We pray the anger melts
I’ve got all four boys to myself and I’m trying to plot a course halfway across America, a course that doesn’t entail careening off an
Are you resolved?
I’ve been thinking about what I can resolve to do differently. There’s plenty I could name, but it’s the resolve that gets you, isn’t it?
The SitG New Year’s Pop Culture Leave-it-Behind Countdown
This is the time when we resolve to do things differently. I’ve certainly resolved to do a number of things differently, but most of these
Careful what you pray for
“You that cry out so loud for right and justice, Do you mean justice? deed and word and thought Judges in yourselves by one eternal
Prodigal
Last night I had a drink with a friend, and he told me about his transformed life. He didn’t call it that, but there it
Laboring prayer
The angel Raphael, speaking of the architect William of Sens as he works on the Canterbury Cathedral, in Dorothy Sayers’ The Zeal of Thy House:
Understood
“Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood.” Lionel Trilling, “Art and Fortune,” in The Liberal Imagination I need
The written pages
I took some time off writing here because I didn’t have anything to say. The truth is I went through a spate of those long,
Cormac McCarthy
“He sat in the dappled light among the stones. A bird sang. Some leaves were falling. He sat with his hands palm up on the
On the giving of thanks, stomach viruses, and giant Christmas ornaments
Yesterday we cooked and cooked and cooked, and ate and ate and ate, and it was delightful, even the cheesy squash casserole that makes my
This is why old people are deaf
Me to Isaiah: “Go tell your brothers to put on their pajamas and come down for a story.” Isaiah, without taking a single step: “BRUDDERS!!!!
Without
Father Stephen Freeman, of Tennessee, writes about the importance of fasting as Orthodox Christians enter the Nativity Fast. His thoughts are useful for anyone, however,
