
Why is Anna Karenina So Long?
On Insta-life and long stories. While working in Istanbul as a recent college graduate, a friend visited me. She was…
On Insta-life and long stories. While working in Istanbul as a recent college graduate, a friend visited me. She was…
“I cannot escape the fact that the burden of memory is rarely light in a corrupted world where fear…
Exceptional experiences are powerful. But what do you do afterward? A number of years ago, my husband and I attended…
Loneliness carves out hollow places in our beings, but sometimes we find friends in unexpected places to be sentinels of…
How to find strength in community even when you are wearing thin. Vulnerability is becoming something of a buzzword nowadays…
Thoughts on community in the big city. “It cold enough for you?” I turned to the man speaking to me…
How shared music connects people and places.
Here’s to the ones who dream . . . perhaps. La La Land is one of those rare movies that…
The longest Sabbath endured, through the eyes of the Belovéd Disciple.
Good Friday reshapes our fear of death.
What “developments” mean for you as you get older. A couple of months ago, I was leaving the store about…
Lamenting the dark night of the soul. . .
The story behind one of Instagram’s hidden gems: Hopeshare The first meeting for the Instagram project now known as “Hopeshare”…
Rod Dreher and “The Year of Small Things.” Would Francis order wine and Benedict order beer, I wonder? What would…
The Art of Crochet, in Photos. I learned to crochet almost by accident. My mom had asked a lady from…
Death and frailty are not really the end of the world. . .
What guides a successful career sometimes comes from sweat and tire jacks. For the last 31 years I have taught the canonic…
A look into how you can be happily married and still be creative. That morning I had read John Kenney’s depressing…
A Laramie entrepreneur’s life is enriched by agriculture. Erika Babbitt-Rogers carefully maneuvers the truck down the rutted road leading to…
Flannery O’Connor started a novel. Jessica Wilson is finishing it.