Janna Barber is a blogger, poet, and memoirist. Her most recent book is Hidden in Shadow: Tales of Grief, Lamentation, and Faith . This memoir is one woman’s honest reckoning with the truth that even as our faith waxes and wanes, God is constant, and he loves his children even when they don’t know what he’s up to. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Stephen Roach is a poet, musician, speaker, and creative coach. He hosts the Makers and Mystics podcast and is the founder of The Breath and the Clay, a creative arts movement. His latest book, a collaboration with Ned Bustard, is Naming the Animals: An Invitation to Creativity . In it, Stephen and Ned make the case that creativity isn't just a talent given to the chosen few, but an invitation extended to all, an essential part of God's design for partnership for humanity. Support the show: http...
Rachel Pieh Jones has been living and writing in the Horn of Africa for the last eighteen years. Her new memoir is Pillars: How Muslim Friends Led Me Closer to Jesus . In this episode, Rachel and Jonathan Rogers discuss the value of being an outsider and what it means to be a witness. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Every Moment Holy, Volume II is a book of liturgies and prayers for seasons of dying and grieving. Doug McKelvey spent two years in dialogue with bereaved and dying readers as he wrote this book. In this conversation, Doug speaks with Jonathan Rogers about loving the reader, stewarding gifts and opportunities, and listening to the people you wish to serve in your work. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
The poet Malcolm Guite wears waistcoats. He smokes a long-stemmed pipe and blows smoke rings. He often ambles about in the countryside. He's not very tall. He loves breakfast. Draw your own conclusions. In this episode of The Hobbit Podcast, Malcolm Guite and Jonathan Rogers (who is not himself a hobbit, only hobbit-adjacent) discuss first breakfast, second breakfast, and elevensies. Thanks to Drew Miller, the visionary for this podcast. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/mem...
Wingfeather Tales started out as a Kickstarter stretch goal for The Warden and the Wolf King , Book 4 of Andrew Peterson’s Wingfeather Saga. Andrew recruited five of his friends to write stories (and a poem) set in Aerwiar, the world of the Wingfeathers. He also recruited some of his favorite illustrators to illustrate. That compilation has been re-released in hardcover by Waterbrook Press. In this episode, five of the contributors—Andrew Peterson, Jennifer Trafton, Pete Peterson, Doug McKelvey,...
Winn Collier is the Director of the Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination at Western Seminary in Holland Michigan. He was friends with Eugene Peterson and was chosen by the Peterson family to write his authorized biography, A Burning in My Bones . In this episode, Winn and Jonathan Rogers discuss friendship, “earthy spirituality,” and writing that goes beyond the informational and motivational. ( The Eugene Peterson Center is currently taking applications for a Doctor of Ministry coho...
Author, gardener, and woods-walker Hannah Anderson wrote, “More than a metaphor, the natural world is a living, pulsating experience of truth that surrounds and enfolds us, teaching us deep realities without words.” She puts words to many of those wordless realities in her new book, The Turning of Days: Lessons from Nature, Season, and Spirit . In this episode, Hannah and Jonathan Rogers talk about observation, repetition, “gardening shame,” and cooperating with forces of a broken world. Support...
Kristin Kobes Du Mez is a history professor at Calvin University and the author of Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation . In this episode, Kristen Du Mez and Jonathan Rogers discuss stories as a means of reframing reality, the role of fear in political storytelling, and confirmation bias. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week, Jonathan Rogers talks with Benjamin Myers, author of A Poetics of Orthodoxy: Christian Truth as Aesthetic Foundation . In A Poetics of Orthodoxy , poet Ben Myers makes the case that Christian orthodoxy provides a “reality-based way of knowing what kinds of poetry, what poetic characteristics, most resonate with true human experience.” Poetry, he argues, is a kind of re-incarnation (not THAT kind of reincarnation), and so works against the disembodying tendencies of the digital age. In...
David O. Taylor is a theologian of the arts, Associate Professor of Theology at Fuller Seminary, and a director of initiatives in art and faith. His most recent book is Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life . In this first-ever practical episode of The Habit Podcast, David Taylor walks listeners through the spiritual practice of writing psalms of lament. Click here for more resources related to the writing of psalms of lament, including a worksheet, a chapter excerpt from Open and Una...
This week, Jonathan Rogers talks with Jen Pollock Michel , author of A Habit Called Faith: 40 Days in the Bible to Find and Follow Jesus . Jonathan and Jen discuss the inescapability of seeing what we expect to see, habits as creating your own momentum, the stifling posture of spectatorship, and the lessons to be learned from finishing well. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers and Tish Harrison Warren discuss the difference between true human vulnerability and the "curated" vulnerability of Instagram, writing as an inescapable encounter with one's own weakness, and the under-appreciated gift of receiving well-placed criticism. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Lisa Deam is an art historian and the author of 3,000 Miles to Jesus: Pilgrimage as a Way of Life for Spiritual Seekers . (She also blogs at The Contemplative Writer .) In this episode, Lisa and Jonathan discuss the process of writing as a pilgrimage, the human desire to leave signposts for those who come after us, the infamous “long middle” of the writing journey, and the instructive power of inefficiency. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener...
