No. 23
CONTENTS
Editor's Note
On Community
Essays
The Surreal McCoys: A Search for Authenticity
Dale Keller
What does it mean to be authentic? In this essay, Dale Keller seeks to define
personal authenticity and finds himself confronted by "the severe mercy of Godıs
perfect mirror."
My Pentecostalism: Wrestling the Good out of Ghosts
Sonya Chung Miyamura
Like the African slaves of American history, Korea's first Christians, who
suffered greatly under repeated invasions and occupation, found the message of
the Gospel good news indeed. Here, the author reflects on her family's legacy of
faith and her experiences in the black pentecostal church.
Heaven and Harvard: Can Your Children's Education Prepare Them for Both?
Darla Romfo
"Reason is the path to faith. And the development of intelligence should lead to
curiosity, and hopefully, to the search for truth," says Darla Romfo. Here, she
warns parents of pitfalls to avoid as they seek to shape the hearts and minds of
their children.
Studies
Tearing Down the Wall: Reconnecting Artist and Community
Bruce Ellis Benson
We have arrived at "a curious situation in which artists are at once deified and
marginalized," states the author of this study. He suggests that we rethink our
conception of art and its purposes, as well as the role of artists in our
communities.
My Mentors the Monsters
Bodie Weiss
In the classic horror genre, as in real life, we find mystery, agony, and
beauty, states the author. This study examines why monsters both repel and
fascinate us, and the ways in which this misunderstood genre can reveal God's
grace and truth.
The Mars Hill Interview
Poetry of Witness and Faith
A Conversation with Carolyn Forché
Katherine Towler and Ilya Kaminsky
Poet and human rights activist Carolyn Forché talks about her travels to war
zones around the world, from El Salvador in the 1980s to Soweto in the final
days of apartheid. She describes finding her calling as a writer and a sense of
community in these places she describes as "full of horror, but also full of
light."
Reminders of God
The Writing Life
Fiction
Made out of Dust
Mary Chapman Webster
Nonfiction
Another Dimension
Kathryn Curio
Four Women Laughing
John H. Timmerman
The Reconstruction of a Prairie and a Faith
Cindy Crosby
Poetry
Dead of Winter
Jennifer Lisa Ashley
Reunion
Valerie Trueblood
Hannah and Elkanah
Carl Knickerbocker
Gardening This Eden
Mark Stevick
Your Grandfather's Grave
Amy McCann
After the Time Change
Brian G. Phipps
Views and Reviews
Music
Essays:
Pop-Punk Overexposed:
Searching for Meaning Behind the Veneer
Louis R. Carlozo
Be Thou My Vision:
Intersections of Christianity and Celtic Music
D. S. Martin
Garage Rock Revisited:
Raw(er) Power for a Torn and Frayed Generation
Dave Urbanski
Books
Essay:
Mudhouse Sabbath: A Personal Response
Michele A. Clark
Reviews:
American Jesus, Stephen Prothero
Bill McGarvey
The Progress Paradox, Gregg Easterbrook
Gordon Pennington III
Film
Essay:
Jack's Broken Heart in Repair:
Isolation and Connection in Three Films
Emily Gee
Reviews:
Lost (and Found) in Translation
Craig Detweiler
Risvolti
The Editors
Mars Hill Contributors
