Podcasts about jayber crow

What does a Shire full of hobbits in Middle-Earth, a county full of farmers in Kentucky, and a wardrobe full of a lion have in common? For Russell Moore and singer/songwriter/author Andrew Peterson, they were all a way to find home.    In this episode—recorded inside Peterson's book-lined Chapter House in Nashville, right down the road from Moore—the two talk about the authors who, by God's grace, helped hold their faith together when it could have come apart. From the wisdom of Wendell Berry to the imagination of C.S. Lewis to the honesty of Frederick Buechner, these authors gave a clarity that helped these two keep the faith.    This isn't just a literary conversation. It's about how God uses stories, sentences, and sometimes even sword-wielding mice to reach people in moments of doubt, disillusionment, or despair. Along the way, they talk about what it means to read widely, to hold onto wonder, and to be the kind of Christian who can still be surprised by joy.   They also somehow end up talking about Moby Dick, Dungeons & Dragons, and how ChatGPT was wrong and right about what books each of them would take to a desert island.    Books and authors mentioned in this episode include: Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry A Room Called Remember and Telling Secrets by Frederick Buechner The Chronicles of Narnia, Till We Have Faces, Mere Christianity, and more by C.S. Lewis Godric by Frederick Buechner David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson Moby Dick by Herman Melville Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs And selections from Andrew's own works: Adorning the Dark, The God of the Garden, and The Wingfeather Saga Whether you're deep in faith, on the brink of losing it, or just looking for something beautiful to read, this conversation will remind you why the right book at the right moment can do more than explain—it can point to new life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this sermon we continue our series looking at the seven things Jesus says from the cross before he dies. We consider a passage from Wendell Berry's book Jayber Crow, how people used to keep memory, what's been lost of memory in the modern world, how that affects us, a poem by Mary Oliver who gives us an image of God's lively memory, and what it means to be remembered by God.

Hello friends and happy new year! This is the first episode of 2025 and it is a wonderful one. Before we get to it though, I want to be sure to remind you to pre-order my upcoming book, It's Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn: A Parent's Guide to Helping Children and Teens Develop Sexual Integrity. You can place your pre-order here . When you pre-order, you won't pay until the book is sent to you,, you'll get the lowest price on the book, and best of all, you'll be helping get this book and it's vitally important message out into the world! Pre-orders really can do that. The book will release on March 4th, so please get those preorders in today!| Now about today's episode. I loved talking with my friend, Sue Lee, or Madame Lee, as her French students call her. Sue is a real life friend of mine, a home schooling mom to 3 and a home school French teacher to students all over the US. She is wise and funny, smart and cultured, motivational and kind. She's just great! Sue shares her story of learning 4 languages, and ultimately landing on French as her absolute favorite. She also shares why she believes it is so important for everyone to learn a new language and how doing so opens up worlds of culture, art, food and culture. You will come away from this episode inspired to learn French alongside your kids with Sue's new course, French Feast with Madame Lee. I know you'll love this episode! Find all the info about Sue and her courses below.  Where to find Madame Lee: On her website here On Instagram here  Resources mentioned in this episode: Find French Feast here Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry here The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

Discipleship is the process of restoring secure attachment to God. – Morgan and Cherie Snyder Friends, In his thoroughly beautiful novel Jayber Crow, Wendell Berry writes,  Now I have had most of the life I am going to have, and I can see what it has been. I can remember those early years when it seemed to me I was completely adrift, and times when…it seemed I had been wandering in the dark woods of error.  But now it looks to me as though I was following a path that was laid out for me, unbroken, and maybe even as straight as possible, from one end to the other, and I have this feeling, which never leaves me anymore, that I have been led. Friends, as Cherie and I seek to respond to the unbroken, God-breathed path laid out before us, we want to invite you into our emerging sense of what we are to steward in the season ahead.  It is likely the most unique BGS podcast we've offered in 14 years and 171 episodes. In partnership with John and Stasi Eldredge, we invite you to an intimate conversation with our team to hear firsthand about this new birth.  For the Kingdom, Morgan

When it comes to uncertainty in the classroom, it's rare to see a professor who doesn't double down and pontificate to his or her students. Robert E. Wright suggests trying humble, positive modeling instead. Are you really living your own life or are you simply acting as a placeholder in someone else's script? Paul Rosenberg explains the importance of dropping out of dreams and rediscovering ourselves. If you haven't subscribed to Barry Brownstein's substack, you are missing out on a treasure trove of wisdom. His latest essay explains how to remain free, we must make the ordinary meaningful. Article of the Day: What does America risk with the losing of small, rural communities? Walker Larson shares some powerful insights from Wendell Berry's novel Jayber Crow to help illustrate what's at stake. Sponsors: Life Saving Food  Fifty Two Seven Alliance Iron Sight Brewing Co. Quilt & Sew

Jayber Crow is a novel by Wendell Berry that I have been thinking about recently, as I ponder generosity and building a new addition which will include a playground, pavilion and kitchen at St. Patrick. It is a story of a boy orphaned at age 10. After his parents die, Jayber is sent to an orphanage. He grows up rootless and placeless. When he leaves to make his way in the world, he tries preaching but drops out of seminary because he doesn't really believe all the religious nonsense they are teaching him. Thirteen years later, he winds up back to his hometown which, though he was born there, holds no memory to him.  By default, Jayber Crow becomes the town barber and part-time grave-digger for the town. He comes as a stranger but winds up finding himself, as he is generously taken into the community of Port Williams, a small rural town in Kentucky. In later years, he speaks of what that felt like: “There are moments when the heart is generous, and then it knows that for better or worse our lives are woven together here, one with one another and with the place and all the living things.” (Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow)  That really is what generosity is all about—welcoming people into a space where we find belonging. As you will read in Strands tomorrow and in a brochure you'll receive on Sunday, our dream is to build that space at St. Patrick, with a large beautiful pavilion for feasting, a landscaped playground for our children, and a fully functioning kitchen. A place where strangers find welcome, the least of these have a place to play, and hungry bodies are fed.  That is why we are talking about generosity. It will take an investment from all of us, so this week we are talking about the widow's mite—it really is about the economics of generosity. I can't wait to explore it with you this Sunday.

Jayber Crow is a novel by Wendell Berry that I have been thinking about recently, as I ponder generosity and building a new addition which will include a playground, pavilion and kitchen at St. Patrick. It is a story of a boy orphaned at age 10. After his parents die, Jayber is sent to an orphanage. He grows up rootless and placeless. When he leaves to make his way in the world, he tries preaching but drops out of seminary because he doesn't really believe all the religious nonsense they are teaching him. Thirteen years later, he winds up back to his hometown which, though he was born there, holds no memory to him.  By default, Jayber Crow becomes the town barber and part-time grave-digger for the town. He comes as a stranger but winds up finding himself, as he is generously taken into the community of Port Williams, a small rural town in Kentucky. In later years, he speaks of what that felt like: “There are moments when the heart is generous, and then it knows that for better or worse our lives are woven together here, one with one another and with the place and all the living things.” (Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow)  That really is what generosity is all about—welcoming people into a space where we find belonging. As you will read in Strands tomorrow and in a brochure you'll receive on Sunday, our dream is to build that space at St. Patrick, with a large beautiful pavilion for feasting, a landscaped playground for our children, and a fully functioning kitchen. A place where strangers find welcome, the least of these have a place to play, and hungry bodies are fed.  That is why we are talking about generosity. It will take an investment from all of us, so this week we are talking about the widow's mite—it really is about the economics of generosity. I can't wait to explore it with you this Sunday.

Winn Collier joins Austin to discuss the work of American novelist and poet Wendell Berry. Within the fictional town of Port William, the pair discuss the power of incarnation and the sense of time and place. The idea of geographical theology is brought to life as the location of Port William is juxtaposed against the inherent danger of the fragmented and abstracted growing digital culture. Port William Series by William Berry Jayber Crow: The Life Story of Jayber Crow, Barber, of the Port William Membership, as Written by Himself by William Berry Information on the Host:  Austin Carty holds degrees in literature and divinity from High Point University (B.A.) and Wake Forest University (M.Div.), and a Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) from Emory University. He is the author of Christianity Today's Book Award of Merit for Church and Pastoral Leadership, The Pastor's Bookshelf Information on Winn Collier Winn has been a pastor for twenty-seven years and the founding pastor of All Souls Charlottesville. He is an Episcopal priest and serves at Western Theological Seminary as Director of The Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination & Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Christian Imagination. He is also the director of the Genesis Project. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia where his work centered on the intersection of literary fiction and religion, particularly the sacramental landscape of Wendell Berry's fictional town of Port William. Learn more about Winn Collier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many moons ago Matt's dad insisted with we read "Jayber Crow" by Wendell Berry, and this week we are ready to discuss this fantastic book and author. A great book to take your time reading, we unpack the life philosophies Berry seems to hold true as well as praise the beautiful prose and character development. A fantastic author that we hope to return too in the near future. And finally, we end the episode by coming up with prop bets for our newest thriller! Join us over on our Patreon for more content including our Thriller Book Club. Thanks for listening and enjoy this weeks episode. Contact Us: Instagram @therewillbbooks Twitter @therewillbbooks Email willbebooks@gmail.com Goodreads: Therewillbebooks ko-fi.com/therewillbbooks patreon.com/therewillbbooks

