{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Trinity Forum Conversations","title":"Reading as a Spiritual Practice Jessica Hooten Wilson","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/65fd35a4\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1737,"description":"What if we viewed reading as not just a personal hobby or a pleasurable indulgence but as a spiritual practice that deepens our faith?\n\nIn her book, Reading for the Love of God, award-winning author and Trinity Forum Senior Fellow Jessica Hooten Wilson explores how Christian thinkers—including Augustine, Julian of Norwich, Frederick Douglass, and Dorothy Sayers—approached the act of reading.\nShe argues that reading deeply and well can not only open a portal to a broader imagination, but is akin to acquiring travel supplies for the good life:\n“What I'm hoping to see more of is that the church becomes again those people of the book that really try to make others belong and strive for a deeper connection, versus the party atmosphere that our world always is tempting us to do.”\n\nWe hope you’re encouraged this Lenten season as you learn to read as a spiritual practice, finding grace and wisdom for living well along the way.\n\nThis podcast is an edited version of an online conversation recorded in 2023. Watch the full video of the conversation here, and learn more about Jessica Hooten Wilson.\n\nAuthors and books mentioned in the conversation:\nLearning the Good Life: Wisdom from the Great Hearts and Minds That Came Before, by Jessica Hooten Wilson\nGiving the Devil His Due, by Jessica Hooten Wilson\nThe Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints, by Jessica Hooten Wilson\nReading for the Love of God: How to Read as a Spiritual Practice,, by Jessica Hooten Wilson\nWalker Percy\nThe Life you Save May Be Your Own, by Flannery O'Connor\nFyodor Dostoevsky\nBoethius\nAugustine\nMystery and Manners, by Flannery O’Connor\nSt. Basil\nOrigen\nPeople of the Book, by David L. Jeffrey\nA History of Reading, by Alberto Manguel\nJerome\nAndy Crouch\nDana Gioia\nDorothy Sayers\nRoss Douthat\nLife Together, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer\nJulian of Norwich\nDante Alighieri\nEugene Peterson\n\nRelated Trinity Forum Readings:\nRevelation, Flannery O'Connor\nThe Narrative of the Life of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LC6b2lFM_r_3xEJCzvD8r7UblHhgtgss5nBJ4X1mqD4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE3OTk3LzE2MTM1/MzUwNjEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}