Three of my books have summer birthdays. The first two were “born” the same summer, which is a story that I like to tell. In 2017, I came across a call for book proposals for a new series that would explore theological themes in the song catalogues of popular musicians. I decided to submit aContinue reading “My Books’ Summer Birthdays”
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A Prayer on the Riverbank
based on Genesis 32:22-31 Faithful God, it is dark and we are struggling. The causes of our anguish are numerous. They include concerns for our world and for ourselves. We’re also wrestling with you: your presence and place in all else that tosses us about all night without rest or respite. Yet we cling toContinue reading “A Prayer on the Riverbank”
God-Haunted
The band Over the Rhine uses a phrase in the liner notes for their album Ohio that has stuck with me for some time. Co-founder and husband of the spousal duo Linford Detweiler writes of being born in Hartville, Ohio, the small Mennonite town that neighbors my home, and meeting eventual wife and bandmate KarinContinue reading “God-Haunted”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 