Today's poem is by Wendell Erdman Berry (born August 5, 1934), an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer.[1] Closely identified with rural Kentucky, Berry developed many of his agrarian themes in the early essays of The Gift of Good Land (1981) and The Unsettling of America (1977). His attention to the culture and economy of rural communities is also found in the novels and stories of Port William, such as A Place on Earth (1967), Jayber Crow (2000), and That Distant Land (2004).He is an elected member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, a recipient of The National Humanities Medal, and the Jefferson Lecturer for 2012. He is also a 2013 Fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences and, since 2014, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.[2] Berry was named the recipient of the 2013 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award.[3] On January 28, 2015, he became the first living writer to be inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame.[4]— Bio via Wikipedia Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

In fiction, we should have no agenda except to be truthful. – Winn Collier, Love Big, Be Well: Letters to a Small-Town Church Friends, it was Wendell Berry who, after seven decades of apprenticeship, penned these words: I can remember those early years when it seemed to me I was cut completely adrift, and times when, looking back at earlier times, it seemed I had been wandering in the dark woods of error. But now it looks to me as though I was following a path that was laid out for me, unbroken, and maybe even as straight as possible, from one end to the other, and I have this feeling, which never leaves me anymore, that I have been led. These words have both haunted and beckoned my masculine soul for years. They lead me to this question: How do I become the kind of man whose ever-increasing inner experience is that of being led? In Part 2 of this conversation, Winn Collier and I explore the beauty of surprise and the agony of mistakes that our Father affectionately uses in the unique mosaic of our masculine initiation.  Winn is honest.  He is passionate.  He has a huge heart.  And with his PhD in the life and context of Wendell Berry's central fictional character, Jayber Crow, he is indeed a kindred spirit. Not only is Winn a man through whom God is bringing the life and legacy of Eugene Peterson, he is a man with his own rich and deep Kingdom life and legacy to offer to many.  Come along for Part 2 of this conversation.  For the Kingdom, Morgan

How much does a barber in a small town really know? As it turns out, quite a bit.

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved in March. As always, we're offering a Reading Recap Bundle, which features Annie's three favorite books she read this past month. You can get the books mentioned in this episode on our website (type Episode 418 into the search bar to easily find the books mentioned in this episode). All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore All That Is Mine I Carry with Me by William Landay If We're Being Honest by Cat Shook (out 5/2) Love Buzz by Nelli Tubati Alexander (out 5/2) This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs (out 4/4) When in Rome by Liam Callanan Paper Names by Susie Luo (out 4/11) The Bodyguard by Katherine Center Pomegranate by Helen Elaine Lee (out 4/11) I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway by Elisabeth Passarella (out 5/2) The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue (out 6/27) March Reading Recap Bundle From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today's episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  Thank you to this week's sponsor, the 102nd Annual Rose Show and Festival in Thomasville, Georgia. Come visit us for the weekend of April 28th-29th and experience the flowers, fun, food, and shopping in Beautiful Thomasville. Plan your visit at ThomasvilleGa.com. This week, Annie is reading Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry. If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you're so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff's weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are...Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Donna Hetchler, Kate O'Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.  

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie is joined by Hunter McLendon (@shelfbyshelf) to chat about their 2023 reading resolutions! We're thrilled that you can now shop for the books mentioned in this episode on our brand-new website: Annie's reading resolutions last year: Recitatif by Toni Morrison Beloved by Toni Morrison Sula by Toni Morrison Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Annie's resolutions this year: Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry Standing by Words by Wendell Berry (unavailable to order) Bleak House by Charles Dickens From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today's episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  This week, Annie is reading Games and Rituals by Katherine Heiny. Hunter is reading The Farewell Tour by Stephanie Clifford. If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you're so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff's weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O'Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, and Laurie Johnson.

