Christine Havens is a writer and a graduate of the Seminary of the Southwest. She is passionate about literature and theology. Her work has appeared on Mockingbird Ministries’ blog, Mbird, and in Soul by Southwest, the seminary’s literary journal.
Many clergy remain active within the church regardless of retirement. For them, there isn’t a distinction between before and after in their ministry or their vocation.
M.T. Anderson: “I wanted to write a historical novel with the love of a good story, incidental detail, and willful inaccuracy demanded by the European Middle Ages.”
Nicked
By M.T. Anderson
Pantheon, 240 pages, $28
Nicked is a great-hearted, mischievous novel. The story, the characters, the theological exploration nicked my heart straightaway.
M.T. Anderson deftly weaves...
The Diocese of Easton, which a decade ago was contemplating a merger with one of its neighboring dioceses, now understands itself as a resurrected small diocese.
Los Alamos is a company town — 70 to 80 percent of the population works for the lab, and rector Mary Ann Hill loves the nerdy aspect of her congregation (her license plate is Luke Skywalker’s call sign, Red 5).
Asteroid City crosses multiple boundaries, exploring the anxieties and the questions surrounding human existence, taking inspiration from a wide variety of sources.
