JourneyWithJesus.net Podcast
863 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -Weekly essays, book reviews, film reviews, and poetry reviews on Christ & culture by Daniel B. Clendenin. JourneyWithJesus.net serves the global church through scholarship, teaching in third-world seminaries, consulting, and the promotion of Christian philanthropy. This weekly webzine is published every week free of charge to all readers. Our mission vision is characterized by six values--biblical fidelity, cultural relevance, critical inquiry, pastoral sensitivity, global awareness, and ecumenical generosity. Pastors may find JourneyWithJesus.net helpful for sermon preparation. New episodes are posted every Monday.
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JwJ: Sunday August 3, 2014
July 27, 2014 19:30 - 17 minutes - 8.27 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Nation of Israel as the People of God* for Sunday, 3 August 2014; book review: *Compass of Affection; Poems New and Selected* by Scott Cairns (2006); film review: *Le Weekend* (2014); poem review: *The Place Where We Are Right* by Yehuda Amichai.
JwJ: Sunday July 27, 2014
July 20, 2014 19:30 - 15 minutes - 7.21 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *You Belong to God* for Sunday, 27 July 2014; book review: *Story of My People* by Edoardo Nesi (2012); film review: *Sound City* (2013); poem review: *Covenant Prayer* by John Wesley.
JwJ: Sunday July 20, 2014
July 13, 2014 19:30 - 17 minutes - 8.17 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Kwibuka" -- Remembering Rwanda* for Sunday, 20 July 2014; book review: *A Prayer Journal* by Flannery O'Connor (2013); film review: *Spirits of Mozart* (2006, Austria); poem review: *The Celestial Surgeon* by Robert Louis Stevenson.
JwJ: Sunday July 13, 2014
July 06, 2014 19:30 - 17 minutes - 8.17 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Staggering Between Despair and Presumption:" Flannery O'Connor's "Christian Realism"* for Sunday, 13 July 2014; book review: *Breach of Trust; How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country* by Andrew Bacevich (2013); film review: *Lars and the Real Girl* (2007); poem review: *My Heart Leaps Up* by William Wordsworth.
JwJ: Sunday July 6, 2014
June 29, 2014 19:30 - 19 minutes - 9.3 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Remembering Wars, Waging Peace* for Sunday, 6 July 2014; book review: *Mozart: A Life* by Paul Johnson (2013); film review: *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014); poem review: *I Have a Dream* by Martin Luther King.
JwJ: Sunday June 29, 2014
June 22, 2014 19:30 - 20 minutes - 9.74 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A Terrifying Text: Abraham and Isaac on Mt. Moriah* for Sunday, 29 June 2014; book review: *The Great War; A Photographic Narrative* by Mark Holborn and Hilary Roberts (2013); film review: *Tim's Vermeer* (2014); poem review: *Dulce et Decorum Est* by Wilfred Owen.
JwJ: Sunday June 22, 2014
June 15, 2014 19:30 - 15 minutes - 7.3 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"His Eye is on the Sparrow:" The God Who Sees and Hears* for Sunday, 22 June 2014; book review: *Things I've Learned From Dying; A Book About Life* by David R. Dow (2014); film review: *Vegucated* (2010); poem review: *On the Mystery of the Incarnation* by Denise Levertov.
JwJ: Sunday June 15, 2014
June 08, 2014 19:30 - 19 minutes - 8.96 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Best of All Beginnings* guest essay by Debie Thomas for Trinity Sunday, 15 June 2014; book review: *Brilliant Blunders; From Darwin to Einstein -- Colossal Mistakes By Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe* by Mario Livio (2013); film review: *Mitt* (2014); poem review: *God's Grandeur* by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
JwJ: Sunday June 8, 2014
June 01, 2014 19:30 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Pentecostal Praise: Pentecost Sunday, June 8, 2014* guest review by Richard Avila for Sunday, 8 June 2014; book review: *Darling; A Spiritual Autobiography* by Richard Rodriguez (2013); film review: *Brink: Masdar* (2013, United Arab Emirates); poem review: *The Avowal* by Denise Levertov.
