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December 2017

December 01, 2017

Poetry Friday: “Scale”

As I read and re-read this poem, I enjoy noticing exactly when I’ve realize that...

November 2017

November 16, 2017

A Feminine Corollary To Machismo? Part 2

My companions and I had overstayed our moment in the bishop’s suite, which was by...

October 2017

October 02, 2017

Bridal Veils and Blessing

In the back of the closet right, where I’d stowed it years before, I found...

January 2017

January 18, 2017

Image’s 16 Most-Read of 2016

As I was looking over Image’s website analytics at the end of 2016, I confess...

December 2016

December 27, 2016

ImageUpdate’s Top Ten of 2016

Every week, the Image staff curates a digital dispatch of compelling new books, music, artwork,...

December 21, 2016

On the Front Lines

By Paul Anderson Seven months ago, I was teaching writing to high school seniors at...

December 13, 2016

Keeping Vigil

By Suzanne M. Wolfe These are dark times. Here in the northern hemisphere the sun...

December 12, 2016

Stopping the Press

By Mary Kenagy Mitchell This is the time of year when we work on Image’s...

December 08, 2016

Why Annie Dillard Supports Image

Dear readers, When Image was founded in 1989, we turned to a few literary exemplars...

December 01, 2016

Good Letters Is My Devotional

By Cathy Warner I came to Christianity in my mid-twenties and joined a Protestant church...

November 2016

November 23, 2016

The Gift of Interdependence

By Camellia Freeman This story has many beginnings. It begins with the great state of...

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...

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...

January 2016

January 04, 2016

A Metaphorical God, Part 1

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

December 2015

December 09, 2015

Why We Donate: Two 24-Year-Olds on Meaningful Support

Today, Image Director of Programs Tyler McCabe and Marketing Associate Aubrey Allison share their perspectives...

December 23, 2014

The Ardent Whisper of God

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

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Greg Wolfe Made Me a Better Writer: 25 Years of Image

Guest post by William Coleman To celebrate Image’s twenty-fifth anniversary we are posting a series of...

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...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

Courage in Community: 25 Years of Image

Guest post by Hunter Sharpless To celebrate Image’s twenty-fifth anniversary we are posting a series...

May 07, 2014

Christians in the Age of Sincerity

Guest Post By Dyana Herron Image has just published its 25th anniversary issue (#80). We’re...

May 06, 2014

What Now?

Guest Post By Scott Cairns Image has just published its 25th anniversary issue (#80). We’re...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

25 Years of Image, 18 of Glen Workshops

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

April 04, 2014

The Notecards of Paradise: 25 Years of Image

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

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out: 25 Years of Image

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

March 19, 2014

Stumbling into the Waterfall: 25 Years of Image

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

December 2013

December 09, 2013

Going Home by a Different Way: The Image Fall Appeal

Guest post by Stuart Scadron-Wattles Troubadour. The word conjures up for me an image of...

August 2012

August 06, 2012

Varieties of Quiet: Christian Wiman’s Pensées

So profound are Christian Wiman’s pensées in the current issue of Image that I feel...