In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the nature of dignity, the soul-crushing need to justify your existence, the cost of disordered loves, ambiguous epiphanies, the inherent value of humanity, the classist admiration for English lords, and whether or not they would have made good butlers.

What We’re Reading:

• The Cost of the Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

• The Chosen by Chaim Potok

• The Second Coming by Walker Percy

Other Mentions:

• Tom Waits - “Ruby’s Arms”
• Luke 11, Matthew 23
• Unreliable Narrators
• Foils

Next episode we will be discussing The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. We hope you join us!

Music by Brendan Michael and Will Berry

Podcast Graphic designed by Alex Morra

In this episode, Jordan and Brendan gush over the scarcity of admirable literary heroes, the value of patient writing, the struggle to understand the world, the tension between perishable beauty and the far side of eternity, the power of sacramental blessing, and the art of peeling onion layers.

What We’re Reading:

• A River Runs Through It by Norman McLean

• Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart by Russ Ramsey

• True Grit by Charles Portis

Other Mentions:

• John Calvin - Institutes of the Christian Religion
• Epistolary Novel Form
• Romans 7:18-20

Next episode we will be discussing The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. We hope you join us!

Music by Brendan Michael and Will Berry

Podcast Graphic designed by Alex Morra

In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the reintegrated life in a disintegrated world, the law of the jungle vs. the ministry of reconciliation, what’s caught instead of taught, seeking peace by loving people instead of ideas, the paradox of love & power, and the good earthiness of vegetables.

What We’re Reading:

• The Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula LeGuin
• Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
• The Book of Hours by Rainer Maria Rilke

Next episode we will be discussing Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. We hope you join us!

Music by Brendan Michael and Will Berry

Podcast Graphic designed by Alex Morra