Jay is back this week to discuss his most recent sermon on serving and protecting the creation from Genesis 1-2. He and Matt talk everything from "Patagucci" to Jonathan Edwards to theological ethics. Conservative Christians generally don't give much attention to the stewardship of creation as a biblical theme. How should we think about stewardship? What forces in our modern world work against a proper use of creation? How do Sabbath and stewardship interrelate? Listen as Jay and Matt discuss and apply to CHBC.SHOW NOTES: - Jonathan Edward's "Personal Narrative" of his conversion: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/JonathanEdwardsPersonalNarrative.pdf- "Hearing God's Words: Exploring Biblical Spirituality" by Peter Adam: https://smile.amazon.com/Hearing-Gods-Words-Exploring-Spirituality/dp/0830826173Recommended Works by Wendell Berry:- "Jayber Crow" by Wendell Berry: https://smile.amazon.com/Jayber-Crow-Wendell-Berry/dp/1582431604- "Essays: Home Economics" by Wendell Berry: https://smile.amazon.com/Home-Economics-Fourteen-Wendell-Berry/dp/1582434859- "Poetry: This Day: Collected and New Sabbath Poems" by Wendell Berry: https://smile.amazon.com/This-Day-Collected-Sabbath-Poems/dp/1619024365

Jay is back this week to discuss his most recent sermon on serving and protecting the creation from Genesis 1-2. He and Matt talk everything from "Patagucci" to Jonathan Edwards to theological ethics. Conservative Christians generally don't give much attention to the stewardship of creation as a biblical theme. How should we think about stewardship? What forces in our modern world work against a proper use of creation? How do Sabbath and stewardship interrelate? Listen as Jay and Matt discuss and apply to CHBC. SHOW NOTES: - Jonathan Edward's "Personal Narrative" of his conversion: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/JonathanEdwardsPersonalNarrative.pdf - "Hearing God's Words: Exploring Biblical Spirituality" by Peter Adam: https://smile.amazon.com/Hearing-Gods-Words-Exploring-Spirituality/dp/0830826173 Recommended Works by Wendell Berry: - "Jayber Crow" by Wendell Berry: https://smile.amazon.com/Jayber-Crow-Wendell-Berry/dp/1582431604 - "Essays: Home Economics" by Wendell Berry: https://smile.amazon.com/Home-Economics-Fourteen-Wendell-Berry/dp/1582434859 - "Poetry: This Day: Collected and New Sabbath Poems" by Wendell Berry: https://smile.amazon.com/This-Day-Collected-Sabbath-Poems/dp/1619024365

In this episode, Erik Rostad discusses book 33 from his 2022 Reading List – Jayber Crow, a novel by Wendell Berry. Show Notes Author: Wendell Berry Reading Resources Books of Titans Website The post Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry appeared first on Books of Titans.

Now I have had most of the life I am going to have, and I can see what it has been. I can remember those early years when it seemed to me I was completely adrift, and time when, looking back, at earliest times, it seemed I had been wandering in the dark woods of error. But now it looks to me as though I was following a path that was laid out for me, unbroken, and maybe even as straight as possible, from one end to the other, and I have this feeling, which never leaves me anymore that I have been led. I will leave you to judge the truth of that for yourself… there is no proof. – Jayber Crow Reflecting on the whole of his story, Wendell Berry's unforgettable character Jayber Crow utters these words in the twilight of his life. A resident of a small Kentucky town on the banks of the Ohio River, an itinerant barber by trade, Jayber speaks of a feeling that never leaves him: the feeling of being led.  Over seven decades of curiosity, heartbreak, and loyal love for an increasingly marginalized community, Jayber became the kind of man who experiences even the bewildering turns in his story as an unbroken line of grace. Including painful setbacks and unforeseen bends in the road, it was, in fact, the “the straightest path possible.” Over time, Jayber became the kind of man who now experienced the feeling of being led every moment of his days. What if, even in the midst of bewildering pain and disappointment, we are actually being led, being led by a Father on the particular path and process of masculine initiation that he has uniquely set for each of us? What if there is an ancient path that leads to life?  What if you can discover who God meant when he meant you, and find yourself being led to become that man?  It's all available, dear brothers. And it might even prove to be the apex of our masculine becoming. Come along with me and a remarkable global fellowship of men as we dive into yet another foundational question of masculine initiation. For the Kingdom, Morgan Taking Action “I Am Being Led" – Download this PDF postcard and place it in a prominent, disruptive place. Say the words out loud every day through the end of the year. Linger. Look for God's leading.  Notice when you are most aware of it and when you are most clueless to it.  Notice what is primarily in the way.  Notice what part of your soul is mostly in the way of this right now. (Ex.: Does the “strategist” always have permission to drive the bus?) Notice the effect of practicing confidently resting and trusting in his leading. Meditate on Paul's Theology of Being Led. Dig into “The Worker” (unpacking 1 Corinthians 9:11-27, from Approved unto God by Oswald Chambers). Get the book Approved unto God. The Complete Works of Oswald Chambers is fabulous and also a great source of the teaching above, along with much more. Read Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry.

