand Mornings: Poems* by Mary Oliver (2012); film review: *Detropia* (2012); poem review: *God Moves in Mysterious Ways* by William Cowper.2013-05-0518 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday May 5, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Better Than We Know to Ask:" Celtic Blessings for All The World* for Sunday, 7 April 2013; book review: *Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essentials of Prayer* by Anne Lamott (2012); film review: *Argo* (2012); poem review: *Ode to Solitude* by Alexander Pope.2013-04-2817 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday April 28, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"To Carry the Candle Against the Wind:" The New Commandment of Jesus* for Sunday, 28 April 2013; book review: *Escape From Camp 14; One Man's Remarkable Odyssey From North Korea to Freedom in the West* by Blaine Harden (2012); film review: *Jean-Michel Basquiat* (2009); poem review: *The Daffodils* by William Wordsworth.2013-04-2117 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday April 21, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"I Should Not Call Any Man Unclean:" Peter the Apostle Meets Simon the Tanner* for Sunday, 21 April 2013; book review: *A Place in Time; Twenty Stories of the Port William Membership* by Wendell Berry (2012); film review: *Silver Linings Playbook* (2012); poem review: *The Journey Prayer* by St. Brendan the Voyager.2013-04-1419 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday April 14, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Picking Up the Broken Pieces* for Sunday, 14 April 2013; book review: *Proof of Heaven; A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife* by Eben Alexander (2012); film review: *Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry* (2012); poem review: *The Revival* by Henry Vaughan.2013-04-0719 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday April 7, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Remembering Rosa Parks: The Radical Faith of a Rebel Christian* for Sunday, 7 April 2013; book review: *A Hologram for the King* by Dave Eggers (2012); film review: *Zero Dark Thirty* (2012); poem review: *The Crosse* by George Herbert.2013-03-3117 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday March 31, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Deeper Magic Before The Dawn of Time"* for Sunday, 31 March 2013; book review: *Both Flesh and Not; Essays* by David Foster Wallace (2012); film review: *They Call It Myanmar* (2012, Burma); poem review: *Easter Communion* by Gerard Manley Hopkins.2013-03-2418 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday March 24, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Passion of Our Lord: The Earliest Memories, Contemporary Echoes* for Sunday, 24 March 2013; book review: *Oddly Normal; One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality* by John Schwartz (2012); film review: *Beasts of the Southern Wild* (2012); poem review: *All Glory, Laud, and Honor* by St. Theodulph of Orleans.2013-03-1721 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday March 17, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"She Did What She Could:" Mary Anoints Jesus at Bethany* for Sunday, 17 March 2013; book review: *Infinite Jest* by David Foster Wallace (1996); film review: *Amour* (2012, France); poem review: *The Prayer of St. Patrick*.2013-03-1023 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday March 10, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"This Man Welcomes Sinners"* for Sunday, 10 March 2013; book review: *Waging Heavy Peace* by Neil Young (2011); film review: *Django Unchained* (2012); poem review: *Lenten Prayers: Isaiah 58:6-9*.2013-03-0320 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday March 3, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Hungering for Food That Doesn't Exist* for Sunday, 3 March 2013; book review: *Vanished Kingdoms; The Rise and Fall of States and Nations* by Norman Davies (2011); film review: *The Dust Bowl by Ken Burns* (2012); poem review: *Resurrection* by Mary Ann Bernard.2013-02-2418 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday February 24, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Do Not Be Afraid:" Radical Faith in New Possibilities* guest essay by Edwina Gateley for Sunday, 24 February 2013; book review: *The Yellow Birds; A Novel* by Kevin Powers (2012); film review: *Chasing Ice* (2012); poem review: *Crucifixion* by Anna Akhmatova.2013-02-1717 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday February 17, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Temptation and Testing: Made Like Us in All Things* guest essay by Ron Hansen for Sunday, 17 February 2013; book review: *The Barbarous Years; The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675* by Bernard Bailyn (2012); film review: *Indie Game: The Movie* (2012); poem review: *Marked by Ashes* by Walter Brueggemann.2013-02-1018 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday February 10, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Behind the Veil of Everyday Life: A Neurosurgeon's Near Death Experience* for Sunday, 10 February 2013; book review: *Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story; A Life of David Foster Wallace* by D.T. Max (2012); film review: *Enemies of the People* (2009, Cambodia); poem review: *The Place Where We Are Right* by Yehuda Amichai2013-02-0319 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday February 3, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *From a White Colonist to a Black Councilman: Celebrating Black History Month* for Sunday, 3 February 2013; book review: *The Book of Mormon, A Biography* by Paul C. Gutjahr (2012); film review: *Climate Refugees* (2009); poem review: *I Taught Myself to Live Simply* by Anna Akhmatova.2013-01-2719 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday January 27, 2013Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"It's a Gift:" One Body, Many Parts* for Sunday, 20 January 2013; book review: *Fire in the Ashes; Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America* by Jonathan Kozol (2012); film review: *Life of Pi* (2012); poem review: *The Father* by Joshua Sylvester.2013-01-2018 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday June 3, 2012Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Infinite God as Truly Intimate: Trinity Sunday* for Sunday, 3 June 2012; book review: *How to Go from Being a Good Evangelical to a Committed Catholic in Ninety-Five Difficult Steps* by Christian Smith (2011); film review: *The Hunger Games* guest review by Megan Clendenin (2012); poem review: *Politics* by William Butler Yeats.2012-05-2718 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday November 21, 2010Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews:" The Feast of Christ the King* for Sunday, 21 November 2010; book review: *Made for Goodness, And Why This Makes All the Difference* by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu (2010); film review: *Ajami* (2009, West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli); poem review: *Credo* by Daniel Berrigan.2010-11-1419 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday May 30, 2010Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"I Have Much More to Say to You" Lessons from a Love Story*, for Sunday, 30 May 2010; book review: *God is Not One; The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter* by Stephen Prothero (2010); film review: *The Most Dangerous Man in America; Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers* (2010); poem review: *Address to the Lord (1)* by John Berryman.2010-05-2318 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday May 16, 2010Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Last and Best Word: "The Grace of the Lord Jesus Be With All"*, for Sunday, 16 May 2010; book review: *Money Enough; Everyday Practices for Living Faithfully in the Global Economy* by Douglas A. Hicks (2010); film review: *Crude* (2009, Ecuador); poem review: *Excerpt from Early Welsh Precepts* by Daniel Berrigan.2010-05-0919 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday March 28, 2010Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Sorrow and Love Flow Mingled Down: Palm Sunday*, guest essay by Sara Miles for Sunday, 28 March 2010; book review: *No Gods But One* by Daniel Berrigan (2009); film review: *Julie and Julia* (2009); poem review: *All Glory, Laud and Honor* by St. Theodulph of Orleans.2010-03-2117 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday December 20, 2009Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Immensity Cloistered in Thy Dear Womb:" Venerating the Mother of God, Worshipping the Son of God* for Sunday, 20 December 2009; book review: *Worse Than War; Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity* by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen (2009); film review: *The Road* (2009); poem review: *Advent Credo* by Daniel Berrigan.2009-12-1327 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday January 25, 2009Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"The Time Has Come" Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 2009*, for Sunday, 25 January 2009; book review: *Introducing the Theological Interpretation of Scripture: Recovering a Christian Practice* by Daniel J. Treier (2008); film review: *Encounters at the End of the World* (2008); poem review: *Martin Luther King, Jr.* by Walter Brueggemann.2009-01-1920 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday November 30, 2008Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Awesome Things That We Did Not Expect"* for Sunday, 30 November 2008; book review: *The Dark Side; The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals* by Jane Mayer (2008); film review: *Taxi to the Dark Side* (2007); poem review: *Advent Credo* by Daniel Berrigan.2008-11-2420 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday August 10, 2008Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Elijah: "The Troubler of Israel"* for Sunday, 10 August 2008; book review: *The Kings and Their Gods; The Pathology of Power* by Daniel Berrigan (2008); film review: *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull* (2008); poem review: *Sonnet XIV* by John Donne.2008-08-0420 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday November 25, 2007Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Absence of God's Presence: Mother Teresa, Martin Luther, and Psalm 46* for Sunday, 25 November 2007; book review: *Mother Teresa; Come Be My Light; The Private Writings of the "Saint of Calcutta"* edited by Brian Kolodiejchuk (2007); film review: *The Jane Austen Book Club* (2007); poem review: *Advent Credo* by Daniel Berrigan.2007-11-1920 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday March 18, 2007Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Coming All the Way Home: Affirming the 'Incidental Face' of Creation* (guest essay by Daniel Deffenbaugh) for the fourth Sunday in Lent, Sunday 18 March 2007; book review: *Practicing Resurrection; A Memoir of Work, Doubt, Discernment, and Moments of Grace* by Nora Gallagher (2003); film review: *Refuge of Last Resort* (2006); poem review: *The Prayer of St. Patrick*.2007-03-1220 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday December 17, 2006Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Never Again: Zephaniah 3:15 and the Hope of Divine Judgment* for Sunday 17 December 2006; book review: *American War Poetry* edited by Lorrie Goldensohn (2006); film review: *Darfur Diaries* (2006); poem review: *Advent Credo* by Daniel Berrigan.2006-12-1120 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Sunday November 12, 2006Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Political Illusions and Biblical Realities: Ten Reminders for Election Day* for Sunday 12 November 2006; book review: *The End of Faith; Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason* by Sam Harris (2005); film review: *Jesus Camp* (2006); poem review: *Credo* by Daniel Berrigan.2006-11-0620 minJourneyWithJesus.net PodcastJwJ: Palm Sunday April 9, 2006Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A Lenten Letter To President George W. Bush; Lent 6B: Liturgy of the Passion*, for Palm Sunday 9 April 2006; book review: *The Next Attack; The Failure of the War on Terror and a Strategy for Getting It Right* by Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon (2005); film review: *Nine Lives* (2005); poem review: *The Donkey* by G.K. Chesterton.2006-04-0320 min