Bearing Daily Witness to Quiet Glories
One of the most familiar complaints of the surly teenager also happens to be one of the most fundamental of theological truths: I didn’t ask to be born. None of […]
Bearing Daily Witness to Quiet Glories
One of the most familiar complaints of the surly teenager also happens to be one of the most fundamental of theological truths: I didn’t ask to be born. None of […]
S2: Ep47: Tsh Oxenreider Invites You Into a Quieter, Gentler Advent
In this week’s episode, I talk with Tsh Oxenreider, teacher, podcaster, literary tour guide, and author of Shadow and Light: A Journey into Advent. We discuss the challenging art of graceful endings, the perils of […]
Writing Like a Screenwriter
When I teach creative writing, I often challenge fiction writers to try writing as if they were screenwriters, using only the tools that screenwriters have at their disposal. To put […]
S2: Ep46: Crystal Downing Talks Dorothy Sayers
Crystal Downing is the co-director of Wheaton College’s Marion Wade Center and an expert on the Inklings and Inkling-adjacent authors. This week on The Habit podcast, I speak with Dr. Downing, about […]
Getting Published, Shipping Work
Seth Godin has a new book out, called The Practice: Shipping Creative Work. I have always found Godin’s work to be exceedingly helpful (though I haven’t read The Practice yet). […]
S2: Ep45: Charlotte Donlon Knows What Loneliness Is Good For
In this week’s episode of The Habit Podcast, I speak with Charlotte Donlon, author of The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other and host of the Hope for the Lonely podcast. We discuss the […]
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. […]