The Life Imagined
“Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.”
The Henry David gem had been buzzing at my mind all day, and all day I had been tenaciously smiling it down. Read More ›
Taking on Life
Now that you’ve given up something for the past forty days, what are you taking on for the next forty? Read More ›
Surprised by Joy
I had the privilege of presenting last weekend at the From Death Unto Life conference in Franklin, Tennessee, and one of my sessions was a short plenary on William Wordsworth’s immortal sonnet, Read More ›
In Spite of That, We Call This Friday Good
Today, besides being Good Friday, is Flannery O’Connor’s birthday. She would have been ninety-one. It is an altogether appropriate Holy Day for Flannery O’Connor, for Good Friday is the day when grace looks like utter disaster. Read More ›
Disappointed by God
In those days between Good Friday and Easter morning, I find myself tracing over the bruises that the crucifixion left—not just on the slain body of Jesus, but on the devastated souls of His disciples. Read More ›
The Vaster End of Blood
This Good Friday, I commend to you the following excerpt from Chapter 4 of Robert Farrar Capon’s most outstanding The Supper of the Lamb. Read More ›
The Fast and the Feast
“Dust you are. To dust you shall return.”
I don’t know what I expected, but somehow the way ashes felt as they smeared on my skin surprised me. Read More ›
Drawing the Miracle Man
Over the last year, I’ve been thinking a lot about what Jesus looked like.
A book I wrote and illustrated about Jesus, called Miracle Man, for Abrams Books for Young Read More ›
Resurrect
When Jesus heard Lazarus was really sick, he stayed two more days where he was, because, the Bible tells me, he loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus. Read More ›
Lent/Easter Playlist
We are in the midst of the season of Lent, a period of 40 days traditionally set aside by the Church throughout history for contemplation and preparation leading up to Holy Week and Easter. It is a time to Read More ›
Release Day Review: Slugs & Bugs Sing the Bible, Volume 2
Right in the middle of Slugs & Bugs Sing the Bible, Volume 2 is a song that doesn’t even pretend to be for children. This one is for the parents: Read More ›