This episode features a conversation that took place on May 28, 2019 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. with New York Times columnist and author David Brooks on “The Second Mountain.” Brooks offers the fascinating argument that we are, paradoxically, most fulfilled, and even most ourselves, in the context of commitment to community, family, vocation, and faith. The Second Mountain is an examination of how putting commitment-making at the center of our lives can repair the social fabric of our communities and ourselves.Watch the full Evening Conversation from May 14, 2021.Authors and books mentioned in the conversation:Jayber Crow, by Wendell Berry Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis Alasdair MacIntyre Richard RohrDorothy DayJohn StottVaclav HavelRelated Trinity Forum Readings: Confessions, a Trinity Forum Reading by St. Augustine God's Grandeur , a Trinity Forum Reading by Gerard Manley Hopkins Pilgrim's Progress, a Trinity Forum Reading by John Bunyan David Brooks is an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times a commentator on “PBS NewsHour,” NPR's “All Things Considered” and NBC's “Meet the Press.” He is the author of numerous books including “The Road to Character,” and “The Second Mountain.” Mr. Brooks also teaches at Yale University, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Special thanks to Ned Bustard for the artwork and Andrew Peterson for the music.

In this first episode, we set the stage for our series about dialogue by exploring how to steward dialogue well in all spheres of communication. We begin by asking, "what's universal about communication?"This question leads us to a conversation about human connection, community building, and how we can approach the words we hear and say with a grace-filled perspective.Helpful Terms and LinksDialogue- Finding ___* through talking (*logic, meaning, ideas etc.)Conversation- The idea of turning something (logic, ideas) around to examine it with someone else.Discussion- To shake something apart.Maieutics- A word for the Socratic method of teaching by asking questions. Related to midwifery; the socratic process of helping someone birth an idea.Communication; The process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior.Books mentionedConversation is a communal act! Claire learned a lot about this from the book Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre.Jayber Crow, by Wendell Berry

Still Bleeding :by Wendell Berry An excerpt from Berry's novel, Jayber Crow.

Joe and Julie discuss Wendell Berry’s magnificent novel Jayber Crow.

What to Read Wednesdays comes at you every other Wednesday and is your one stop for reading, watching and listening recommendations from your favorite library staff members!  This week's episode features interviews with host Annie, CJ Arny from the main branch, Mark Stevens from the Powel branch, and Hillary also from the Powel branch.  Recommendations include Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout, Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry, Wolf Gone Wild by Juliett Cross, An Extraordinary Union by Alissa Cole, The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healey, Amazing Grace by Eric Metaxes, Tiananmen 1989 by Lou Zhang, Made in China by Amanda Pang, and the VO Boss Podcast with Anne Ganguzza. To request any of these titles, just click here. To check out a handy informational flyer on this week's episode just click here! Email us with book recommendations, suggestions, & feedback at whattoread@delawarelibrary.org 

with guest Mike Janz, Food for the Hungry Canada. While never having experienced material poverty himself, Mike's been running into the messiness of poverty his entire life. He's lived in urban centres across Canada, taken trips to Haiti, ran a coffee shop, pastored a church, fundraised for causes — and is constantly faced with knowing what the best response is to poverty. What do you do when what you tried fails? Recommended Resources: https://tinyurl.com/y5n2vrft (Jayber Crow) by Wendell Berry; https://www.amazon.ca/Everywhere-You-Look-Tim-Soerens/dp/0830841563 (Everywhere You Look) by Scott Soerens; https://tinyurl.com/y26qa53g (The New Parish) by Paul Sparks, Dwight Friesen, & Scott Soerens Episode hosted by Shelaine and Eric. Support this podcast

