Acts of grace: faith, God's will, and time. An interview with Craig Wright.(Culture Watch)(Interview)

Sojourners Magazine | February 1, 2005| | Copyright

Religious themes are scattered throughout Craig Wright's work, but if you ask the award-winning dramatist and TV writer if that's intentional, the answer will be a resounding no. A graduate of United Theological Seminary in Minnesota and a former United Methodist pastoral intern, Wright primarily earns his living as a writer for the acclaimed HBO series Six Feet Under. While the label "Christian writer in Hollywood" doesn't comfortably fit Wright, you wouldn't dismiss him as non-Christian either. Like many writers in the secular domain, he is compelled to ask religious ...

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