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    Water on the Flames: A Post-Faith Playlist

    “You don’t lose God all at once; He goes in pieces. It’s like your hearing being claimed by a disease, or your memory by age, or love… Read more “Water on the Flames: A Post-Faith Playlist”

    February 8, 2017March 29, 2018 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans

    This review was first published on Fourth & Sycamore.   You don’t lose your faith all at once. You lose it as a series of small concessions… Read more “A Review of Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans”

    April 28, 2015December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    Lost Faith and the Vocabulary of Belief: A Reflective Review of Marilynne Robinson’s Lila

      This essay first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore.   “I grew up the son of a preacher without a church, and my childhood was spent in… Read more “Lost Faith and the Vocabulary of Belief: A Reflective Review of Marilynne Robinson’s Lila”

    February 16, 2015December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    Jennifer Knapp Is Facing the Music

    This review was first published on Fourth & Sycamore. In 1998 I was sixteen years old, even scrawnier than I am now, and very Christian. The world… Read more “Jennifer Knapp Is Facing the Music”

    February 15, 2015December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

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