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December 2013

December 23, 2013

Christmas Past

I once watched a boy steal all my Christmas presents. I lay on my stomach...

December 20, 2013

Blue Christmas

A few years ago, I learned about a church—an Evangelical Free Church—that holds an annual...

December 19, 2013

Blow on the Coal of the Heart

I light the first candle of Advent. We have no wreath. This is our first...

December 18, 2013

Sleeping Beauty, Part 2

Today’s post, an excerpt from Pieces of Someday: One Woman’s Search for Meaning in Lawyering,...

December 17, 2013

Sleeping Beauty, Part 1

Today’s post is an excerpt from Pieces of Someday: One Woman’s Search for Meaning in...

December 16, 2013

God For Us: An Interview with Scott Cairns

We’re very proud to announce that Image, the sponsor of this blog, played a central...

December 13, 2013

An Almost Human Happiness

A typical plot complication on reality shows involves the unexpected twist, a challenge that the...

December 12, 2013

Writing My Mother’s Icon

Blessed Santa Barbara, / Your story is written in the sky, / With paper and...

December 11, 2013

The Sabbath and Liberal Arts Education, Part 3

Presence to others: The sense of our presence to each other increased on the day...

December 10, 2013

God For Us: An Interview with Luci Shaw

Guest Contributor We’re proud to announce that Image, the sponsor of this blog, played a...

December 09, 2013

Going Home by a Different Way: The Image Fall Appeal

Guest post by Stuart Scadron-Wattles Troubadour. The word conjures up for me an image of...

December 06, 2013

Rich in Rituals

I spent fifteen months in South Korea once on a military base we knew would...

December 05, 2013

This Great Hunger

“Right there is where it started,” he says, pointing out the window to emerald pastures...

December 04, 2013

The Afflicter of the Comfortable

Last December, a woman at church used Jedi mind tricks, or something very much like...

December 03, 2013

The World Is a Fine Place Worth Fighting For

A few leaves are still hanging on the trees, but my yard is so covered...

December 02, 2013

Living Advent

“What should I do for Advent this year, Bill?” The year was 1993. Bill had...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

He Loves Me Anyway: Black Nativity

Guest Post by Christine A. Scheller What good is a shepherd that goes to sleep?...

November 27, 2013

The Sabbath and Liberal Arts Education, Part 2

The Hebrew word for intention (also, direction) is kavanah. In The Sabbath World, Judith Shulevitz...

November 26, 2013

The Lost Girl Lets Go

There’s something about the midday nature of the appointment that gives it a furtive cast:...

November 25, 2013

My Soul Thirsts

My children’s Michigan fact book says you can’t go more than eight miles without hitting...

November 22, 2013

Opting for Paradox: 25 Years of Image

The poet Ezra Pound made the phrase “Make It New” the rallying cry of artistic...

November 21, 2013

The Way of Saint James

My Uncle Jimmy died this fall at the age of ninety. Born in Sicily, he...

November 20, 2013

Complaint to a Profligate God

I am sick of God’s injustice. Everywhere and at all times, the guilty walk free,...

November 19, 2013

Scientific Privilege

According to an enthusiastic radio report, children benefit from creative play. The reporter could say...

November 18, 2013

The Final Roll Call

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

November 15, 2013

Francis and the Via Negativa Part 2

Continued from yesterday. In retrospect, my reaction to Pope Francis’s election makes so much more...

November 14, 2013

Francis and the Via Negativa Part 1

As the smoke—black at first, but slowly giving way to white—escaped into the sky above...

November 13, 2013

I Don’t Have Time

In our current Western culture, we think we have control of time. With our watches...

November 12, 2013

In a Thin Place

“What is a thin place?” the friendly female voice asks in the YouTube video that...

November 08, 2013

I Am Not a Mother: I Am a Human Being

Guest Post by Tania Runyan “You’re not a good mom!” My ten-year-old daughter shouted as...