Volume 15, Issue 3
Easter II- Trinity Sunday
March 30- May 18, 2008

[previous issues]

I. BENCHMARKS

• A Letter from the Editor: Andrew Kille

II. AT THE WORKBENCH

Exploring the Pattern:
Themes and Motifs with Parallel Readings
and Critical Background

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Sundays of Easter

March 30, 2008  John 20:19-31  Easter 2

• Martha Beck, Leaving the Saints
• "A History of Doubt," Speaking of Faith
• Michael W. Newheart, Word and Soul: A Psychological, Literary, and Cultural Reading of the Fourth Gospel.

April 6, 2008  Luke 24:13-35  Easter 3

• Lee Woodruff and Bob Woodruff, In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing
• David Ray, "The Lindbergh Claimant"
• Florida Scott-Maxwell, The Measure of My Days 
• Jeredith Merrin, "Family Reunion"
• William R. Herzog, Jesus, Justice and the Reign of God

April 13, 2008  Acts 2:42-47  Easter 4

• Stephen Schwartz, "Day by Day"
• Hafiz, "Stop Being So Religious"
• H. Stephen Shoemaker, "Life is a Gift: A Found Poem"
• Robert Phillips, "The Changed Man"
• William Willimon, Acts (Interpretation)

April 20, 2008  1 Peter 2:2-10  Easter 5

• Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Cat's Cradle
• Alice Munro, Runaway: Stories
• John Banville, The Sea
• John Hall Elliott, A Home for the Homeless: A Social-Scientific Criticism of 1 Peter

April 27, 2008  Acts 17:22-31  Easter 6

• C. G. Jung, C.G. Jung Letters— 1951-1961 
• Lee Woodruff and Bob Woodruff, In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing
• Abigail Thomas, A Three-Dog Life
• William Willimon, Acts (Interpretation)

May 4, 2008  Luke 24:44-53  Ascension

• "John Edwards Opens Up About Son He Lost," Associated Press  
• "Songs from the Classroom to `Kid Pan Alley,'" Morning Edition  
• Gail Godwin, The Finishing School
• Hafiz, "Lousy at Math"
• Jack Gilbert, "Failing and Flying"
• Fred B. Craddock, Luke

May 11, 2008  Numbers 11:24-30  Pentecost

• Clare Morris, "New Lens"
• Stephen Bates, "The Real Mr. Big?" The Guardian
• Joyce Sutphen, "Secret Agent Man"
• Elaine Pagels and Karen L. King, Reading Judas 
• Harvey Cox, Fire From Heaven: The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and the Reshaping of Religion in the Twenty-First Century

May 18, 2008  Genesis 1:1-2:4a  Trinity Sunday

• Fred Gustafson, Dancing Between Two Worlds: Jung and the Native American Soul
• Cesar Vallejo,"And What If After So Many Words"
• Rick Fields, Peggy Taylor,Rex Weyler, and Rick Ingasci, Chop Wood, Carry Water: A Guide to Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in Everyday Life
• Claus Westerman, Creation

III. SERMON SAMPLER

• Glen Miles, "Dreaded Holiness"

IV. GLEANINGS

• Richard Louv, "Nature Deficit Disorder? Richard Louv Asks Whether We're Raising Our Children Under House Arrest"

V. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

VI. OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE
AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS