Carolyn Leiloglou’s new middle-grade novel is Beneath the Swirling Sky: Book 1 of the Restorationists Trilogy . It’s a book about art, creativity, and reclaiming the creative energy that comes so naturally to small children. It’s also about a family of people who can go into old paintings and walk around in them. Like her main character Vincent, Carolyn is the granddaughter of art collectors and the daughter of an art teacher. She is also the mother of four wildly creative children. Support the ...
Sep 11, 2023•36 min•Season 5Ep. 36
Dr. Jennifer L. Holberg is professor and chair of the English department at Calvin University and codirector of the Calvin Center for Faith and Writing , the home of the Festival of Faith and Writing, which will be happening live and in person next April, for the first time since 2018. Her new book is Nourishing Narratives: The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith . In this episode, Dr. Holberg and Jonathan Rogers talk about the stories, true and false, that we believe ourselves to be living in–and...
Sep 04, 2023•49 min•Season 5Ep. 35
Curt Thompson is a psychiatrist, a speaker, and the author of several books–most recently, The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope . In this episode, Curt and Jonathan Rogers talk about what it means to be hospitable to your own suffering, engaging suffering as the way of redemption, and the role of storytelling in mental and spiritual health. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 28, 2023•47 min•Season 5Ep. 34
Harrison Scott Key's new memoir is How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told. It’s the story of how infidelity tore his marriage apart, and how he and his wife Lauren patched it back together. It is hilarious, and it’s wise, and it’s exceedingly hopeful. To quote the jacket copy, “How to stay Married is a comic romp unlike any in contemporary literature, a wild Pilgrim’s Progress through the hellscape of marriage and the mysteries of mercy.” Support the show: https://therabbitroo...
Aug 21, 2023•46 min
In this, the final episode of the Hometown Stories summer series, writers from The Habit Membership tell stories about NEW hometowns. Hometowns change, and for a little while, at least, you can find yourself a stranger in your own hometown. Loren Warnemuende: Michigan Rachel Donahue: Spain Desi Ana Sartini: Southeast Asia Holly Schurter: Illinois Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 14, 2023•35 min•Season 5Ep. 32
Karen Swallow Prior is one of the leading evangelical writers and commentators our time. Her new book is The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis . In this episode, Dr. Prior and I talk about the role of imagination in the making of meaning, and we talk about what happens when we start to examine the unexamined metaphors that make it possible for us to make sense of the world while also limiting our possibilities for making sense of the world. Su...
Aug 07, 2023•36 min•Season 5Ep. 31
In this, the sixth episode of the Hometown Stories summer series, writers from The Habit Membership take us to all four points of the compass. Sara Dredge takes us north to Ontario, Canada. Sarah Bannerman, Lindsay Kyle, and Monica Olsen take us south to Mississippi and Louisiana. Laura Love goes east to China. And Shannon Stephens takes us west–or, in any case, to the West Virginia of his childhood. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
Jul 31, 2023•34 min•Season 5Ep. 30
Russell Moore is Editor-in-Chief of Christianity Today. His new book is Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America . He invites unmoored and discouraged Christians to step into an uncertain future, letting go of the kind of culture-warring, politicized Christianity that has led us to this moment of reckoning. In Losing Our Religion , Dr. Moore shows how we might steer clear of both cynicism and complicity in order to imagine a different, hopeful vision for the church. Support the...
Jul 24, 2023•48 min•Season 5Ep. 29
Summer Short’s new book is The Legend of Greyhallow . Kirkus Reviews called it “A delightful, engaging otherworldly adventure sure to charm. This fun read artfully combines our reality with Greyhallow's...fans of The Lord of the Rings and portal fantasies will find much to enjoy.” Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jul 17, 2023•35 min•Season 5Ep. 28
This week’s episode, the fifth in the Hometown Stories series, takes us to Texas. We’ll blow up a gas station in the Panhandle. We’ll check out some tumbleweeds in West Texas. We’ll pop over to Bryan Texas, to wonder how and why Bryan made somebody’s best-of list, and why a big-city reporter would want to deny them their moment of glory. And finally, we’ll go squirrel hunting in tiny Bluff Dale Texas. Featuring stories from the late Thomas McKenzie, Colleen Rudolph, Christie Purifoy, and David G...
