"The Weekend Wanderer" is a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend. Wander through these links however you like and in any order you like. Disclaimer: I do not necessarily agree with all the views expressed within these articles …
Living with Christian Hope
What is hope? We all have hopes of different sorts. In the past we may have talked about the hope of a new job, a life partner, or an amazing gift for our birthday. In recent times, hope has become more focused, consider the basics of our health, our livelihood, and, in some cases, survival. …
A Brief Response to the Critique of Christian Hope
Some critics of Christianity say that Christian hope is just wishful thinking. Some say that Christianity is just a pipe dream - an unattainable hope. Frederick Buechner, an author of numerous books about the spiritual life, addresses this in his own comments about Christianity and hope. He writes this in his book, Wishful Thinking: Christianity is …
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Talking about Ourselves?
Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz and, more recently, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, has become a helpful voice to many within contemporary Christian writing. Miller is a writer of memoirs, "narratives composed of personal experience" according to Merriam-Webster. He works out what Frederick Buechner, one of my favorite authors, meant when …
Matthew Erickson 