JwJ: Sunday June 1, 2014
May 25, 2014 19:30 - 19 minutes - 9.09 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Exalted at the Right Hand of God: "He Ascended into Heaven"* for Sunday, 1 June 2014; book review: *The Reason I Jump; The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy With Autism* by Naoki Higashida (2013); film review: *Gloria* (2013, Chile); poem review: *The Beginning of Wisdom* by Denise Levertov.
JwJ: Sunday May 25, 2014
May 18, 2014 19:30 - 16 minutes - 7.88 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Under God's Rainbow: The Church as Noah's Ark* for Sunday, 25 May 2014; book review: *Good Prose: The Art of Non-Fiction* by Tracy Kidder and Richard Todd (2013); film review: *The Act of Killing* (2012); poem review: *Candlemas* by Denise Levertov.
JwJ: Sunday May 18, 2014
May 11, 2014 19:30 - 16 minutes - 7.91 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Stoning of Stephen: What's So Special About The First Christian Martyr?* for Sunday, 18 May 2014; book review: *Someone: A Novel* by Alice McDermott (2013); film review: *Dirty Wars* (2013); poem review: *Suspended* by Denise Levertov.
JwJ: Sunday May 11, 2014
May 04, 2014 19:30 - 19 minutes - 9.36 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *From the Daily Mass to the Domestic Mess* for Sunday, 11 May 2014; book review: *Where The Negroes Are Masters; An African Port in the Era of the Slave Trade* by Randy J. Sparks (2013); film review: *Cutie and the Boxer* (2013); poem review: *The Servant Girl at Emmaus (A Painting by Velazquez)* by Denise Levertov.
JwJ: Sunday May 4, 2014
April 27, 2014 19:30 - 16 minutes - 7.76 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Kitchen Maid of Emmaus: Three Paintings and a Poem* for Sunday, 4 May 2014; book review: *Band of Angels; The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women* by Kate Cooper (2013); film review: *Frances Ha* (2013); poem review: *Primary Wonder* by Denise Levertov.
JwJ: Sunday April 27, 2014
April 20, 2014 19:30 - 17 minutes - 9.24 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Some Were Doubtful:" Thomas and The Touch of Blood* for Sunday, 27 April 2014; book review: *Collected Poems* by Denise Levertov (2013); film review: *Philomena* (2013); poem review: *Flickering Mind* by Denise Levertov.
JwJ: Sunday April 20, 2014
April 13, 2014 19:30 - 21 minutes - 10.2 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Death, Thou Shalt Die* guest essay by Ron Hansen for Easter Sunday, 20 April 2014; book review: *My Promised Land; The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel* by Ari Shavit (2013); film review: *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013); poem review: *Easter Communion* by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
JwJ: Sunday April 13, 2014
April 06, 2014 19:30 - 16 minutes - 7.61 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Happy Holy Week: Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday* for Sunday, 13 April 2014; book review: *Johnny Cash: The Life* by Robert Hilburn (2013); film review: *The Past* (2013, Iran); poem review: *Crucifixion* by Anna Akhmatova.
JwJ: Sunday April 6, 2014
March 30, 2014 19:30 - 16 minutes - 7.77 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Remembering Death, Confessing Life: Jesus Raises Lazarus* for Sunday, 6 April 2014; book review: *The Stream and the Sapphire; Selected Poems on Religious Themes* by Denise Levertov (1997); film review: *Her* (2013); poem review: *Called to Become* by Edwina Gateley.
JwJ: Sunday March 30, 2014
March 23, 2014 19:30 - 17 minutes - 8.05 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Vision Correction: Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind* for Sunday, 30 March 2014; book review: *The World Will Follow Joy; Turning Madness Into Flowers* by Alice Walker (2013); film review: *Inside Llewyn Davis* (2013); poem review: *Called To Say Yes* by Edwina Gateley.
