When we open a book, we must grant the author and their created world the status of a neighbor. We treat them with hospitality. We

It starts as early as playground spats about who gets the best toy. It continues through a lifetime of temptation to covet any number of

Few, if any, amassed the good works that Saul had deposited into his spiritual bank account.“ Go ahead,” Saul could have said, “just try to

I’m not a complete Luddite; I’m not here to jettison all technology from our lives. But I frequently find myself thinking about the real purpose

This past summer, we visited some close friends. Recently, they had shared that the wife had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and so we especially wanted

I dream of being as eloquent in my mouth as I am in my head. I dream of seeing a word on paper and making

Hours of weight lifting and physical therapy have gotten me to a point that I can walk with little pain. Steps are still hard and

Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. In the U.S., it is Indigenous People’s Day. Dual citizenship makes the day doubly conflicted for me. So does

Religious people are really good at trying to keep all the “wrong” people away from Jesus.

They were loved sparrows of great worth who needed a hand one lonely, heartbreaking day. What happened?

Annie Dillard’s Holy the Firm was published in 1977 – the year of my birth. Twenty years later, I wrote a paper on it for