This week, Scott and Karl read Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry. The role of community in the shaping of character is a recurring theme for Berry, who is the author of more than forty books that largely serve as an extended conversation about the life he values. Berry is a writer, a novelist, an essayist, but also a poet, a farmer, and an environmental activist. He now lives and works on a 125-acre farm in the same community in Kentucky where he was born. According to Scott, “There’s a kind of conservationist that sees the human as the parasite of the earth and the source of the problems. Berry sees the human as the steward of the earth and the source of good, or who can be." The backdrop for many of Berry’s stories is a fictitious town located in Kentucky, Port William. Jayber Crow, this novel’s narrator, shares his life story— from a young man who abandons his plans to become a minister and becomes the town barber instead, eventually earning membership into the Port William community. Crow's life, which begins as WWI is about to erupt, is emblematic of a century of upheaval, and Jayber's episodic tales challenge contemporary notions of progress. According to Karl, "This is an anti-progress book. The difficulty with the concept of progress is that it’s undefined. It’s just continued movement, but movement to where?"  Tune in to hear more about Jayber's journey of homecoming and one community's resilience. 

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Join CC Alumni Daniel Shirley for a conversation about Jayber Crow, a novel by Wendell Berry, and the Divine Comedy. 

Kaytee is recording with a special guest co-host this week, Anna Hithersay of The Post Party podcast. Anna is a homeschool mom and was a librarian in a former life, so I think you’ll love our deep dive into choosing great books for your kids (and yourself) at the library. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of the us: a bookish tattoo and a raising readers moment. Next, we discuss our current reads. This week has some thriller, some fairy tale, some romance, some middle grade. Basically, we took quite a few left turns. Our deep dive this week is a conversation with Anna about choosing quality books from the library when the selection is so overwhelming. We also talk about “twaddle” and authors that are sure bets. As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we’d like to press into every reader’s hands. A sweeping story of the South and a tiny classic that’s sweet and lovely. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  .  .  .  .  .  2:03 - Harry Potter series by JK Rowling 3:25 - My new Bookish Tattoo! 4:43 - 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne 4:50 - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne 8:37 - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center 8:44 - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center 11:15 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed 12:10 - A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson 12:29 - When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead 15:31 - The Winter Sister by Megan Collins 15:38 - Book Of the Month 18:56 - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 20:55 - OnRamp Podcast 25:04 - Lost Boy by Christina Henry 25:12 - Morgan Tallman episode 22 28:26 - Alice by Christina Henry 28:29 - Red Queen by Christina Henry 28:56 - Peter Pan by JM Barrie 31:57 - Barbara Cooney books 35:38 - Magic Treehouse books by Mary Pope Osborne 37:30 - Eric Carle books 37:36 - Sandra Boynton books 38:22 - Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton 38:51 - Richard Scarry books 39:48 - First Thousand Words in English by Heather Amery 39:49 - First Thousand Words in Spanish by Heather Amery 40:08 - Magic Treehouse books by Mary Pope Osborne 40:28 - The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Hayes 41:48 - In The Town All Year ‘Round by Rotraut Susanne Berner 43:21 - The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton 43:24 - Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton 43:32 - Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey 43:34 - Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey 44:37 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 45:49 - Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry 47:01 - Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley 48:00 - Parnassus Books 48:31 - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Find Anna here: The Post Party podcast The Post Party on Instagram and Facebook *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

The otherWISE podcast is back!Our guest today is Ashley Hales, author of the new book Finding Holy in the Suburbs: Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much that releases on October 23rd.Ashley Hales holds a PhD in English from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. She's a writer, speaker, the wife to a church planter in the southern California suburbs and mother to 4. Her writing has been featured in such places as The Gospel Coalition,Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. Connect with Ashley at aahales.comor on social media at @aahales.She also hosts the newly launched Finding Holy podcast.Here are the books we mentioned on the podcast:Death By Suburb, Dave GoetzThe Weight of Glory, C.S. LewisWhat Are People For? or Jayber Crow, Wendell BerryMusic by Austin MartinCover Design by Eric Wright/Metamora Design

“Membership” with one another is the underlying thread in them both, and these novels have given that word much more depth and richness than I had ever seen in it.

