Imaginative Reading 5: A River Runs Through It
Report from Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching, a three-week seminar sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Preaching at Calvin Theological Seminary, hosted by Seminars in Christian Scholarship, and co-led by CTS president Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.:
The conversation in Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching today touched on a number of the themes in Norman MacLean’s A River Runs Through It. One idea that was developed by a number of the participants was the idea of being able to accept help.
The conversation focused especially on the narrator’s relationship to his brother Paul, who struggles with gambling and alcohol addictions. I noted a number of relevant points on this topic:
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