It’s been a busy month of content to process, so I figured I would post some updates on my recent writings, recordings, reads, and listens.

In the last month, written or recorded:

• The Right Kind of Atheist — A summary review of Larry Taunton’s excellent new book on Christopher Hitchens.
• Gospel Hope for Self-Haters — A phone interview with David Powlison on an often ignored topic (49m audio, transcript).
• Selfies and Polaroids of Intimacy: Andy Warhol and My Smartphone — A study of Warhol, predecessor of the digital age, and inventor of the modern day selfie.
• Discipleship in the Age of the Spectacle — An interview with theologian Kevin Vanhoozer on technology and living by faith in a visual world of CGI and gaming (written).
• Tony Reinke on Writing — An audio interview with Jeff Medders on writing and reading (38m audio).

As my smartphone book wraps up in the next month, my summer reading plan is coming together, a little more heady than normal (but not by much):

• Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time by Joseph Frank
• The House of the Dead/Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome (1 of 3 on Cicero) by Robert Harris
• The Verrine Orations, I: Against Verres, Parts 1-2; Books 1-2 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
• The Verrine Orations, II Against Verres, Part 2; Books 3–5 by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Current reading/writing tunes:

• I Forget Where We Were by Ben Howard (2014)
• Floodplain by Sara Groves (2015)

New Goodreads book reviews (here) for:

• Living in the Light: Money, Sex and Power by John Piper
• Crucifixion by Martin Hengel
• The Seven Sayings of Jesus on the Cross: Their Circumstances and Meaning by Harris, Murray J. Harris
• Good and Angry: Letting Go of Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness by David Powlison
• The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing
• Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey
• The Spirituality of Wine by Gisela Kreglinger