Give And Take

My guest is Nicholas Wolterstorff. World-renowned Christian philosopher. Beloved professor. Author of the classic Lament for a Son (https://www.amazon.com/Professor-Emeritus-Philosophical-Theology-Wolterstorff/dp/080280294X/ref=pd_sim_14_1/147-1749716-5340640?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=080280294X&pd_rd_r=ff8d50ec-3f9c-11e9-870e-afb0e07225f8&pd_rd_w=vBmat&pd_rd_wg=Y10yc&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=HAW6HG118X3ZAJ4HWQV0&psc=1&refRID=HAW6HG118X3ZAJ4HWQV0). Nicholas Wolterstorff is all of these and more. His memoir, In This World of Wonders (https://www.amazon.com/This-World-Wonders-Memoir-Learning/dp/080287679X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=in+this+world+of+wonders&qid=1551827911&s=gateway&sr=8-1) opens a remarkable new window into the life and thought of this remarkable man. Written not as a complete life story but as a series of vignettes, Wolterstorff’s memoir moves from his humble beginnings in a tiny Minnesota village to his education at Calvin College and Harvard University, to his career of teac