Absolute Music
Jonathan Geltner’s debut novel explores the dangers of wandering too far off the true way in the search for transcendence.
The Leftovers
A spiritual successor to Lost refocuses our attention not on solving life’s mysteries, but living with them.
Looking Up
Courtney Ellis’s parallel story of birdwatching and processing grief shows how birding can teach us to slow down and rediscover truths about God that are all around us.
The Travelling Companions by Augustus Leopold Egg, Courtesy of the Birmingham Museum Trust
Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks for Issue 29: On Waiting Well by Sarah Cla
The Fare Forward Interview with Courtney Ellis
Courtney Ellis is an author, speaker, and mother of three. Her books include Looking Up: A Birder's Guide to Hope Through Grief, Present: The Gift of Being All In, Right Where You Are, and several others.
A Wilderness of Peace
Our helplessness in the face of implacable Nature can teach us the limits of our own control, allowing us to rest in the peace of a mercy beyond our understanding. By Marie Glancy O’Shea
To Test and Approve
The necessity of waiting in research teaches a synthetic biologist about her field and her faith. By Heidi Klumpe
The Art of Graceful Waiting
The epidemic of despair in the university points to the basic human need for something more than the merely physical—something just out of sight and beyond our reach. By Colm O’Shea
“How Difficult It Is to Remain Just One Person”
Czeslaw Milosz’s long wait in exile ended in a triumphant homecoming—but not before cleaving his life, and self, in two. By Atar Hadari
Photo by Max van den Oetelaar on Unsplash
Answers in the Wind
Bob Dylan’s music wrestled with good and evil throughout his career, but his 1967 track “All Along the Watchtower” carries a heavy warning for those who wait passively in the face of coming disaster. By Toby Jaffe