This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers talks with songwriter and storyteller Matthew Clark. They discuss the many facets of Matthew's mission to "make things that make room for people to meet Jesus," his tour van that he calls "Vandalf the White," and human creativity as a posture of synthesis rather than analysis. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers talks with speaker, singer, educator, and activist Ruth Naomi Floyd. They discuss the intimate relationship between truth and beauty, the liberating power of art, and the immense legacy of the African American spiritual. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers talks with Joel Clarkson, author of Sensing God: Experiencing the Divine in Nature, Food, Music, and Beauty . They discuss writing’s role in waking us up to the physicality of the world, Jesus as both firstborn of creation and firstborn from the dead, and the limits of intellect to account for the depth of what it means to believe. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week, Jonathan Rogers talks with Renee Mathis, fellow writing teacher and mentor at the CiRCE Institute's apprenticeship program. They discuss Renee's experience as a Jeopardy champion, her philosophy on mentoring teachers, the teaching methods used by Jesus, rhetoric as the pursuit of truth in community, and the still-relevant application of Aristotle's principles of rhetoric. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
It's the season for writing Christmas letters. This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers talks with letter-writer Reagan Dregge. They discuss the art of physical letter-writing, the personal attention it involves from sender to recipient, and the inherent embodiment that comes with putting pen to paper. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers talks with Randall Goodgame, songwriter, TV show host, and leader of the Slugs & Bugs universe. They discuss the essential role of collaboration in all of Randall’s work, the importance of writing out of freedom and not out of condemnation, and the irrepressibility of childlike joy. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers talks with Christiana Peterson, author of Awakened by Death: Live-Giving Lessons from the Mystics . They discuss the link between mysticism and mortality, our culture’s lack of rituals for confronting death, the writer’s role in engaging with mortality as an antidote for self-absorption, and death’s ability to teach compassion. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week, Jonathan Rogers talks with Tsh Oxenreider , teacher, podcaster , literary tour guide, and author of Shadow and Light: A Journey into Advent . They discuss the challenging art of graceful endings, the perils of absolute accessibility, and what sets the Advent season apart from merely a "happy clappy countdown to Christmas." Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan talks with Crystal Downing, author of Subversive: Christ, Culture, and the Shocking Dorothy L. Sayers. They discuss the danger of Christian celebrity, the strategy of shock in Dorothy Sayers' work, and the subversion at the very heart of the Christian faith. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers talks with Charlotte Donlon, author of The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other and host of the Hope for the Lonely podcast. They discuss the two-way street between loneliness and belonging, the power of stories to de-stigmatize our loneliness, and the crucial difference between loving someone and understanding them. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jonathan Rogers talks with Dane Ortlund, former Senior Vice President of Bible Publishing at Crossway and current Senior Pastor of Naperville Presbyterian Church near Chicago. They discuss the simultaneous necessity and insufficiency of theological correctness, the recovery of beauty as a meaningful philosophical category, and sanctification as the ongoing renewal of surprise. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers talks with Andrew T. Le Peau, former Associate Publisher at InterVarsity Press and author of Write Better: A Lifelong Editor on Craft, Art, and Spirituality. They discuss the simple power of physical exercise to generate creative ideas, what Andrew has learned as an editor about what gets in the way of the writer's voice, and the constructive tension between Jonathan's emphasis on self-forgetfulness in writing and Andrew's claim that all writing is...
This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers talks with Anne Snyder, editor-in-chief of Comment Magazine and host of the podcast, The Whole Person Revolution . They discuss our culture's antipathy towards institutions, the role of theological reflection during a time of crisis, and her work with Comment Magazine to serve both readers and writers in uniting thought and action. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jonathan Rogers talks with music industry legend Brown Bannister about the difference between “Here I am” and “There you are” personalities, the similarities between producing a record and teaching students, and how Brown has stayed away from cynicism over his long career. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers talks with Russell Moore, President of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and author of The Courage to Stand: Facing Your Fear without Losing Your Soul. They talk about the various ways that fear presents itself to the writer, the self-sabotage of chasing relevance, the temptation to write our own life stories, and the timeless danger of trying to be no more than who your audience wants you to be. Support the show: https://therabbitroom....
This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers interviews Barnabas Piper, author of Hoping for Happiness . They talk about the unrealistic expectations that artists can sometimes project onto their craft, how much easier it is to write while sad than while happy, and the distinction between hope and optimism. Transcripts are available for The Habit Podcast. View them at RabbitRoom.com/podcast. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
