Sanctuary
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
On Holy Enmity and the Life of Beauty
How an Old Language Haunts Us
Resurrection of a mother tongue
The Poetry of a Pastor
On Gerard Manley Hopkins & Gratitude for the Details
The Oldest Career in the World
We’re looking for storytellers. Maybe you’re one of them.
The Pedestrian Lore of City Life
The daily apocalypse of my London commute began to dazzle me with moments of deep humanity.
Make Christianity Beautiful Again?
Followers of Jesus must be people of good news rather than good taste.
The End of Personal Aesthetics
Fashion and clothes were my identity. Then Christ’s robe unraveled me.
The Intrigue of Human Error
Our very ability to choose—and be fallible—is what keeps grace in the equation.
A Theology of Your 20s
The chiasms used in Scripture helped me see the eternal significance of the in-between.
The Monastery of the Midwest
Creative lifeblood from the heartlands
The Days of Silence & Flame
Lent, longing, and a father’s fraying
The Startling Fit of Scripture
Power that meets us in the moment
The Ripening of Faith
A discomfort with deconstruction
An Igbo Joke Told in English
Conversations with the So-Called Secular
How an Old Language Haunts Us
Resurrection of a mother tongue