James K. A. Smith

A Farewell with Thanks

Over the years the churchandpomo blog has hosted some lively conversations in a space between the academy and the church, between theory and practice. While a couple of important books—by Christian Scharen and Norman Wirzba—will still appear in the series, time has come to wind down the blog. I am grateful for those who have […]

Tripp York

Mad-Farming with Fred Bahnson (and the ecological perks of public urination)

I met Fred Bahnson back in grad school. We’d spend our lunches sitting on the steps of Duke Chapel playing chess. We were fairly even-matched. That is, we were both pretty bad at it. Nevertheless, it got us out of the classroom long enough to talk about Duke basketball–which is a lovely thing when you’ve […]