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#4 Heartlands Best Reads of 2018: He Held Radical Light

Christian Wiman’s He Held Radical Light: The Art of Faith, the Faith of Art might qualify as the most beautiful book I read all year. Wiman wrote a memoir that reminded me about the compelling nature of calling and vocation, not only for the poets he so clearly loves, but for every person of faith. There’s…

Christian Wiman’s He Held Radical Light: The Art of Faith, the Faith of Art might qualify as the most beautiful book I read all year. Wiman wrote a memoir that reminded me about the compelling nature of calling and vocation, not only for the poets he so clearly loves, but for every person of faith. There’s a whole lot more in this slim book, including meditations on love and mortality. So the best thing to do is probably to read it through…and just start over.

Read my full review here.

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    Joy Comes In the Morning: A Review of Christian Wiman’s Poetry Collection – Heartlands

    […] Held Radical Light: The Art of Faith, The Faith of Art, in a November post and it made it onto the Heartlands Top Ten list. To call it a memoir is to shortchange it. It was a celebration of poetry, art, faith, and hope in […]

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    […] at #3, Christian Wiman is a three-time visitor to the annual Best Reads list, having been here in 2018 for his exquisite memoir, He Held Radical Light: The Art of Faith, The Faith of Art, and in 2019 as […]

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Alex Joyner is a writer and pastor in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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