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December 2016

December 01, 2016

Good Letters Is My Devotional

By Cathy Warner I came to Christianity in my mid-twenties and joined a Protestant church...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

The Ghosts of Home

When I visit my family in northern Minnesota, I find myself on the same roads...

November 29, 2016

A Farmer’s Lament

Last weekend, I cooked lunch for three farmers. One of them was my husband. The...

November 28, 2016

Saying Yes to the Annunciation

Of all the Gospel episodes, the Annunciation has long been one of the favorites of...

November 23, 2016

The Gift of Interdependence

By Camellia Freeman This story has many beginnings. It begins with the great state of...

November 22, 2016

Lashing Out at Myself

I was born with a certain level of anxiety in my blood—an electric edge that...

November 21, 2016

Listening to Beautiful Darkness

Waking from the Nightmare A little girl awakens in an autumn wood. She stands, looks...

November 17, 2016

There is More to See: A Letter from Gregory Wolfe

Dear friends, We are entering a season of thanksgiving, and soon we’ll begin a season...

November 16, 2016

What We Talk About When We Talk About Beauty

I have beauty on the mind. No doubt a result of my ongoing debate with...

November 15, 2016

Stiff Necked Church Lady

Church Ladies. Most of them are pretty darn good souls. They’re at the church every...

November 14, 2016

How Do You Write?

Do you write with a pen? Do you write with the wind? Do you pray...

November 10, 2016

The Final Roll Call

As a little girl, I remember watching the grownups in my hometown Episcopal church cross...

November 09, 2016

An Interview with Newbery Medal-Winning Author Clare Vanderpool, Part 2

Clare Vanderpool, Newbery-Medal winning author of the novels Moon over Manifest (Delacorte, 2010) and Navigating...

November 08, 2016

An Interview with Newbery Medal-Winning Author Clare Vanderpool, Part 1

Clare Vanderpool, Newbery-Medal winning author of the novels Moon over Manifest (Delacorte, 2010) and Navigating...

November 07, 2016

Divine Infection

I once took modern dance technique classes with an instructor who asked the dancers to...

November 03, 2016

Twitter #Micropoetry

Tootling around on Twitter, I’ve come upon a delightful community of poets. Their hashtag is...

November 02, 2016

The Best Words: Selections from the Sex Tapes of Tremendous Male Poets

I knew a woman, lovely in her bones, When small birds sighed, she would sigh...

November 01, 2016

Poison Ivy and the Path of Grief

Though its fruit should’ve been in season, too many harsh Midwest winters left the leaves...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

The Resurrection Volvo

Just about nine months ago—the Tuesday after Valentine’s Day, to be exact—I hit a carload...

October 27, 2016

Interview with a Zombie

Halloween costumes and decorations. If I’m a vampire, Pinterest is my garlic. Not only do...

October 26, 2016

The Debate About Beauty

I’ve been engaged in an ongoing wrangle with Gregory Wolfe about the status of Christian...

October 25, 2016

A Conversation with Pinckney Benedict

This post originally appeared as a web-exclusive feature accompanying Image journal issue 57. Mary Kenagy Mitchell...

October 24, 2016

Glorying in Flawless Skin and God’s Love

Driving in the car recently, my daughter pulled down the visor in front of her...

October 21, 2016

Poetry Friday: “Hive Boxes” by Megan Snyder-Camp

The sounds in this poem! I love its compactness and humming—its slender shape on the...

October 20, 2016

A Conversation with John Terpstra

This interview originally appeared as a web-exclusive feature for Image issue 63. John Terpstra has...

October 19, 2016

Reading (in) Walden

What are the classics but the noblest recorded thoughts of man? They are the only...

October 18, 2016

Creative Tension in the White Imagination

Tension Isn’t Usually Pretty A Facebook video shows a deputy sheriff getting in the face...

October 17, 2016

Traveling Through These Days of Awe

I’m in a plane ascending to 37,000 feet. How restless have I been this year?...

October 14, 2016

Poetry Friday: “Nothing More” by Todd Davis

Whenever I first meet a long skinny poem, I ask myself: Why has the poet...

October 13, 2016

A Conversation with Scott Cairns

This post originally appeared as web-exclusive content in Image issue 68. Scott Cairns, the author...