It was a wonderful privilege to chat with Dr. Jennifer Holberg. If you listened to my conversation with (the Notorious) Karen Swallow Prior, you’ll remember that I get a little nervous talking with English professors, haha!, but, like KSP, Jennifer was a delight! Jennifer teaches at Calvin University where she is the chair of the English Department. Thankfully, there’s no shame with Jennifer when it comes to what we’ve read or haven’t read. She is more interested in how what we’ve read continues to shape us. We chatted about the power of narrative in our lives in general and how our faith is formed by story. We are each complex creatures with complex stories and sharing those stories can be encouraging as well as challenging. I can’t wait for you to hear it!
Mentioned in this episode:
Nourishing Narratives: The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith by Jennifer L. Holberg
The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis by Karen Swallow Prior
Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller
Bryan Stevenson of Equal Justice Initiative
“Not Waving But Drowning” by Stevie Smith
He Saw That It Was Good: Reimagining Your Creative Life to Repair a Broken World by Sho Baraka
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