JourneyWithJesus.net Podcast

Daniel B. Clendenin, Ph.D.

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Weekly essays, book reviews, film reviews, and poetry reviews on Christ & culture by Daniel B. Clendenin. JourneyWithJesus.net serves the global church through scholarship, teaching in third-world seminaries, consulting, and the promotion of Christian philanthropy. This weekly webzine is published every week free of charge to all readers. Our mission vision is characterized by six values--biblical fidelity, cultural relevance, critical inquiry, pastoral sensitivity, global awareness, and ecumenical generosity. Pastors may find JourneyWithJesus.net helpful for sermon preparation. New episodes are posted every Monday.

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864 episodes

JwJ: Sunday April 17, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Rising* for Sunday, 17 April 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Harlem Shuffle* by Colson Whitehead (2021); film review by Brad Keister: *Citizen Hearst* (2021); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Death Be Not Proud (Holy Sonnet X)* by John Donne.

16m
Apr 10, 2022
JwJ: Sunday April 10, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Cruciform* for Sunday, 10 April 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir* by Sherry Turkle (2021); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Mayor Pete* (2021); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Crucifixion* by Anna Akhmatova.

13m
Apr 03, 2022
JwJ: Sunday April 3, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Beauty and Breaking* for Sunday, 3 April 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Why I Would Have Killed Jesus and You Might Have Too* by David Nelson (2021); film review by Dan Clendenin: *The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous* (2021); poem selected by Debie Thomas: *Comfort Animal* by Joy Ladin.

15m
Mar 27, 2022
JwJ: Sunday March 20, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Love and Lostness* for Sunday, 27 March 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear* by Kate Bowler (2021); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Jimmy Carter* (2021); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *The Prodigal's Mother Talks to God* by Allison Funk.

18m
Mar 20, 2022
JwJ: Sunday March 20, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *What Are You Asking?* for Sunday, 20 March 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past* by David Reich (2018); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Walk Together Children: The 150th Anniversary of the Fisk Jubilee Singers* (2021); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *The Peace of Wild Things* by Wendell Berry.

13m
Mar 13, 2022
JwJ: Sunday March 13, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *I Have Longed* for Sunday, 13 March 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years In Eight Chapters* by Andrew H. Knoll (2021); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Fruits of Labor* (2021); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Prayer for Overcoming Indifference* by Chaim Stern, ed.

13m
Mar 06, 2022
JwJ: Sunday March 6, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *In the Barren Places* for Sunday, 6 March 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science is Rewriting Their Story* by Dimitra Papagianni and Michael Morse (2013); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute* (2021); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Temptations* by Brother Eckhart (Chip Camden).

15m
Feb 27, 2022
JwJ: Sunday February 20, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Down from the Mountain* for Sunday, 27 February 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age* by Annalee Newitz (2021); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Count Me In* (2021); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *The Valley of Vision* by Arthur Bennett, ed.

14m
Feb 20, 2022
JwJ: Sunday February 20, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *The Work of Forgiveness* for Sunday, 20 February 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art* by Rebecca Wragg Sykes (2020); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Hail! Hail! Rock-n-Roll* (1987); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *The Remnant of the Fury Will Not Go* by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.

15m
Feb 13, 2022
JwJ: Sunday February 13, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Leveled* for Sunday, 13 February 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and Hope* by Valerie Gilpeer and Emily Grodin (2021); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Chuck Berry* (2021); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *A Child's Thought of God* by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

15m
Feb 06, 2022
JwJ: Sunday February 6, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *I Saw the Lord* for Sunday, 6 February 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times* by Katherine May (2020); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Lives Well Lived* (2018); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Touched by an Angel* by Maya Angelou.

15m
Jan 30, 2022
JwJ: Sunday January 30, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *The Greatest of These* for Sunday,30 January 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story* by Julie Rodgers (2021); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Henry VIII's Reformation* (2021); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Love (III)* by George Herbert.

13m
Jan 23, 2022
JwJ: Sunday January 23, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Today* for Sunday, 23 January 2022; book review by Brad Keister: *Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages* by Dan Jones (2021); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Brave Blue World* (2019); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Epiphany* by Reginald Heber.

16m
Jan 16, 2022
JwJ: Sunday January 16, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Many Gifts, One Spirit* for Sunday, 16 January 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Wild Woman: A Footnote, The Desert, and My Quest for an Elusive Saint* by Amy Frykholm (2021); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Pope Francis* (2021); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Because We Hunkered Down* by Malcolm Guite.

14m
Jan 09, 2022
JwJ: Sunday January 9, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *One of Us* for Sunday, 9 January 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *The Undocumented Americans* by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (2020); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Curd Nerds* (2021); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Epiphany* by Walter Brueggemann.

