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December 2016

December 05, 2016

The Nightingale Floors

In Kyoto, Japan, seventeenth-century Nijo Castle contains an architectural feature meant to protect the ruling...

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 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 15, 2016

Stiff Necked Church Lady

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

November 10, 2016

The Final Roll Call

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

November 07, 2016

Divine Infection

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

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 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 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 11, 2016

Art, Icons, and Ant Ovaries

“A world created out of silence gives itself over to prayer.” I’m listening to local...

October 10, 2016

Elegy for My Father

My father: Roy Franklin Harmon, Jr., M.D., passed away on September 22, 2016 at the...

October 06, 2016

The Day My Daughter Found Herself

I want you to watch me run. My daughter Becca sent me that text last...

September 2016

September 26, 2016

Looking for a Good Laugh

In his collection of delightfully reflective and paradoxical mini-stories, Espejos (Mirrors), Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano...

September 21, 2016

Lifescapes and the Lonely City

I have a friend who occasionally asks me when I’ll move to a real apartment,...

September 20, 2016

Middle Earth and Sister Moon

The biggest moon I’ve ever seen was over the North Sea in Scotland. Many nights,...

September 19, 2016

The Power of Names

A few weeks back, the news related a story that a confederate veteran killed at...

September 12, 2016

My September 11, and Ours: Part I

For Scott Simon, and for Bill Craven Yesterday was the fifteenth anniversary of September 11,...

September 07, 2016

I Have No Idea Where I’m Going

My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

Microbes, Miracles, and Monstrosities

I’ve always promised myself I wouldn’t work with anything living, a prohibition I applied first...

August 11, 2016

Eat

By Kelly Foster Lundquist Since birth, the rhythm of my week has been set by...

August 02, 2016

Attending to the Body, Part II

Continued from yesterday. The following is excerpted from Attending Others: A Doctor’s Education in Bodies...

August 01, 2016

Attending to the Body, Part I

By Brian Volck The following is excerpted from Attending Others: A Doctor’s Education in Bodies...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Dispatch from Detroit

We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent, and God is shining through...

July 26, 2016

From the Engine Room, Part II: Mountains of Time

By Mary Kenagy Mitchell Continued from yesterday. Up until this point, in describing what it’s...

July 25, 2016

From the Engine Room, Part I: The Problem with Efficiency

By Mary Kenagy Mitchell About a year ago we at Image dragged ourselves into the...