A Friendship to Give You Hope and Courage
I’m a huge fan of the Trinity Forum, a Washington DC-based organization that seeks to “connect thinking leaders with leading thinkers in engaging the big questions of life and coming […]
A Friendship to Give You Hope and Courage
I’m a huge fan of the Trinity Forum, a Washington DC-based organization that seeks to “connect thinking leaders with leading thinkers in engaging the big questions of life and coming […]
S2: Ep44: Dane Ortlund Cultivates Surprise
This summer I started hearing about a new book called Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers, by Dane Ortlund. Sam Allberry called it a book “that […]
A Note to Mothers
In my job as proprietor of The Habit Membership, I hear from a lot of mothers who find it exceedingly hard to get creative work done. This is a letter of […]
S2: Ep43: Andy Lepeau Wants You to Write Better
This week on The Habit Podcast, I speak with Andrew T. Le Peau, former Associate Publisher at InterVarsity Press, blogger, and author of Write Better: A Lifelong Editor on Craft, Art, and Spirituality. […]
The Get-Well Card
In elementary school I had a friend named Donny—a small, double-jointed fellow who smelled of peanut butter. I remember him as having a fuzz-stache for as long as I knew […]
S2: Ep42: Anne Snyder Loves Institutions
Anne Snyder is editor-in-chief of Comment Magazine. In this week’s episode of The Habit Podcast, Anne and I discuss our culture’s antipathy towards institutions, the role of theological reflection during […]
Cunning and Prudence: Some Thoughts on Persuasion
Through language we are able to create realities. We do it every day. Persuading, encouraging, fear-mongering, story-telling, teaching, selling, insulting, begging—these are just a small sampling of the ways we […]
S2: Ep41: Brown Bannister Says “There You Are!”
In this week’s episode of The Habit Podcast, I talk with music industry legend Brown Bannister about the difference between “Here I am” and “There you are” personalities, the similarities between producing a […]
Here Be Dragons
For lack of a better category, my Wilderking books get categorized as fantasy-adventure. In truth they’re more adventure-y than fantastical. I made a conscious choice to write “fantasy” stories without […]
S2: Ep40: Russell Moore Is Facing His Fears
In the latest episode of The Habit Podcast, I speak with Russell Moore, President of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and author of The Courage to Stand: Facing Your Fear […]