Hiking. Sauntering. Meandering. Strolling.
Yesterday I found out that my wife and I will be hiking Half Dome in Yosemite National Park later this summer. (Pray for us in the hour of our need.) […]
Hiking. Sauntering. Meandering. Strolling.
Yesterday I found out that my wife and I will be hiking Half Dome in Yosemite National Park later this summer. (Pray for us in the hour of our need.) […]
Season 3, Episode 15: Rachel Pieh Jones Bears Witness
Rachel Pieh Jones has been living and writing in the Horn of Africa for the last eighteen years. Her new memoir is Pillars: How Muslim Friends Led Me Closer to Jesus. In this […]
We’re All Unreliable Narrators
In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders discusses “a particular Russian form of unreliable narration called skaz.” He cites the critic Robert Maguire, who writes that […]
Season 3, Episode 14: Doug McKelvey on Death, Grief, and Hope
Every Moment Holy, Volume II is a book of liturgies and prayers for seasons of dying and grieving. Doug McKelvey spent two years in dialogue with bereaved and dying readers as […]
Season 3, Episode 13: Featuring Malcolm Guite
The poet Malcolm Guite wears waistcoats. He smokes a long-stemmed pipe and blows smoke rings. He often ambles about in the countryside. He’s not very tall. He loves breakfast. Draw your own […]
An April Fool’s Day Story About My Grandmother
Writing with Jane Austen starts in five days. According to my marketing plan, I’m supposed to remind you that time’s a-wasting and you only have a few days left to […]
A Fond Farewell to Beverly Cleary and Larry McMurtry
Last Thursday, March 25, was a sad day: both Beverly Cleary and Larry McMurtry died that day. Cleary was 104. McMurtry was 84. Beverly ClearyBeverly Cleary was a children’s librarian […]
Season 3, Episode 12: Andrew Peterson and Friends on the Wingfeather Saga
Wingfeather Tales started out as a Kickstarter stretch goal for The Warden and the Wolf King, Book 4 of Andrew Peterson’s Wingfeather Saga. Andrew recruited five of his friends to write stories […]
Jane Austen Breaks All My Writing Rules. I Love Her Anyway.
In Chapter 3 of Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bingley makes his first visit to Longbourn, the home of the Bennet family. He spends a few minutes in the library with […]
Season 3, Episode 11: Winn Collier Talks About Eugene Peterson
Winn Collier is the Director of the Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination at Western Seminary in Holland Michigan. He was friends with Eugene Peterson and was chosen by the Peterson […]