That’s probably one of the worst titles I’ve written, but regardless, Athol Dickson is blogging solo now, as Mark notes here. I’ll add it to our sidebar soon.

“The world needs story.” Click through to the Christianity Today article for the full interview.

Rev. Jerry Falwell has passed away. He wrote Building Dynamic Faith about 12 years ago. He was a critical influence in American religion and politics, though I doubt I am following his lead exactly.

Update: Larry Flint had kind words to say about Falwell yesterday. “My mother always told me that no matter how much you dislike a person, when you meet them face to face you will find characteristics about them that you like. Jerry Falwell was a perfect example of that. I hated everything he stood for, but after meeting him in person, years after the trial, Jerry Falwell and I became good friends. He would visit me in California and we would debate together on college campuses. I always appreciated his sincerity even though I knew what he was selling and he knew what I was selling.”

Publishers Weekly asks author Annie Dillard, “Isn’t it hard to kill off your own characters and writing?”

I’ve made the decision many times. Of course, I always save them in a file. And then I got to the part that was really interesting: shaving the book by the syllable. If there was a three-syllable word, I’d say, is there a two syllable word for this, etc. That was really fun.

Dillard has a new novel coming in June called, The Maytrees.

Author Salman Rushdie gets a few words on book reviewing in between jokes on The Colbert Report. I like Colbert’s solution to finding good books: if it’s good, he featured it on his show.

As you pray for peace and the advancement of the gospel of Christ around the world today, you may be interested in knowing about a TV show coming up.

The late journalist Steven Vincent, murdered in Iraq for being a light in the darkness, will be the subject of David Brancaccio’s NOW on PBS tomorrow night.

Dr. John Stott, 86, has announced he will retire from public ministry this summer.

John Stott Ministries

What luck! There’s a Charles Dickens theme park in Kent, England. “If it’s done right, it can exploit precisely the kind of thing that made Dickens popular in his own day,” one man says.

George Grant passes on an irony with some Chesterton fans.