This is a book by a Smart Person (and he knows it).

In which I praise Frederick Buechner but not his publisher.

Wendell Berry on the power of imagination.

A few words on a book-length conversation between Bono and Michka Assayas.

It’s really good, you guys.

One big thing I learned from Richard Mouw’s book against Christian snobbery.

Thoughts prompted by an open Bible at a Norwegian church in San Francisco.

No two communities are alike, which is why some 1MISSION houses look different from others.

Gary Kamiya on what makes cities great.

My review of Seeking Refuge, co-authored by Stephan Bauman, Matthew Soerens, and Dr. Issam Smeir.

Inconceivable as it may be, I didn’t care for Wallace Shawn’s book.

A few words in praise of David James Duncan’s Great American Novel.

Christian Wiman on the power of story.

Life’s too short to read books that make you miserable.

My review of the autobiography of Bruce Springsteen.

Tomáš Halík on Christ’s command to love our enemies.

My review of Brendan I. Koerner’s The Skies Belong to Us.

Quite a way to start a 500-page autobiography, this.

“I will die with books unread on my shelf. So be it.”

RFK’s account of the Cuban Missile Crisis, briefly noted.