Jul 10, 2023•44 min•Season 5Ep. 27
In honor of the Fourth of July, this episode of The Habit Podcast continues the Hometown Stories summer series with five reminiscences of small-town America by writers from The Habit Membership. Prepare for a gauzy, nostalgic look at the kind of Americana that makes you want to eat watermelon and listen to music by John Philip Sousza. Expect parades, fireworks, corn on the cob, pioneers on the Western Plains, and an outdoor concert involving Hank Williams, Junior. Featuring stories from Amanda D...
Jul 03, 2023•32 min•Season 5Ep. 26
Andrew Peterson is a singer-songwriter, he’s the author of The Wingfeather Saga as well as two nonfiction books, Adorning the Dark and The God of the Garden . He’s the executive producer of the Wingfeather television series . He’s the founder and president of The Rabbit Room. He’s a sought-after speaker. In this episode, recorded in front of a live audience at The Habit Writers' Weekend, Andrew and Jonathan Rogers talked about how Andrew juggles the roles of musician, writer, and filmmaker, and ...
Jun 26, 2023•50 min•Season 5Ep. 25
Hometowns are full of fathers and mothers. In this episode, Andrew Peterson and four writers from The Habit Membership share stories involving their fathers and mothers. Andrew Peterson on Lake Butler, Florida Gina Gallagher on Morton, Pennsylvania Kori Frazier Morgan on Kent, Ohio Katie Rizzo on Aspen, Colorado Judith Millar on Fivemiletown, Northern Ireland and Amarillo, Texas Find out more about The Habit Membership at TheHabit.co Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member ...
Jun 19, 2023•32 min•Season 5Ep. 24
In this episode the Hometown Stories series continues with a trip to California. To paraphrase Walt Whitman, California is large. It contains multitudes. Whatever you envision when you think of California, you can be sure the opposite is also true. This tour of the Golden State is brought to you by four writers from The Habit Membership—Gypsy Martin, Jaclyn Hoselton, Kendra Britez, and Reagan Dregge, all of whom grew up in California but found themselves elsewhere as adults. There's room for you...
Jun 12, 2023•42 min•Season 5Ep. 23
This episode kicks off the "Hometown Stories" summer series. As the name suggests, this series features stories from writers' hometowns. In this episode: Jonathan Rogers on Warner Robins, Georgia Anna Eastland on New Denver, British Columbia Jana Shirk on the Finger Lakes region of New York Elizabeth Harwell on Murray, Kentucky This episode features writers from The Habit Membership . Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...
Jun 05, 2023•35 min•Season 5Ep. 22
For nearly twenty years, Ben Shive has been producing and collaborating with musicians including (but not limited to) JJ Heller, Colony House, Ellie Holcombe, Dave Barnes, The Gray Havens, Andrew Peterson, Melanie Penn, Randall Goodgame, Sandra McCracken, Jill Phillips, and Keith and Kristyn Getty. He recently signed on as a writer for Getty Music . Ben sat down to talk with Jonathan Rogers about hymn-writing and the benefits and frustrations of limits. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.gi...
May 22, 2023•42 min•Season 5Ep. 21
K. B. Hoyle is a writer of many genres and talents. She’s the author of the teen fantasy series, The Gateway Chronicles, and the adult dystopian series, The Breeder Cycle. She has also done fairytale retelling and science-fiction fantasy. She’s a columnist and staff writer at Christ and Pop Culture , and she is the cofounder, CEO, and acquisitions editor of Owl's Nest Publishers , an independent press specializing in books for adolescents. In this episode, KB (Karin) Hoyle and Jonathan Rogers ta...
May 15, 2023•38 min•Season 5Ep. 20
Arthur Boers’s new memoir is Shattered: A Son Picks up the Pieces of His Father’s Rage . In it he reflects on coming of age in an immigrant family scarred by violence. In this episode, Arthur Boers and Jonathan Rogers talk about breaking family codes of silence, living with ambiguity while still taking a clear moral position, and beach glass. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 08, 2023•43 min•Season 5Ep. 19
Claude Atcho is a pastor in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the author of Reading Black Books: How African American Literature Can Make Our Faith More Whole and Just . As Josh Larsen has said, this work of Christian literary criticism is written "with the passion of a book lover and the urgency of a preacher." In this episode, Claude Atcho and Jonathan Rogers visit some of the great works of twentieth century Black literature. They talk about a kind of theological reading that goes well beyond em...
