My review was first published on the Englewood Review of Books website. One of the tensions all readers face, whether we are writers or not, is how to have literary heroes and still cultivate our own perspective. We want to… Read More »Celebrating Mentors: A Review of Studying with Miss Bishop
Mark Bair March 2021 Note: This is a tribute on the occasion of my dear friend Tom’s retirement from his formal pastoral role. Most of us have probably had the experience of riding in a car with someone who does… Read More »Hands and Wheels: An Ode to Tom Hyland
In my previous post, I described modern psalmists as public servants (not necessarily professional) who embody a story with vivid imagery and whose body of work expresses the wide range of human experience. This writing reflects on our current efforts… Read More »We Need Psalmists (II)
Prayer in the Night:For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep Tish Harrison Warren Hardback: IVP Books, 2021 Reviewed by Mark Bair, first published in the Englewood Review of Books I first encountered Tish Harrison Warren’s work in her book Liturgy… Read More »Review of Prayer in the Night
In the first chapter of the book bearing his name, Jeremiah received his call to be a public servant specializing in words, a disruptor of false peace—a prophet of God. “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you,and… Read More »A Vision of Disruptive Beauty