Literature Archives

Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Claude Atcho and Austin Carty to discuss reading and thinking about great fiction.

When we tried to force a change and remove the Amish romance novels, everyone lost.

True joy that brings contentment resides here with us, right now, in this very moment.

Though we just lost Frederick Buechner at the age of 96, I suspect that part of his legacy will consist in his bold reminder that preachers are poets.

This helpful collection of essays is a welcome guide to finding new books for young readers.

Hatchet shows the downside of extreme self-reliance, and teaches us to value the companionship and help of others.

There is indeed an affinity to the classical pagan tale in Hadestown, one that tells us much about our own day—especially when compared to the medieval poem Sir Orfeo.

Children should be free to be children; it’s the job of adults to protect and preserve innocent life.

Neutrality towards technology isn’t as good as enthusiasm, of course, but it’s much better than allowing the seeds of skepticism to grow.

There is no goal or achievement we can aspire to that is greater than loving God and loving our neighbors as Christ loves them.

Celibate monasticism was a symbol of the radical resurrection equality of men and women—of their symmetrical status as eternal brothers and sisters. 

When the highest feminine symbol within church history was rejected as an idol, a primary example of women’s indisputable dignity disappeared too.

It is a thousand and one stories woven together in a tapestry, a Persian rug, of beauty.

At the heart of Station Eleven is a conflict between affirmation of Life and negation of Life. Affirmation wins.

Cyrano reminds us that most of us could use a little panache.