The most basic hopefulness present in every autobiographical disaster tale is its very existence. The name of the author on the front cover, together with their picture on the back flap, proclaims to the reader, “I survived.”
Stories that pretend horrifying, disturbing, and immoral things simply don’t exist tend to ring hollow.
At its heart, Wynd is about our own search for renewal and who we become through the journey.
Whereas the world of addictive pleasure teaches us to feel, the world of beauty teaches us to sacrifice: to go beyond attention to the self and give attention toward another.
In both the Word and the world—in spirit and in body—trees sustain us with a grace we don’t deserve.
These contributions are birthed from joy and lament, celebration and sadness, commemoration of the past and considerations of what can be in the future.
Being the Bad Guys gives us the courage to admit our weaknesses so we can boast all the more of our Savior’s love.
When secular society framed sex as a need or right, purity culture said the same thing—at least to men—and taught a generation of women that they existed to fulfill this need.
By opening himself and giving to others, Ebenezer Scrooge is living a more robust life himself.
Our team highlights their favorite books and games from 2020 that managed to break through the dark days and deliver a bit of goodness.
To read Mixed Blessing is to explore the pains and triumphs of multiethnicity––to be seen, for readers who are multiethnic, and to understand, for those who are not.
Power is no thing to love, only to bear with, as Tolkien teaches us.
“Further up and further in” is an imaginary concept, informed by legend and myth, and also Scripture. These are invitations for all to partake in bigger experiences, conversations, joy, and peace.
Clinging to my perspective while reading endangers my practice of reading as a method of gaining insight.
Erin and Hannah invite Chris and Elizabeth McKinney for a conversation about loving your neighbors for their miniseries called Happy, Thankful, People.
Erin and Hannah invite Dustin Crowe for a conversation about thankfulness for their miniseries called Happy, Thankful, People.
