C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the gift of meaning-making friendships.

Painting on leather, and other strategies for resisting dehumanization.

Detractors wanted more useful poems. Seamus Heaney knew better.

A poet on the mutually inciting forces of solidarity and joy.

A “conversation in poetry,” briefly noted.

Jimmy Carter took the long view. It cost him.

Reflections on Marilynne Robinson’s early essay collection.

A winsome, grounded collection of “good news” sermons.

Learning to notice when things look bleak.

Here they are, friends, my favorite books of the year.

A many-sided novel, briefly considered.

Subtle considerations of a polarizing saint.

Jemar Tisby on the faithful witness of the Black church.

Reflecting on Timothy Snyder’s warnings from the twentieth century.

Rowan Williams on Augustine's Confessions.

“You’re not blocked. You’re paying attention.”

The sobering story of a church grappling with cultural convulsions.

Some preliminary thoughts on a gentle, earthy book.

A visit from some old friends.

Jeffrey Munroe and others on the stewardship of pain.