14m
Jan 02, 2022
JwJ: Sunday January 2, 2022

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Michael Fitzpatrick: *With All Wisdom* for Sunday, 2 January 2022; book review by Dan Clendenin: *The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars* by Jo Marchant (2020); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Kiss the Ground* (2020); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *A New Year's Poem* by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

17m
Dec 26, 2021
JwJ: Sunday December 26, 2021

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Michael Fitzpatrick: *Treasures in her Heart* for Sunday, 26 December 2021; book review by Dan Clendenin: *The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir* by Sara Seager (2020); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Pray Away* (2021); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *The Truce of Christmas* by GK Chesterton.

15m
Dec 19, 2021
JwJ: Sunday December 26, 2021

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Treasures in her Heart* for Sunday, 26 December 2021; book review by Dan Clendenin: *The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir* by Sara Seager (2020); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Pray Away* (2021); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *The Truce of Christmas* by GK Chesterton.

15m
Dec 12, 2021
JwJ: Sunday December 19, 2021

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *At the Threshold* for Sunday, 19 December 2021; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Art and Faith: A Theology of Making* by Makoto Fujimura (2021); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art* (2021); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Gabriel's Annunciation* by Jan Richardson.

1s
Dec 12, 2021
JwJ: Sunday December 12, 2021

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Rejoice Always?* for Sunday, 12 December 2021; book review by Dan Clendenin: *whereabouts: A Novel* by Jhumpa Lahiri (2021); film review by Dan Clendenin: *MLK/FBI* (2020); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *On the Mystery of the Incarnation* by Denise Levertov.

14m
Dec 05, 2021
JwJ: Sunday December 5, 2021

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *A Voice Crying* for Sunday, 5 December 2021; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Notes on Grief* by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2021); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Hale County This Morning, This Evening* (2018); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Advent Credo* by Allan Boesak.

13m
Nov 28, 2021
JwJ: Sunday November 28, 2021

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Ron Hansen: *Preparing for the Son of Man* for Sunday, 28 November 2021; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Dorothy Day: Dissenting Voice of the American Century* by John Loughery and Blythe Randolph (2020); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Fantastic Fungi* (2019); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *ADVENT (On a Theme by Dietrich Bonhoeffer)* by Pamela Cranston.

9m
Nov 21, 2021
JwJ: Sunday November 21, 2021

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *What is Truth?* for Sunday, 21 November 2021; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World* by Vivek H. Murthy (2020); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Summer of Soul (... Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)* (2021); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *A Poem for the Feast of Christ the King* by Pamela Cranston.

12m
Nov 14, 2021
JwJ: Sunday November 14, 2021

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Pouring Out My Soul* for Sunday, 14 November 2021; book review by Dan Clendenin: *The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity* by Amy Webb (2019); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Zappa* (2020); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *The Habit of Perfection* by Gerard Manley Hopkins.

17m
Nov 07, 2021
JwJ: Sunday November 7, 2021

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *What Are We Building?* for Sunday, 7 November 2021; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir* by Natasha Trethewey (2020); film review by Dan Clendenin: *The Donut King* (2020); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Dreams and Nightmares* by Walter Brueggemann.

12m
Oct 31, 2021
JwJ: Sunday October 31, 2021

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Walk in Love* for Sunday, 31 October 2021; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy* by Cathy O'Neil (2016); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story* (2020); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Abide With Me* by Henry F. Lyte.

13m
Oct 24, 2021
JwJ: Sunday October 24, 2021

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Happily Ever After* for Sunday, 24 October 2021; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World* by David Epstein (2019); film review by Dan Clendenin: *What Really Matters at the End of Life* (2015); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *God's Grief* by Ellen Bass.

14m
Oct 17, 2021
JwJ: Sunday October 17, 2021

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *The Unknowable* for Sunday, 17 October 2021; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Celebrant's Flame: Daniel Berrigan in Memory and Reflection* by Bill Wylie-Kellermann (2021); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Seeking Shelter: A Story of Place, Faith, and Resistance* (2017); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Georgetown Poems (5)* by Daniel Berrigan.

11m
Oct 10, 2021
JwJ: Sunday October 10, 2021

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *What Must I Do?* for Sunday, 10 October 2021; book review by Dan Clendenin: *On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear* by Lynn Casteel Harper (2020); film review by Dan Clendenin: *What Makes a Good Life?* (2015); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *The Peace Prayer of Saint Francis* by Saint Francis of Assisi

15m
Oct 03, 2021
JwJ: Sunday October 3, 2021

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings. Essay by Debie Thomas: *What Are We?* for Sunday, 3 October 2021; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family* by Robert Kolker (2020); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Coded Bias* (2020); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *The Peace of Wild Things* by Wendell Berry.

14m
Sep 26, 2021