May 01, 2023•43 min•Season 5Ep. 18
Dr. Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt is associate professor of art and art history at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Her new book is Redeeming Vision: A Christian Guide to Looking at and Learning From Art . In this episode, Dr. Weichbrodt and Jonathan Rogers talk about embodied vision, loving vision, and transforming vision, as well as the importance of paying attention to what you see before making claims about what you think. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/membe...
Apr 24, 2023•43 min•Season 5Ep. 17
Alan Noble is associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University. He’s co-founder and editor in chief of Christ and Pop Culture , and an advisor for the AND campaign . He has written for The Atlantic, Vox, BuzzFeed, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, and First Things. His new book is On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living. It’s a book about mental suffering, whether diagnosed, undiagnosed, or undiagnosable. This episode is brought to you by Writing with Flannery O...
Apr 17, 2023•44 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Ashlee Gadd is the founder of Coffee + Crumbs , a website, podcast, and newsletter devoted to encouraging mothers through storytelling. Her new book is Create Anyway: The Joy of Pursuing Creativity in the Margins of Motherhood . In this episode, Ashlee and Jonathan Rogers talk about the ways that creativity and motherhood, instead of being opposing forces, can actually complement one another. They talk about the need for mothers to know that they have permission to do creative work. And they tal...
Apr 10, 2023•31 min•Season 5Ep. 15
W. David O. Taylor is Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary and the author of several books. His most recent book is A Body of Praise: Understanding the Role of Our Physical Bodies in Worship . In addition to a range of scholarly essays, he has written for The Washington Post, Image Journal, Religion News Service , Theology Today, and Books & Culture , among other publications. An Anglican priest, he has lectured widely on the arts, all over the world. In...
Apr 03, 2023•41 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Jessica Hooten Wilson is the Seaver College Scholar of Liberal Arts at Pepperdine University. She is the author of many books, the most recent of which is Reading for the Love of God: How to Read as a Spiritual Practice . In this episode, Dr. Hooten Wilson and Jonathan Rogers talk about the difference between using a book and enjoying a book; they discuss a trinitarian vision of reading; they discuss literal, figurative, moral, and anagogical meanings of a text. Also, they talk about Julian of N...
Mar 27, 2023•36 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Drew.Jackson is a poet and pastor. His latest collection is Touch the Earth: Poems on The Way . His work has appeared in Oneing, Made for Pax, The Journal from the Centre for Public Christianity, Fathom Magazine , and other publications. In this episode, Drew Jackson speaks with Jonathan Rogers about shared meals, hospitality, abundance, and the tension in his poetry between receptivity and gratitude on the one hand, and prophetic demand on the other hand. Support the show: https://therabbitroom...
Mar 20, 2023•48 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Besides being an author, Daniel Nayeri is a publisher, a pastry chef, and a raconteur. His book Everything Sad Is Untrue (a True Story) , won many awards, and with good reason. His new book is The Many Assassinations of Samir, The Seller of Dreams . The Habit Podcast is sponsored by The Habit Membership. Find out more at TheHabit.co . Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 13, 2023•48 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Recorded before a live audience at The Habit Writer's Retreat, this episode features songwriter and poet Katy Bowser Hutson. Katy and Jonathan Rogers discuss play and creativity, and play as a posture toward reality, The Habit Podcast is sponsored by The Habit Membership for writers. Find out more at TheHabit.co . Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 06, 2023•46 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Faitth Brooks is a writer, speaker, social worker, activist, and co-host of the Melanated Faith podcast. She has served as the director of programs and innovation for Be the Bridge and as director of women's empowerment for Legacy Collective. In all her work, Faitth Brooks is crafting a communal space where Black sisters can explore rest, tenderness, and softness. Her new book is Remember Me Now: A Journey Back To Myself And A Love Letter To Black Women. In this episode, she joins Jonathan Roger...
Feb 27, 2023•39 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Jason Baxter teaches Great Books at Notre Dame University. His most recent book is The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind . Just as Lewis reclaimed the medievals' enchanted view of reality, Dr. Baxter reclaims Lewis's vision for our generation. Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 20, 2023•42 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Leslie Bustard and her husband Ned are the driving force behind Square Halo Books and the Square Halo Conference. Leslie’s new poetry collection, her first, is called The Goodness of the Lord in the Land of the Living . Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 13, 2023•47 min•Season 5Ep. 7
