Articles by Erin Wyble Newcomb

“Our names tell us how we know ourselves, how we want to be known, and how close we’re willing to let others get to us.”

“Our families define us, and we define them, mapping out a microcosm of our vision of the world, its paths, and its qualities.”

“All we can do each day is thank the Lord for new mercies, assess the trail, work through it, and take a deep breath together.”

“But that scene with Pam and Jim reminded me of something more, too, of something that holds my marriage together in spite of my shortcomings.”

“The problem with reading the book at age 15 was that I, a privileged idealist looking to books for heroes, could not possibly fathom the losses and regrets that permeated the lives of Daisy and Gatsby.”

Who cares for the Care Workers? Who looks after the ones who look after everyone else?

We need to walk in the woods with our children to share in the joy, the peace of gazing upon creation and witnessing the hand of God.

Teaching children about Noah’s Ark should neither gloss over the sin that caused the flood nor the rainbow of hope that appears at the end.

Intelligence in our children, whether normal or advanced, is in no way a virtue.

Rape culture isn’t just a problem in Steubenville; it’s endemic to American culture. We all live in Steubenville.

Sometimes the best way to view the man behind the curtain is through the lens of the Fall.

It’s that dismissal of children, that nostalgic lens for regarding childhood as a state free from the weight of real fears or anxieties, that bothers me.