Episode 23: John Pattison and Christie Purifoy

John Pattison is co-author of Slow Church: Cultivating Community as well as Besides the Bible. He is also the content manager for Strong Towns and co-host for The Membership podcast, a podcast about the life and work of Wendell Berry. John writes and speaks frequently on topics related to the neighborhood, the church, and the creative life. He lives with his family in rural Oregon.Christie Purifoy is a writer, gardener, podcast host, and placemaker. She is the author of two memoirs: Roots and Sky and Placemaker, and she also has a book of garden essays and photographs forthcoming from Harvest House. Christie earned her PhD in English Literature from the University of Chicago but traded the classroom for an old Pennsylvania farmhouse, Maplehurt, where she lives with her family.Books Mentioned in this Episode:If you’d like to order any of the following books,we encourage you to do so from Hearts and Minds Books(An independent bookstore in Dallastown, PA, run by Byron and Beth Borger)Slow Church: Community in the Patient Way of Jesus by Chris Smith and John PattisonBesides the Bible: 100 Books that Have, Should or Will Create Christian Culture by Dan Gibson, Jordan Green and John PattisonRoots and Sky by Christie PurifoyPlacemaker: Cultivating Places of Comfort, Beauty and Peace by Christie PurifoyLibrary of America Wendell Berry SeriesMidnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam HigginbothamRound of a Country Year: A Farmer's Day Book by David Kline and Wendell BerryHogs are Up: Stories of the Land, with Digressions by Wes JacksonFarmer Boy (Little House #2) by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Crosswicks Journals by Madeleine L'EngleGardenmaker (forthcoming in 2022) by Christie PurifoyWintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine MaySkin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Isabel Dalhousie Series by Alexander McCall SmithIf you’d like to order any of the following books,we encourage you to do so from Hearts and Minds Books(An independent bookstore in Dallastown, PA, run by Byron and Beth Borger)SUBSCRIBE to the ERB podcast on iTunes, Google, Spotify or wherever you access your favorite podcasts.