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Sep 24, 2024 | 
plough.com | Joy Clarkson
Literary wisdom has it that comedies end in marriage, and tragedies in death. By this measure, the musical Fiddler on the Roof, which premiered on Broadway sixty years ago this past Sunday, on September 22, 1964, is a comedy. Based on the collection of Yiddish short stories Tevye and His Daughters (1905), the musical follows the life and troubles of the pious milkman Tevye, made iconic by Topol’s portrayal in the 1971 film version, in the fictional town of Anatevka.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
plough.com | Joy Clarkson
For an author who has lived in Minnesota his entire life, Leif Enger takes a keen interest in stories of exile. He made a splash with his debut novel, Peace Like a River (2001), which sold over one million copies. The story follows a miracle-working janitor and two of his young children (one beset with asthma) fleeing the law and pursuing his oldest son.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
plough.com | Joy Clarkson |Susannah Black Roberts
Joy Clarkson discusses her new book, and the importance of metaphor. Why are metaphors important? How can they help us live well – and how can they go wrong? Why should we not think of ourselves as computers? And what does all this mean for our language about God?
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
plough.com | Joy Clarkson
I had moved house at least once a year for seven years straight. It is simply the way of life during higher education, the path I chose in my early twenties. When the short years of an undergraduate degree expire, one is sent into a seemingly endless game of musical chairs; if you’re not moving for a new degree or a new short-term job, you’re moving to find a cheaper place to live or a better roommate, or simply bending yourself to the will of campus housing.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
bookshop.org | Joy Clarkson
In a world dominated by technology and efficiency, we speak of ourselves as computers: we process things, we recharge. But theologian and podcaster Joy Marie Clarkson suggests that people are more tree than computer. Pushing back against the impersonal way of viewing ourselves and the world, this book examines how metaphorical descriptions of our life and experiences shape the way we think, pray, and live.
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
outreachmagazine.com | Joy Clarkson
What does love look like to you? What does it feel like? To me, it looks like the soft, black lashes of the person I love, staring in concentration at a book. It smells like a meal prepared for me after a long-awaited homecoming, like pipe smoke, like laundry detergent, like a new baby’s peach-fuzz head. Love sounds like laughter, my own name called out to me with playful correction or the tenderness of deep knowledge. Love feels like warmth, comfort, ease, arms in which I can totally relax.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
plough.com | Joy Clarkson
The evening is cold and dark, a damp November wind whipping and slicing around the old stone walls of the church. The gratuitously long days of Scottish summer have made their exit, and though it is only early evening, the world has sunk into a deep azure blue like the ocean waves lapping against the castle at the end of the street. I burrow like a turtle into my fluffy scarf, and turn the iron handle on the door, which groans in indignation as it swings open to the chapel.
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Aug 31, 2023 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Joy Clarkson
31 August 2023, The TabletTaking a road trip makes you realise how much you depend on the goodwill of othersGet Instant AccessContinue ReadingRegister for free to read this article in fullSubscribe for unlimited accessFrom just £30 quarterly Complete access to all Tablet website content including all premium content. The full weekly edition in print and digital including our 179 years archive. PDF version to view on iPad, iPhone or computer. Already a subscriber? Login
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Apr 19, 2023 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Joy Clarkson
20 April 2023, The TabletManners communicate something about our view of the dignity of othersGet Instant Access Continue ReadingRegister for free to read this article in fullSubscribe for unlimited accessFrom just £30 quarterly Complete access to all Tablet website content including all premium content. The full weekly edition in print and digital including our 179 years archive. PDF version to view on iPad, iPhone or computer. Already a subscriber? Login
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Mar 15, 2023 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Joy Clarkson
One thing that has sustained my friendships is this: do life together – Joy Marie ClarksonGet Instant AccessRegister for free to read this article in fullFrom just £30 quarterly Complete access to all Tablet website content including all premium content. The full weekly edition in print and digital including our 179 years archive. PDF version to view on iPad, iPhone or computer. Already a subscriber? Login