Episode 22   Disaster Preparations for the Worried Environmentalist Please email feedback to ME!!! I’d love to hear from you! Communicate with the show via Twitter or Facebook!  What’s this one all about?      Worried about a flood, a fire, an earthquake, a tornado or any other climate crisis related disaster coming to a neighborhood near you? Join me as I make quick work of getting ready for come what may! (Ok, maybe not THAT quick when you actually have to spend an afternoon doing it...but come on, just taking one measely afternoon to prepare yourself so you don't have to panic in an emergency situation is pretty quick!) Here in one handy dandy place is everything you need to read, print out, and squirrel away to protect yourself and your family in case of disaster.      I have tried to be as comprehensive in my amassing of info as I can be. I have tried to make this as easy a process for you to do as possible. If you can, take a look at all these links..make a few decisions. Put together some kits on your own, and buy a few add-ons. Be prepared. Don't kid yourself, the way things are going, you will be glad you listened to my eternal nagging. SHOW TOPICS Fema must-have’s and suggested add-ons for your emergency go bag. My Personal add-ons—what I think I will need, and suggest you might consider including. And hey…what the hell will you do with all the poop your family will undoubtedly be generating during a crisis! The Red Cross, not just a place to give and get blood anymore! Solar ovens, Solar back-up generators Life Straws! What is non-perishable food and why do I want some? Book Report–A New Segment! This month its all about Jayber Crow and Wendell Berry New Product Report–“Who Gives A Crap” NO not about the new product..the new product IS Who Gives A Crap Bamboo Eco Toilet Paper!!! Hear all about it! Links mentioned on the show! Guys, please, please, please, click on some of these links! Info Sites for Emergency Prep: Fema’s Emergency Prep Must-have lists Federal Guidelines for Planning ahead for an emergency Fema sample print out of how to create a family emergency plan Red Cross—go check out their site. Its not just about donating blood. You can even become a volunteer in your area. And sorrowfully–What to do if there is a Nuclear Blast Poop Solutions–Read this and print out PDF even if you don’t plan on going any further The Twin Bucket Emergency Toilet Yes, there is an app for this! 10 Apps you can download that will keep you safe LINKS TO SUPPLIES YOU CAN/SHOULD BUY Red Cross 72 hour Emergency One Person Backpack      *  Emergency Bivvy Rechargable Hand Crank AM/FM/NOAA Weather Alert Radio–remember this also will recharge your cell phone and comes with a solar panel for charging as well Life Straw–get one for every member of your household Portable Solar Oven Another Portable Cooking option The KellyKettle–its a tiny stove that runs on whatever fuel you can scrounge up, pinecones, twigs, leaves, anything. and finally—in case you didn’t get a stove despite my nagging here is the guide to print out how to make one out of a tin can. How To Make A backpacking Stove Let there be light, PLEASE! I’d advise getting at least 3 of these. One for each go bag, and one for your at home nightmare scenario big duffel bag prep kit.LuciMpoweredSolarLanterns FOOD PREP Word to the wise. You can order all sorts of freeze dried food supplies from places as diverse as REI, COSTCO and/or Walmart. You can also download lists of what you need, and go to the supermarket. 72 hour Emergency DIY food kit VegetarianMenuPlan and list of supplies for 3 days or 1 week A Book to buy read and tuck into food storage box A GREAT WEBSITE, not just for Vegetarians (lets face it, who is going to be hauling around legs of lamb during an apocalypse?) SolarOvenRecipesPDF How to make your own Solar Oven at home if you didn’t follow my advice and buy one. Print out this pdf, and at least keep the supplies to make one of these in your duffel bag. SOLAR BACK UP POWER *The Tesla FABULOUS power wall. If you are really flush and/or really need to rely on back up power Portable Solar rechargable Power Packs GoalZero *READ UP BEFORE YOU COMMIT AND BUY! Off Grid Solar System in a Box HOME-WIDE portable solar power generator. $$$$ but you will have power. And that may make all the difference. You won’t run out of fuel either. Hello? Sunlight!!!! Be Prepared 2500 Watt 24V Solar Generator with Solar Array   BOOK REPORT “JayberCrow” by Wendell Berry New York Times Book Review in case you want to get more info then my teeny tiny book report link to purchase it via Indiebound   NEW PRODUCTS Who Gives A Crap Bamboo Eco Toilet Paper Beth Terry’s blog post all about this fabulous world saving toilet paper so you can get all excited before you order it! Help us all save the world! If you found this episode helpful kindly go over to iTunes and make sure that you are subscribed. If ratings are your thing, a rating would do wonders to help more people learn all about how to save the world! Connect with the show! Facebook Twitter Email: howyoucansavetheworld(at)gmail.com  

“We are moving forward by remembering the past.” This podcast episode brought to you by Kodak disposable cameras. Here is some stuff to check out: Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry I’m pretty under the weather, so that’s about all the description I can muster. Enjoy! And please review us on iTunes. Contact us at threedogsnorth@gmail.com. […]

If you haven't read any of Wendell Berry's novels, Jayber Crow is where you should begin. This episode of Book and Bourbon takes a look at the places we call home and where they fit into this oversized world. So, if the world has you in an emergency to relax, grab your favorite bourbon, kick back, and have a listen.

