Kristin Kobes Du Mez is a history professor at Calvin University and the author of Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. In this episode, Kristen Du Mez and Jonathan Rogers discuss stories as a means of reframing reality, the role of fear in political storytelling, and confirmation bias.

<a href="https://kristindumez.com/">Kristin Kobes Du Mez</a> is a history professor at Calvin University and the author of <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781631495731">Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation</a>. In this episode, Kristen Du Mez and Jonathan Rogers discuss stories as a means of reframing reality, the role of fear in political storytelling, and confirmation bias.

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Poet Rebecca Gomez is the author and also the illustrator of Mari in the Margins, a middle-grade novel in verse. Her editor, also a poet, is Rachel Donahue of Bandersnatch Books. For the first time on The Habit Podcast, in this episode Jonathan Rogers is in conversation with both the author and her editor. 

Poet Rebecca Gomez is the author and also the illustrator of <a href="https://www.bandersnatchbooks.com/books/mari-margins">Mari in the Margins,</a> a middle-grade novel in verse. Her editor, also a poet, is Rachel Donahue of Bandersnatch Books. For the first time on The Habit Podcast, in this episode Jonathan Rogers is in conversation with both the author and her editor.

Rebecca Gomez and Rachel Donahue Talk Novels in Verse

Lore Ferguson Wilbert writes about spiritual formation, faith, culture, and theology in life. She is the proprietor of an excellent Substack called Sayable.  She has also been known to teach writing and do editorial work. Her new book is The Understory: An Invitation to Rootedness and Resilience from the Forest Floor. In this episode, Lore and Jonathan Rogers talk about what it means to really believe that death can’t help but give rise to life. We also talk about mycorrhizal fungi.

Lore Ferguson Wilbert writes about spiritual formation, faith, culture, and theology in life. She is the proprietor of an excellent Substack called <a href="https://lorewilbert.com/">Sayable</a>.  She has also been known to teach writing and do editorial work. Her new book is <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-understory-an-invitation-to-rootedness-and-resilience-from-the-forest-floor-lore-ferguson-wilbert/20656719?ean=9781587435706">The Understory: An Invitation to Rootedness and Resilience from the Forest Floor</a>. In this episode, Lore and Jonathan Rogers talk about what it means to really believe that death can’t help but give rise to life. We also talk about mycorrhizal fungi.

Lore Wilbert on the Life that Grows Out of Death

As host of the Read-Aloud Revival Podcast and the Read-Aloud Revival Online Community, Sarah MacKenzie has brought untold joy to bookish families. Besides connecting families with other people’s books, Sarah has started writing and publishing her own picture books. Her latest is Because Barbara: Barbara Cooney Paints Her World. Illustrated by Eileen Ryan Ewen, this picture-book biography tells the story of one of America’s best-loved and most celebrated children’s book illustrators. Because Barbara is available for preorder. If you order by June 18, 2024, you can get free Bonuses, including a Family Book Club Guide, audiobook, videobook, and an invitation to a Zoom Book Party Picnic with the author & Illustrator!.

As host of the <a href="https://readaloudrevival.com/">Read-Aloud Revival</a> Podcast and the Read-Aloud Revival Online Community, Sarah MacKenzie has brought untold joy to bookish families. Besides connecting families with other people’s books, Sarah has started writing and publishing her own picture books. Her latest is <a href="https://waxwingbooks.com/because-barbara/">Because Barbara: Barbara Cooney Paints Her World</a>. Illustrated by Eileen Ryan Ewen, this picture-book biography tells the story of one of America’s best-loved and most celebrated children’s book illustrators. Because Barbara is available for preorder. If you order by June 18, 2024, you can get free Bonuses, including a Family Book Club Guide, audiobook, videobook, and an invitation to a Zoom Book Party Picnic with the author &amp; Illustrator!.

S3 E9: Kristin Kobes Du Mez

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