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August 2015

August 06, 2015

Redrawing the Tree of Life in Yellowstone

By Kathleen L. Housley This post was made possible through the support of a grant...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

Bullets in My House

By Paul Luikart Last Wednesday I settled down on the couch to do something I’d...

July 06, 2015

The Bearable Weightiness of Being

By Amy Peterson I was restless this spring, edging manic. I think my kids noticed....

June 2015

June 30, 2015

The Dissonant Note

This post was made possible through the support of a grant from The BioLogos Foundation’s...

June 26, 2015

Divine Drudgery

Two weeks after we moved to the Mennonite community in rural Illinois, a baby was...

June 25, 2015

Smoke Break

After I’ve peeled the plastic protective layer off the nicotine patch and am holding the...

June 18, 2015

A Holy Habitation for Life’s Story

By Allison Backous Troy May the Lord bless thee out of Zion; and so shalt...

June 16, 2015

Before the Fall of Baseball

By Chad Thomas Johnston When I was a child, school did not rank high on...

June 10, 2015

The Eucharist: Eat, Eat!

By Shannon Huffman Polson We sit in the back pew at church with intention; there’s...

June 04, 2015

A Place Where We Can Talk

By Brian Volck "Somewhere is better than anywhere." —Flannery O'Connor In my sophomore year of college,...

June 02, 2015

The Beautiful Attitudes

By Dyana Herron I clearly remember the last day of being nine. I stood in...

May 2015

May 29, 2015

Triple Scoop

By Jessica Mesman Griffith My best friend died suddenly almost two years ago. She’d lived...

May 06, 2015

My Rainbow Connection, Disconnected

By Chad Thomas Johnston It was a Saturday night and my wife, Becki, wanted to...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

Death Comes for the Deconstructionist: An Interview with Daniel Taylor

By Caitlin Mackenzie Daniel Taylor’s recent novel, Death Comes for the Deconstructionist, is a postmodern “whodunit”...

April 23, 2015

Fever

By Dyana Herron When well, it’s easy to forget how utterly miserable it feels to...

April 21, 2015

What Will Pass for Mercy

By Brian Volck “Do not say God is just. Justice has not been evident in...

March 2015

March 19, 2015

The Bible, Science, and Higher Education

By Vic Sizemore In an evening church service at Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg,...

March 05, 2015

Remembering Phil Levine

By Paul Mariani Note: We asked the author, one of Image’s editorial advisors, to write...

March 03, 2015

The Arts and Faith Top 25 Films on Memory

By Ryan Holt For me, there is no more acute reminder of the passing of...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

The Courage of Men

By Suzanne M. Wolfe Twenty one men dressed in orange jump-suits are kneeling in a...

February 23, 2015

The Tenth Leper

Guest post by Kelly Foster If you grow up in the South, you learn to...

February 18, 2015

The Sex Offender and the Cross

Guest post by Paul Luikart One day the girl I loved called me up—out of...

January 2015

January 02, 2015

This Dark World is Precious to Me: 14 Songs for 2014

Guest post by Joel Heng Hartse This is my seventh yearly playlist for Good Letters....

December 2014

December 31, 2014

Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury Awards: The Top Ten Films of 2014

Guest post by Kenneth R. Morefield In my post announcing the formation of the Arts...

December 30, 2014

Barry Moser: I Knew I was Home, Part 2

Guest post by Barry Moser The following post, continued from yesterday, is adapted from a...

December 29, 2014

Barry Moser: I Knew I was Home, Part 1

Guest post by Barry Moser The following post is adapted from a talk given at...

December 23, 2014

The Ardent Whisper of God

Guest post by A.N. Muia The following post is adapted from a talk given at...

December 19, 2014

Over the Rhine: Finding Our Tribe

Guest post by Linford Detweiler The following post is adapted from a talk given at...

December 16, 2014

The Regrettably Pretty Shoes: A St. Louis Story

Guest post by Linda Wendling I love St. Louis. I love Ferguson. My whole family...

December 04, 2014

Angel Trades a Shotgun for a Shovel: An Interview with Terry Scott Taylor, Part 2

Guest Post by Chad Thomas Johnston Photo taken by Phillip G Brown Fine Art Photography Continued...