Foolish Sage | March 7, 2010
An Unsettling God: The Heart of the Hebrew Bible by Walter Brueggemann
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Brueggemann forces us to unblinkingly confront the God actually presented in the Old Testament, not the God we wish was there via the colored glasses of our Western rationalistic theology. He shows us that the Israelite conception of [...]
Foolish Sage | January 31, 2010
A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Charming, funny, sad, witty, moving…all these describe this gorgeous first novel by Brigid Pasulka. Set in both World War II and present Poland (and the times in between), A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True is a ringing [...]
Foolish Sage | December 7, 2009
In no particular order, here is my list of the best books I read during this past year
The Sacredness of Questioning Everything – David Dark
Definitely the one book with the most profound effect on me this year. Dark says not only is it not damaging to a life of faith to question everything, it is [...]
Foolish Sage | December 3, 2009
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book just about took my breath away. Haunting, disturbing, unsettling…yet so beautifully written I often found myself stopping after a particular passage or even a sentence and marveling that such a thing had come from human pen. It’s a good thing the story [...]
Foolish Sage | November 4, 2009
The web has book review blogs by the score, but every so often one comes along that promises to be something special and different. Welcome The Discarded Image.
From the “About” page: “This blog is an exploration of my changing model and those images which I have discarded, for good or bad (that will be a [...]
Foolish Sage | October 4, 2009
This entry is part of a series, Manifold Witness by John Franke»
This is one of a series of posts that will interact with the new book by John Franke, Manifold Witness: The Plurality of Truth. John Franke is The Lester and Kay Clemens Professor of Missional Theology at Biblical Seminary in Hatfield, PA. [...]
Foolish Sage | October 3, 2009
This entry is part of a series, Manifold Witness by John Franke»
Hoping to put up another of my chapter-by-chapter interactions with Manifold Witness: The Plurality of Truth later today. In the meantime, I ran across a podcast interview with author John Franke about the book.
Entries in this series:John Franke’s Manifold Witness: Chapter 1Manifold [...]
Foolish Sage | September 26, 2009
This entry is part of a series, Manifold Witness by John Franke»
This is one of a series of posts that will interact with the new book by John Franke, Manifold Witness: The Plurality of Truth. John Franke is The Lester and Kay Clemens Professor of Missional Theology at Biblical Seminary in Hatfield, PA. [...]
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Mark Traphagen (aka Foolish Sage) is a lover of dark beers and darker music, of things that are but are not as they seem, of contexts taken out of context to become new contexts, of resurrections and that which is already (but not yet). Mark lives in Durham, NC, with his wife and pet Macbook Pro. He has two married daughters and six grandchildren, and currently freelances as an Internet marketer.
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