Learning to notice when things look bleak.

Here they are, friends, my favorite books of the year.

A many-sided novel, briefly considered.

Subtle considerations of a polarizing saint.

Jemar Tisby on the faithful witness of the Black church.

Reflecting on Timothy Snyder’s warnings from the twentieth century.

Rowan Williams on Augustine's Confessions.

“You’re not blocked. You’re paying attention.”

The sobering story of a church grappling with cultural convulsions.

Some preliminary thoughts on a gentle, earthy book.

A visit from some old friends.

Jeffrey Munroe and others on the stewardship of pain.

It all begins with one really good sentence.

Werner Herzog's (mostly) true story about a committed lieutenant.

Rowan Williams on how we learned to be the people we are.

Niall Williams on art and life.

Some preliminary thoughts on a “renewed vision” for Christian community.

Myles Werntz on the God we know and yet do not fully understand.

My review of Hannah Arendt’s slim volume on politics and truth-telling.

I’m going back to school!