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February 2018

February 13, 2018

The Liturgy of the Stars: Part 2

The 1960s were the years of the Gemini and Apollo missions. I doubt I missed...

February 12, 2018

The Liturgy of the Stars: Part 1

Growing up as I did amidst the dazzling lights of New York City, it is...

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...

March 15, 2017

The Beauty Dialogues, Part 1

Today Morgan Meis continues his periodic exchanges with Image founder Gregory Wolfe. Dear Greg, When...

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...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

The Debate About Beauty

I’ve been engaged in an ongoing wrangle with Gregory Wolfe about the status of Christian...

October 03, 2016

T.S. Eliot, Agent of His Own Demise

In my last post for Good Letters, I took minor issue with a point my...

September 2016

September 08, 2016

The New Critics and the Barbarians

The poet and writer Dana Gioia penned an essay for the December 2013 issue of...

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 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 21, 2016

Wilberforce: An Interview with H.S. Cross, Part 2

By Gregory Wolfe and H. S. Cross Continued from yesterday. Read Part 1 here. GW: Religion and...

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,...