It's getting to be a hot topic these days, and after receiving a particularly thoughtful question from one of the students in our Online Academy, we decided to bring the issue to the BiblioFiles table. Are the classics the only books worthy of study? If so, what makes a classic? Is it age, quality, or content? And how can we tell which books written today will become classics? Or should we only stick to the old books? Such are the concerns of this episode, alternatively titled "In Which the CenterForLit Clan Has Strong Opinions." We hope you enjoy the conversation and that you'll join in on the discussion!Referenced Materials:–Teaching the Classics: Second Edition–2017 Launch Party: Free Webinar–The Great Books Set (Encyclopedia Britannica)–The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald–The Great Divorce and 'Til We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis–Home by Marilynne Robinson–The Memory of Old Jack and Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry–The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien–Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy"What makes them part of the great conversation is something so deep as to be elusive. It has to do with the impalpable medium of thought and sensibility in which our raw daily experience floats. The great conversationalists of the Western past are, as we have said, the architects of our mental habitat. That habitat is our real mother country and we are its citizens. As citizens we are all equal, but imaginative writers are more equal than the rest of us. They react to our common home in a special way, responding more intensely, interpreting it, extracting from it symbols, emblematic characters, images, webs of evocative language, epiphanies of human awareness. All these emerge from a view of life pervaded by the great ideas even though the dramatist, the novelist, the poet may never explicitly cite them. They form the bed on which these creators rest, dreaming the dream that will become Death in Venice or Waiting for Godot. This is the case even when a great idea is disowned or assailed. In A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway describes a mood in which "abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene." Here he may be addressing, however indirectly, the author of The Iliad..." -Clifton FadimanWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing adam@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.  

That Stack of Books, the Town Hall Summer Edition.Nancy Pearl, Katy Sewall and Steve Scher were at Town Hall July 23rd, helping celebrate 15 years of great programs at the young, robust and august cultural center.  We hope you like this show. If you do, please join us at Town Hall Sunday October 18th at 6:30- after the Seahawks game. Tickets are just $5.  Invite your friends. Win fabulous prizes.  We told a few book jokes to start the show. Nancy shared book suggestions with audience members.  We played a trivia game which was way too hard.Our guest was author Jason Schmidt whose memoir A List of Things That Didn’t Kill Me, chronicles growing up poor in Seattle in the 1980’s.  His mom had left; his single Dad was a gay petty thief, a drug dealer and an addict.  A List of Things That Didn’t Kill Me is tough and honest story that takes place in a town some of us may not recognize.  Here are a few of the books we talked about on this podcast. “Cold, Cold Ground,” Adrian McKinty“Hans Christian Andersen Complete Fairy Tales and Stories”, Hans Christian Andersen“Hold Still: A Memoir,” Sally Mann“Unbecoming: A Novel,” Rebecca Sherm“Angle of Repose,” Wallace Stegner“Jayber Crow,” Wendell Berry“The Passion.” by Jeannette Winterson“Why Be Happy When You Can be Normal,” Jeannette Winterson“Things Invisible to See,” Nancy Willard“Me Before You, “Jojo Moyes“Refuge”, Terry Tempest Williams“A List of Things That Didn’t Kill Me,” Jason Schmidt We will be back at Town Hall October 18th.  We would love to fill the seats with book lovers and language aficionados. Our guests will be of National Grammar Day founder Martha Brockenbrough, author of Things That Make Us [Sic] and graphic designer Frida Clements, , whose new book is Have a Little Pun: an Illustrated Play on Words. We will be back next week with another episode, taped at the Bryant Corner Café, 32nd and 65th in NE Seattle. Drop on by. We tape on Tuesdays about 3. Check our Facebook page for updates. Find the podcast on ITunes, Stitcher and at thatstackofbooks.com Follow us on Facebook  and on Twitter @thatstack.