Here’s to the Niche Hobbyists
While I still feel it would be far better for our society if reading weren’t a niche hobby, but a widespread habit—a necessity—I am glad to serve the niche hobbyists. And I am glad to be one of them.
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The Last Summer
These Augusts have a heartbeat we forget.
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The Lie of Optimization
You have plentiful hours in front of you. Do not let our optimization-obsessed culture prevent you from resting in that.
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We Weren’t Always This Way
We bring all these years with us into the conversation, yet we sometimes forget that not everyone was alongside us for them.
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Old-Souled Stories
The stories that burrowed deep into her heart told the truth, that the darkness exists, it is real, but it is not the end of the story. They taught her about mercy, treachery, beauty, home, exile, and hope.
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The Words We Need to Speak
There’s something that happens in written stories, the novel, the picture book, the poem, that forces us to come face to face with our feelings.
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Pearls Before Breakfast
I don’t want to be looking over at every screaming train whistle. Not all of them need my attention.
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The Stories We Hear
Rather than either retreating from or approving of untruths, Christians ought to remain faithful and joyful as we run our race.
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Think It Over
Any encouragement to slow down and take a minute to think is much needed in our day and age. Insert pre-teens or teenagers into the mix, and you can multiply that need by ten or a hundred.
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5 Ways to Develop Healthy Imagination In Your Kids
A student with a healthy imagination, who looks at the world around him with awe and wonder and joy will naturally become creative, thoughtful, and hard working.
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A Liturgy for When the House Feels Too Full of Children
You, also, were a child once.
A boy with skinned knees, a growling belly,
a need for snuggles and snacks.
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I Am the Captain of My Soul, and Other Lies We’ve Believed
While I sympathize with the sentiment to try to conquer whatever circumstances are currently befalling us, we are still at the mercy of the tides.
