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August 2018

August 23, 2018

The Vision Will Not Disappoint

It is a miracle that we do not love; love is the watermark in the...

May 2018

May 08, 2018

Halted by Haiku

The last thing the world needs is another post about “living in the moment,” but...

April 2018

April 26, 2018

Do I Have Anything Left to Say?

When the email came in from my editor, I wasn’t sure how to answer. What...

April 20, 2018

Poetry Friday: “The Years Were Patient with Me”

I love this poem because it mirrors the passing of time, patiently guiding readers through...

February 2018

February 23, 2018

Poetry Friday: “The Preacher Addresses the Seminarians” by Christian Wiman

I once met a beer-guzzling goat like the one in Wiman’s poem. His name was...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

The Optics of Illusion

Ross told the kids to stare at the splotchy red and blue picture and wait....

October 2017

October 27, 2017

Poetry Friday: “Notre Dame”

I love it when poems speak to each other and expand on a shared theme....

October 24, 2017

Fit For Transformation

When my sister first told me about Orangetheory Fitness, I was intrigued. “You’d probably dig...

June 2017

June 13, 2017

Do Atheists Dream of Pearly Gates?

Yes even when I don’t believe there is a place in me inaccessible to unbelief...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Dinner with Dona Adélia

Jessica Goudeau’s translations of the work of Adélia Prado, Brazil’s foremost living poet, appear in...

February 15, 2017

Anne Fontaine’s The Innocents

After World War II devastated eastern Europe, the Red Army pushed into the countries allotted...

April 2016

April 07, 2016

Imitating the Saints

St. Therese once wished aloud that her own mother would die. When her mother scolded...

July 2014

July 16, 2014

Made Whole Again: 25 Years of Image

To celebrate Image’s twenty-fifth anniversary we are posting a series of essays by people who...

March 2014

March 17, 2014

The Shroud of Turin

If you asked me about the Shroud of Turin, I could speak for hours. Before...

November 2013

November 07, 2013

Daniel Amos’s “Dig Here Said the Angel”

Dedicated to Billy Corgan, who challenged Christians to “make better music” and branch out beyond...

October 2013

October 07, 2013

Seamus Heaney: Poet of Holy Saturday

Guest Post by Conor McDonough The late, great Seamus Heaney understood the sadness of the...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Belief and Belonging

Last week I went and watched my son graduate from Virginia Boys State. After the...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

The Fragrance of the Unknown, Part 2

Continued from yesterday From my mindfulness meditation practice, I’ve learned the value of looking closely...

June 26, 2013

The Fragrance of the Unknown, Part 1

With less than two days before the retreat began, and only a grain of time...

October 2012

October 03, 2012

The Evidence of Things Not Seen

Since I’ve been blogging here at Good Letters I have been contacted by several friends...

September 2012

September 13, 2012

Monks, Mandalas, and Faith Healing

After the initial cleansing ceremony, they worked in silent concentration. Hour after hour they knelt...