Another review of The Feast.
A seasoned pastor, friend and great customer told us this was one of his favorite books of the year, and as I’ve read through it, I keep thinking how it ought to be better known.  This is radical stuff, meeting us in our places of deep hunger, and yet calling us [...]

From chapter four in The Feast (The Greatest Risk).
Lunch is the most spiritual part of my day. How could I get more spiritual than chips, salsa, and a prophet? On day, I was having lunch with a group, listening to Jeff, who was bringing up everything from preaching to politics, immigration, and evangelism. I just [...]

Here’s a retelling of the Genesis account of Judah and Tamar (from The Feast).
Judah arranges a marriage between Er and Tamar. Er dies because he’s got moral issues. The writer of this story seems more comfortable than I am in ascribing death to God’s judgment. Regardless, Er is dead, and Tamar now needs a husband, [...]

Here’s another excerpt from The Feast.
“A writer, whose name I’ve since forgotten, once wrote that the two great religions in America are optimism and denial.”
—Kathleen Norris, The Cloister Walk
The soul of American Christianity is malnourished. We are in constant need of having our imaginations raised from slumber. Feasting together on the words and stories [...]

When an author writes, he/she often feels compelled to explain the “why” behind the substance. Here’s why I wrote The Feast. (NOTE: This was written before I changed jobs, moving from Rochester to Nashville).
For the last several years I’ve been teaching religion courses in Spirituality, New Testament, Gospel and Culture, and Christian Faith at Rochester [...]

I would like to briefly respond, in print, to a few of the points raised in The Christian Manifesto by the reviewer, C.E. Moore. I did a thorough phone interview with TCM which will air next week at some point. Overall, the review (see last post) was positive and helpful. I’m grateful that time was [...]

The Christian Manifesto recently reviewed my book, The Feast. Here’s the review. I will respond at another time.
By C.E. Moore
GENRE: CHRISTIAN LIVING PUBLISHER: LEAFWOOD PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
Debut author Joshua Graves’ The Feast is a book dedicated to taking a compartmentalized Christianity and introducing people to a faith that charges all of creation with the [...]