JwJ: Sunday March 23, 2014
March 16, 2014 19:30 - 17 minutes - 8.1 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *If You Hear His Voice* for Sunday, 23 March 2014; book review: *Idiot Psalms: New Poems* by Scott Cairns (2014); film review: *Nebraska* (2013); poem review: *Small Deeps* by Edwina Gateley.
JwJ: Sunday March 16, 2014
March 09, 2014 19:30 - 17 minutes - 8.33 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Repenting of My Righteousness: A Jewish Ritual for a Lenten Discipline* for Sunday, 16 March 2014; book review: *Thank You For Your Service* by David Finkel (2013); film review: *Catching Fire, The Hunger Games* (2013, review by Megan Clendenin); poem review: *Just a Little Difference* by Edina Gateley.
JwJ: Sunday March 9, 2014
March 02, 2014 19:30 - 17 minutes - 8.39 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *My Flannel Graph Jesus* a guest essay by Debie Thomas for Sunday, 9 March 2014; book review: *The Circle* by Dave Eggers (2013); film review: *Somm* (2012); poem review: *Beginnings* by Edina Gateley.
JwJ: Sunday March 2, 2014
February 23, 2014 19:30 - 17 minutes - 7.99 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *If Asked, Don't Tell: Secrecy and Jesus* for Sunday, 2 March 2014; book review: *Hanging Man; The Arrest of Ai Weiwei* by Barnaby Martin (2013); film review: *The Way, Way Back* (2013); poem review: *Letting Go* by Edwina Gateley.
JwJ: Sunday February 23, 2014
February 16, 2014 19:30 - 16 minutes - 7.9 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The People of God as a Positive Social Epidemic* for Sunday, 23 February 2014; book review: *Levels of Life* by Julian Barnes (2013); film review: *12 Years a Slave* (2013); poem review: *Silent God* by Edwina Gateley.
JwJ: Sunday February 16, 2014
February 09, 2014 19:30 - 15 minutes - 7.34 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Say Yes, Choose Life* for Sunday, 16 February 2014; book review: *William Stringfellow, Essential Writings* by Bill Wylie-Kellermann, ed. (2013); film review: *All Is Lost* (2013); poem review: *Idiot Psalm 12* by Scott Cairns.
JwJ: Sunday February 9, 2014
February 02, 2014 19:30 - 19 minutes - 8.95 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Isaiah and Jesus: Critical Dissent as a Form of Faith* for Sunday, 9 February 2014; book review: *There Was No Path, So I Trod One* by Edwina Gateley (2013); film review: *Muscle Shoals* (2013); poem review: *Idiot Psalm X* by Scott Cairns.
JwJ: Sunday February 2, 2014
January 26, 2014 19:30 - 16 minutes - 7.91 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Live Different: The Beatitudes of Jesus* for Sunday, 2 February 2014; book review: *Silence, A Christian History* by Diarmaid MacCulloch (2013); film review: *The Summit* (2013); poem review: *Further Possible Answers to Prayer* by Scott Cairns.
JwJ: Sunday January 26, 2014
January 19, 2014 19:30 - 20 minutes - 9.64 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *488 Years Later: Resources for Black History Month* for Sunday, 26 January 2014; book review: *Oil and Honey; The Education of an Unlikely Activist* by Bill McKibben (2013); film review: *5 Broken Cameras* (2012, Palestine); poem review: *Possible Answers To Prayer* by Scott Cairns.
JwJ: Sunday January 19, 2014
January 12, 2014 19:30 - 20 minutes - 9.67 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Coming Back for More: Why Go to Church?* for Sunday, 19 January 2014; book review: *Who Owns the Future?* by Jaron Lanier (2013); film review: *A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet* (2012); poem review: *Eremite* by Scott Cairns.
