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February 2014

February 07, 2014

A Feast of Love

It’s nineteen degrees today, the lakes are frozen solid, and the snowdrifts are twice my...

February 06, 2014

Interior Music

Guest post by Ann Conway I dread my annual hearing tests, which involve sitting in...

February 05, 2014

Searching for a Rabbi

We’re searching for a rabbi. We’re looking at the red tag rack at SteinMart, we’re...

February 04, 2014

Fear Factor

For a young woman beset with all manner of insecurities, the early nineties in southern...

February 03, 2014

Asher Lev’s Gift to Me

My middle son’s name is Asher. He is named after the protagonist of Chaim Potok’s...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

The Casserole Dish Manifesto

I possessed a consummate ideology before I had children. It was a perfectly distilled comprehension...

January 30, 2014

The Second Coming of Flannery O’Connor

The ongoing conversation about contemporary literature and faith that I have been having with Dana...

January 28, 2014

Beyond Sight: The Imago Dei Project

Guest post by Stuart Scadron-Wattles “The problem is that people are no longer seeing,” said...

January 27, 2014

The Parent State

A few years back, I watched an interview with a middle-aged woman who was educated,...

January 24, 2014

Walking Toward Forgiveness

Outside our trailer park, a set of railroad tracks ran from east to west, dividing...

January 23, 2014

Media Matrimony for Better for Worse, Part 2

In yesterday’s post, I began to explore the questions posed to me by W. David...

January 22, 2014

Media Matrimony for Better for Worse, Part 1

Recently a friend put me in touch with Christian author, W. David O. Taylor (editor...

January 21, 2014

My Personal History of U.S. Race Relations

On Martin Luther King Day, I mused about how my relation to African-Americans has been...

January 17, 2014

Rose By Any Other Name

This is a story that is more about what I don’t know than what I...

January 16, 2014

Pleasure Milker

Guest post by Jen Hinst-White The mind is always elsewhere, won’t stay put. Whose merciful...

January 15, 2014

Waking My Mother: Lost and Found

When someone dies, we say to the surviving family members, “I’m sorry for your loss.”...

January 14, 2014

Zeal for Thy House

It’s January 1 and the first Mass of the year finds me slouched onto the...

January 13, 2014

Another Thing the Internet Can’t Do: On Curation and the Act of Discovery

Guest Post by Stuart Scadron-Wattles I did not expect to give my eight-year-old grandson a...

January 10, 2014

Each Woman Mary, Each Child Christ

I found respite recently in Jeanne Murray Walker’s essay on Alice Munro in Image, describing...

January 09, 2014

The Contemporary Novel of Belief, Part 2

In yesterday’s post I wrote about author and critic Paul Elie’s contention that few contemporary...

January 08, 2014

The Contemporary Novel of Belief, Part 1

Writing a response to a published essay can be seen as public service, a way...

January 07, 2014

The Problem With Waiting, Part 2

Continued from yesterday. Gioia seems to be suggesting two conditions necessary for a resurgence...

January 06, 2014

The Problem with Waiting, Part 1

I don’t have much time. I’m sitting in a coffee shop less than a mile...

January 03, 2014

A Baby and a Book Burning

I’ve always wanted to have class by the fireplace, she said. Great, let’s do that....

January 02, 2014

Look at the Light: Thirteen Songs for 2013

Guest Post by Joel Heng Hartse I’m writing my dissertation right now and for once...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

These Boots Are Made For…Beauty

Guest Post by Tania Runyan I’m washing dishes while my third-grade daughter and her friend...

December 30, 2013

Face to Face: The Imago Dei Project

Guest Post by Kathleen L. Housley In November, I attended a colloquy presented by Image...

December 27, 2013

Making It New: The Image Fall Appeal

Consider the coffee table. It’s a venerable and eminently practical piece of furniture. Most of...

December 26, 2013

God For Us: An Interview with James Calvin Schaap

Image, the sponsor of this blog, played a central role in the publication of God...

December 24, 2013

The Cave of the Heart

Not long ago a young man announced on a video chat site that he intended...