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October 2017

October 26, 2017

The Erasmus Option, Part 2

For Erasmus, Thomas More, and the other humanists of that era, literature and figurative language...

October 25, 2017

The Erasmus Option, Part 1

Picture The Old Humanist standing at his desk. The year is 1533. Desiderius Erasmus is...

July 2017

July 12, 2017

Your Attention, Please

Dear Friends: I received two emails recently from writers you likely know and admire. Like...

June 2017

June 27, 2017

Practicing Presence, Part 2

The following two-part post was originally delivered as the 2017 commencement address for Trinity Academy...

June 26, 2017

Practicing Presence, Part 1

The following two-part post was originally delivered as the 2017 commencement address for Trinity Academy...

June 01, 2017

The Beauty Dialogues, Part 6

Today Gregory Wolfe continues his periodic exchanges on the nature of beauty with Image contributor...

May 2017

May 23, 2017

Inventing the Kingdom, Part 2

This post, which appears as the Editorial Statement in Image issue 92, is continued from yesterday....

May 22, 2017

Inventing the Kingdom, Part 1

This post appears as the Editorial Statement in Image issue 92. When The Kingdom landed on...

April 2017

April 25, 2017

When Art Disrupts Religion: An Interview with Philip Salim Francis

Just released by Oxford University Press, When Art Disrupts Religion: Aesthetic Experience and the Evangelical...

April 05, 2017

The Beauty Dialogues, Part 4

The following is a response to Morgan Meis’s letter posted yesterday. Dear Morgan: I’m enjoying...

March 2017

March 16, 2017

The Beauty Dialogues, Part 2

The following is a response to Morgan Meis’s letter posted yesterday. Dear Morgan: Thanks for...

January 2017

January 06, 2017

Listening to Silence

I arrived at the advanced screening for Martin Scorsese’s new film, Silence, in the worst...

December 2016

December 07, 2016

The Patron Saint of Losers, Part 2

This post, which appears as the Editorial Statement in Image issue 90, is continued from...

December 06, 2016

The Patron Saint of Losers, Part 1

This post appears as the Editorial Statement in Image issue 90. One of the stranger conversations...

November 2016

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...

September 2016

September 02, 2016

My Own Commencement, Part 2: The Uses of Confusion

This post is excerpted from Gregory Wolfe’s final commencement address as director of the Seattle...

September 01, 2016

My Own Commencement, Part 1: The Birth of an MFA

This post is excerpted from Gregory Wolfe’s final commencement address as director of the Seattle...

July 2016

July 18, 2016

Some Questions about Politics and the Imagination

The following appears as the editorial statement in Image issue 89. Q. Would you mind...

June 2016

June 15, 2016

More Incisive, More Powerful, More Permanent: Cast Your Vote for Image!

A political season is upon us. I’m guessing that whatever your party affiliation or philosophical...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

Annie Spans the Gap, Part 2

This editorial statement from issue 88 is continued from yesterday. Read Part 1 here. In...

April 26, 2016

Annie Spans the Gap, Part 1

The following appears as the editorial statement in Image issue 88. There is no such...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

The Confessions of X: An Interview with Suzanne M. Wolfe, Part 2

By Gregory Wolfe and Suzanne M. Wolfe Continued from yesterday. Read Part 1 here. GW: One of...

January 28, 2016

The Confessions of X: An Interview with Suzanne M. Wolfe, Part 1

By Gregory Wolfe and Suzanne M. Wolfe Earlier this week, HarperCollins/Nelson released The Confessions of X, Suzanne...

January 20, 2016

Wilberforce: An Interview with H.S. Cross, Part 1

By Gregory Wolfe and H. S. Cross In September 2015, Farrar, Straus and Giroux published Wilberforce,...

January 05, 2016

A Metaphorical God, Part 2

Continued from yesterday. In some ways, “mystery” is perhaps the boldest term we chose as...

January 04, 2016

A Metaphorical God, Part 1

The following is adapted from the preface to The Operation of Grace: Further Essays on...

November 2015

November 20, 2015

Poetry Friday: “George Herbert on the Road to Salisbury” by William Wenthe

Each Friday at Good Letters we feature a poem from the pages of Image, selected...

November 13, 2015

Poetry Friday: “Mixed Company” by Brett Foster

Each Friday at Good Letters we feature a poem from the pages of Image, selected and...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

The Harboring Silence, Part 2

Continued from yesterday. The following editorial statement from issue 86 of Image is adapted from...

September 24, 2015

The Harboring Silence, Part 1

The following editorial statement from issue 86 of Image is adapted from a commencement address...