JwJ: Sunday January 12, 2014
January 05, 2014 19:30 - 20 minutes - 9.45 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A Shocking Request and a Stupendous Claim: The Baptism of Jesus* for Sunday, 12 January 2014; book review: *You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto* by Jaron Lanier (2010); film review: *Chico and Rita* (2010, Cuba); poem review: *A New Year's Poem* by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
JwJ: Sunday January 5, 2014
December 29, 2013 19:30 - 15 minutes - 7.36 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *An Urban Epiphany* for Sunday, 5 January 2014; book review: *Opportunity, Montana: Big Copper, Bad Water, and The Burial of an American Landscape* by Brad Tyer (2013); film review: *Inequality for All* (2013); poem review: *Epiphany* by Walter Brueggemann.
JwJ: Sunday December 29, 2013
December 22, 2013 19:30 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Best of the Rest, 2013: Books and Films* for Sunday, 29 December 2013; book review: *The Green Boat; Reviving Ourselves in Our Capsized Culture* by Mary Pipher (2013); film review: *Wadjda* (2013); poem review: *BC:AD* by U.A. Fanthorpe.
JwJ: Sunday December 22, 2013
December 15, 2013 19:30 - 16 minutes - 7.57 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Betting on Salvation* for Sunday, 22 December 2013; book review: *Beyond the Impossible* by Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani (2013); film review: *The Perks of Being a Wallflower* (2012); poem review: *Adult Advent Announcement* by David A. Redding.
JwJ: Sunday December 15, 2013
December 08, 2013 19:30 - 18 minutes - 8.78 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Lo, Faithful Virgin"* for Sunday, 15 December 2013; book review: *Eleven Rings; The Soul of Success* by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty (2013); film review: *The Intouchables* (2011); poem review: *Nativity* by John Donne.
JwJ: Sunday December 8, 2013
December 01, 2013 19:30 - 16 minutes - 7.72 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Peaceable Kingdom* for Sunday, 1 December 2013; book review: *Blasphemy: A Memoir. Sentenced to Death Over a Cup of Water* by Asia Bibi (2013); film review: *Salinger* (2013); poem review: *Christmas* by John Betjeman.
JwJ: World Aids Day, Sunday December 1, 2013
November 24, 2013 19:30 - 18 minutes - 8.85 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A Tale of Two Realities* guest essay by Art Ammann for World Aids Day, Sunday, 1 December 2013; book review: *Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking* by Susan Cain (2012); film review: *Spark: A Burning Man Story* (2013); poem review: *Advent Credo* by Daniel Berrigan.
JwJ: Sunday November 24, 2013
November 17, 2013 19:30 - 17 minutes - 8.31 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"They Say There's Another King, One Called Jesus"* for Sunday, 24 November 2013; book review: *Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here; Untold Stories From the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism* by Karima Bennoune (2013); film review: *The Great Gatsby* (2013); poem review: *Voices from Lemnos* by Seamus Heaney.
JwJ: Sunday November 17, 2013
November 10, 2013 19:30 - 18 minutes - 8.43 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Don't Grow Tired Of Doing Good* for Sunday, 17 November 2013; book review: *Foreign Policy Begins at Home; The Case for Putting America's House in Order* by Richard N. Haass (2013); film review: *Mud* (2012); poem review: From *The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions* by Arthur Bennett, ed.
JwJ: Sunday November 10, 2013
November 03, 2013 19:30 - 19 minutes - 9 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *This Age, That Age: Sex and the Sadducees* for Sunday, 10 November 2013; book review: *Beyond War; Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East* by David Rohde (2013); film review: *The Patience Stone* (2012); poem review: *A Prayer* by Ambrose of Milan.
JwJ: Sunday November 3, 2013
October 27, 2013 19:30 - 18 minutes - 8.78 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A Repentant Sinner or a Hidden Saint? The Story of Zacchaeus* for Sunday, 3 November 2013; book review: *The Bible and the Believer; How to Read the Bible Critically and Religiously* by Marc Zvi Brettler, Peter Enns, and Daniel J. Harrington (2012); film review: *Jobs* (2013); poem review: *Sleeping Prayer* (Celtic prayer).
