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The Glory of Their Times
Tim Hoiland 2/26/16 Tim Hoiland 2/26/16

The Glory of Their Times

A short review of Lawrence Ritter’s book on baseball greats from the early days.

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Our Pockmarked History
Tim Hoiland 2/14/16 Tim Hoiland 2/14/16

Our Pockmarked History

Calvin Seerveld on what church history should prompt.

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The Best of The Reformed Journal
Tim Hoiland 2/6/16 Tim Hoiland 2/6/16

The Best of The Reformed Journal

A few words in praise of a collection edited by James Bratt and Ronald Wells.

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How to Read the American West
Tim Hoiland 2/2/16 Tim Hoiland 2/2/16

How to Read the American West

A book that is helping me understand where I live.

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We Should All Be Feminists
Tim Hoiland 1/30/16 Tim Hoiland 1/30/16

We Should All Be Feminists

25 words on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s book on feminism.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx is Burning
Tim Hoiland 12/19/15 Tim Hoiland 12/19/15

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx is Burning

A few words on Jonathan Mahler’s book about a tumultuous year in New York.

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Substance and Integrity
Tim Hoiland 11/27/15 Tim Hoiland 11/27/15

Substance and Integrity

Wendell Berry on the task of making things right.

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The Game We Love
Tim Hoiland 10/20/15 Tim Hoiland 10/20/15

The Game We Love

The poet Donald Hall on our national pastime.

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Between the World and Me
Tim Hoiland 8/22/15 Tim Hoiland 8/22/15

Between the World and Me

My review of Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

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The Atonement of all Crimes
Tim Hoiland 8/1/15 Tim Hoiland 8/1/15

The Atonement of all Crimes

The eschatology of Fyodor Dostoevsky.

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Beauty is Never Necessary
Tim Hoiland 7/25/15 Tim Hoiland 7/25/15

Beauty is Never Necessary

Alexander Schmemann on beauty as an expression of love.

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The Greatest Game Ever Played
Tim Hoiland 7/13/15 Tim Hoiland 7/13/15

The Greatest Game Ever Played

A fan's recollection of his first big league game, twenty years ago today.

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Right Place, Right Time
Tim Hoiland 6/20/15 Tim Hoiland 6/20/15

Right Place, Right Time

Nan Ellin on living in Phoenix in the early 21st century.

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I Too Believe
Tim Hoiland 6/6/15 Tim Hoiland 6/6/15

I Too Believe

They believed. I believe too.

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Divine Love Made Food
Tim Hoiland 5/30/15 Tim Hoiland 5/30/15

Divine Love Made Food

Everybody’s got a hungry heart.

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Latin American Evangelicalism
Tim Hoiland 5/23/15 Tim Hoiland 5/23/15

Latin American Evangelicalism

Learning from René Padilla and the Latin American church.

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In Defense of Books
Tim Hoiland 5/16/15 Tim Hoiland 5/16/15

In Defense of Books

Books are dead. Long live books.

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Under the Sour Sun
Tim Hoiland 5/15/15 Tim Hoiland 5/15/15

Under the Sour Sun

My review of Under the Sour Sun by Elmer Hernán Rodríguez Campos.

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Life Together in Christ
Tim Hoiland 5/9/15 Tim Hoiland 5/9/15

Life Together in Christ

Ruth Haley Barton on community and transformation as two sides of the same coin.

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Responsibility and Reform
Tim Hoiland 5/2/15 Tim Hoiland 5/2/15

Responsibility and Reform

The saints are responsible for the structure of the social world in which they find themselves.

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