Amy Baik Lee has written that in every place her life has taken her, "there have been hints of beauty and great knocks of mercy that have called to me from beyond my surroundings, always speaking of a King and Friend and Father whose presence is truly Home.” That sense of longing, those clues that maybe we were made for a different world, make their way out in every thing Amy writes, and especially in her new book, This Homeward Ache: How Our Yearning for the Life to Come Spurs on Our Life Today. In this episode, Amy and Jonathan Rogers talk about homeward longing, the idea of Sehnsucht, and the importance of writing in community.

Amy Baik Lee has written that in every place her life has taken her, "there have been hints of beauty and great knocks of mercy that have called to me from beyond my surroundings, always speaking of a King and Friend and Father whose presence is truly Home.” That sense of longing, those clues that maybe we were made for a different world, make their way out in every thing Amy writes, and especially in her new book, T<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/this-homeward-ache-how-our-yearning-for-the-life-to-come-spurs-on-our-life-today-amy-baik-lee/19732766?ean=9781087776118">his Homeward Ache: How Our Yearning for the Life to Come Spurs on Our Life Today</a>. In this episode, Amy and Jonathan Rogers talk about homeward longing, the idea of Sehnsucht, and the importance of writing in community.

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Amy Baik Lee Has a Homeward Ache

Dr. Shirley Mullen is President Emerita of Houghton College in New York State and the author of Claiming the Courageous Middle: Daring to Live and Work Together for a More Hopeful Future. In this episode, Dr. Mullen and Jonathan Rogers discuss the idea that, in an era of such dangerous polarization, the “courageous middle” is not a place of bland averaging, moral cowardice, indecisiveness, or indifference, but a place where thoughtful people work with urgency to foster attentive listening–listening even to those with whom they disagree–in pursuit of what is true and good and beautiful.

Dr. Shirley Mullen is President Emerita of Houghton College in New York State and the author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/claiming-the-courageous-middle-daring-to-live-and-work-together-for-a-more-hopeful-future-shirley-a-mullen/20223369?ean=9781540967046">Claiming the Courageous Middle: Daring to Live and Work Together for a More Hopeful Future</a>. In this episode, Dr. Mullen and Jonathan Rogers discuss the idea that, in an era of such dangerous polarization, the “courageous middle” is not a place of bland averaging, moral cowardice, indecisiveness, or indifference, but a place where thoughtful people work with urgency to foster attentive listening–listening even to those with whom they disagree–in pursuit of what is true and good and beautiful.

Shirley Mullen Claims the Courageous Middle.

Dr. Junius Johnson is an independent scholar and teacher and a public intellectual who devotes his time to thinking and writing about whatever is noble and excellent, and how to bring those things to bear to nurture meaningful lives. You can find out more about his classes at JuniusJohnson.com. In this episode, Junius and Jonathan Rogers talk about receiving wonder and adding to the stock of the world’s wonders. And Junius asks, Who invented dragons?

Dr. Junius Johnson is an independent scholar and teacher and a public intellectual who devotes his time to thinking and writing about whatever is noble and excellent, and how to bring those things to bear to nurture meaningful lives. You can find out more about his classes at <a href="https://www.juniusjohnson.com/">JuniusJohnson.com</a>. In this episode, Junius and Jonathan Rogers talk about receiving wonder and adding to the stock of the world’s wonders. And Junius asks, Who invented dragons?

Junius Johnson asks who invented the dragon.

Karen Stiller writes about  the intersections between faith and the world, social issues, matters of justice and doing better. Her most recent book is Holiness Here: Searching for God in the Ordinary Events of Everyday Life. In this episode, Karen and Jonathan Rogers talk about holiness as a matter of loving people well as opposed to telling them how they have fallen short–and what that holiness has to do with the writing life. They also talk about writing in the midst of grief.

Read Karen's essay, "Why Keep Writing in the Midst of Grief?"

Karen Stiller writes about  the intersections between faith and the world, social issues, matters of justice and doing better. Her most recent book is <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/holiness-here-searching-for-god-in-the-ordinary-events-of-everyday-life-karen-stiller/20628234?ean=9781641587457">Holiness Here: Searching for God in the Ordinary Events of Everyday Life</a>. In this episode, Karen and Jonathan Rogers talk about holiness as a matter of loving people well as opposed to telling them how they have fallen short–and what that holiness has to do with the writing life. They also talk about writing in the midst of grief.
Read Karen's essay, <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/ekstasismagazine/p/why-keep-writing-in-the-midst-of?r=2mb5k&amp;utm_medium=ios">"Why Keep Writing in the Midst of Grief?"</a>

Amy Baik Lee Has a Homeward Ache

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