JwJ: Sunday October 27, 2013
October 20, 2013 19:30 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Comfort and Critique: The Prophet Joel and a Plague of Locusts* for Sunday, 27 October 2013; book review: *To Save Everything, Click Here; The Folly of Technological Solutionism* by Evgeny Morozov (2013) - a guest review by John Mark Agosta; film review: *Lee Daniels' The Butler* (2013); poem review: *Prayer at Dressing* (Celtic prayer).
JwJ: Sunday October 20, 2013
October 13, 2013 19:30 - 17 minutes - 8.02 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Keep Praying, and Don't Give Up: The Parable of the Persistent Widow* for Sunday, 20 October 2013; book review: *Helga's Diary; A Young Girl's Account of Life in a Concentration Camp* by Helga Weiss (2013); film review: *Vanishing of the Bees* (2009); poem review: *The Pilgrims' Aiding* (Celtic prayer).
JwJ: Sunday October 13, 2013
October 06, 2013 19:30 - 18 minutes - 8.81 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste: Israel in Exile, Paul in Jail* for Sunday, 13 October 2013; book review: *The End of Sex: How Hookup Culture is Leaving a Generation Unhappy, Sexually Unfulfilled, and Confused About Intimacy* by Donna Freitas (2013); film review: *Blue Jasmine* (2013); poem review: *Peace* (Celtic prayer).
JwJ: World Communion Sunday October 6, 2013
September 29, 2013 19:30 - 16 minutes - 7.88 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Accept One Another* for World Communion Sunday, 6 October 2013; book review: *Unprotected Texts; The Bible's Surprising Contradictions About Sex and Desire* by Jennifer Wright Knust (2011); film review: *Blackfish* (2013); poem review: *Morning Prayer* (Celtic prayer).
JwJ: Sunday September 29, 2013
September 22, 2013 19:30 - 17 minutes - 8.27 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Poverty Reduction -- Of the Soul: the Parable of Dives and Lazarus* for Sunday, 22 September 2013; book review: *Faith, Doubt, and Other Lines I've Crossed Walking With the Unknown God* by Jay Bakker, with Andy Meisenheimer (2013); film review: *Mary and Martha* (2013); poem review: *The Love and Affection of the Angels* (Celtic prayer).
JwJ: Sunday September 22, 2013
September 15, 2013 19:30 - 18 minutes - 8.83 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Horror Grips Me:" Remembering Congo* for Sunday, 22 September 2013; book review: *How Will You Measure Your Life?* by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth and Karen Dillon (2012); film review: *Fruitvale Station* (2013); poem review: *The Journey Prayer* (Celtic prayer).
JwJ: Sunday September 15, 2013
September 08, 2013 19:30 - 15 minutes - 7.48 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Aelwyd a Gymhell:" What I Learned in Wales This Summer* for Sunday, 15 September 2013; book review: *Angles of Ascent; A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry* by Charles Henry Rowell, ed. (2013); film review: *The Mystery of Easter Island* (2012); poem review: *I Pray for Thee a Joyous Life* (Celtic prayer).
JwJ: Sunday September 8, 2013
September 01, 2013 19:30 - 16 minutes - 7.93 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: A Mother-Daughter Trip to Guatemala* a guest essay by Beth Kawasaki for Sunday, 8 September 2013; book review: *Walking Home; A Poet's Journey* by Simon Armitage (2012); film review: *Twenty Feet From Stardom* (2013); poem review: *I Lie Down This Night* (Celtic prayer)
JwJ: Sunday August 25, 2013
August 18, 2013 19:30 - 17 minutes - 8.15 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Jeremiah: Human Struggle with the Divine Call* for Sunday, 25 August 2013; book review: *Eating Animlas* by Jonathan Foer (2009); film review: *Behind the Candelabra* (2013); poem review: *I Am Bending My Knee* (Celtic prayer).
JwJ: Sunday August 18, 2013
August 11, 2013 19:30 - 20 minutes - 9.61 MBWeekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Not Peace But Division: The Embarrassing Words of Jesus* for Sunday, 18 August 2013; book review: *Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us* by Michael Moss (2013); film review: *The Stories We Tell* (2013); poem review: *House Protecting* (Celtic prayer).