Last week I spent 4 exciting days at the Festival of Faith & Writing. I didn’t go to a single conference session; I just sat the Century table and met our readers, writers, and future writers. Since I am not at all a celebrity, it was surreal when author Margaret Feinberg told me she reads this email every week and when philosopher James K. A. Smith recognized me from the Century YouTube channel.
As fun as it is to meet people who are somewhat famous, it was also delightful to chat with poets, pastors, novelists, and folks who just really like to read and write. And it got me thinking about an idea I’ve been sitting on for a long time: I’d love to meet you face to face! On Zoom, that is. I am going to open up my Friday lunches to readers of the Century. If you’re at all interested in learning more about CC or me, or you’d like to tell me a bit about yourself or your work, or maybe pitch an article idea, please schedule a 15-minute Zoom call with me. Slots are available every Friday, 12-1pm central.
“Even if this new published papyrus fragment is not a portion of the Gospel of Mary, it is significant: it shows that multiple ancient Christian groups identified someone named Mary as receiving special revelation from Jesus.”
“Holly Carey’s carefully researched and attractively written book is not just a collection of helpful information; it implicitly trains readers to see everything that is in scripture—and everyone.”
In the final episode of the In Search Of podcast, host Amy Frykholm explores the story of a saint who practiced hospitality in 1917 St. Petersburg, to Paris in the 1930s, until her death in a Nazi concentration camp in the 1940s.
