A great, godly author died yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Walter Wangerin, Jr. dealt with lung cancer for the last several years and has finally succumbed to it. He wrote many award-winning books, including the popular The Book of the Dun Cow<\/a><\/em>. He was the speaker for the Lutheran Vespers radio program<\/a> for about ten years (1994-2005). More recently, he was Senior Research Professor at Valparaiso University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Image Journal shares Wangerin’s short story “Moravia”<\/a> from Issue 82.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pete Peterson says Wangerin cast a long shadow<\/a>. “The proof of that shadow\u2019s reach, perhaps, is that a few weeks ago when I sat down to write a short story for a forthcoming book called The Lost Tales of Sir Galahad<\/em>, the tale that came out was, unexpectedly, about Walt.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ve been referring to Wangerin in the past tense, but realistically, Christianly, he continues to live, even more full than he has on earth. We would say he was a good man because we approved of his life. He is a good man, even today, because of Christ. But today, I doubt he or anyone around him would refer to him or each other as good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Who is good but God, after all?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A great, godly author died yesterday. Walter Wangerin, Jr. dealt with lung cancer for the last several years and has finally succumbed to it. He wrote many award-winning books, including the popular The Book of the Dun Cow. He was the speaker for the Lutheran Vespers radio program for about ten years (1994-2005). More recently, … Continue reading Resting in Peace: Walter Wangerin, Jr.<\/span>