Beyond the fires of suffering, regeneration, and illumination comes oneness: the unity experienced only by the beatified, who, having come to their end, are at their beginning.

Although we may not know the path for ourselves, the desire to know it is itself worthy.

A pastor considers how Christians can steward their education, looking to C. S. Lewis and Teddy Roosevelt for guidance.

Frederick Buechner’s Godric teaches us that friendship depends upon a trust that we are each building toward each other, willing to yield, to listen, to reach each other. By Joshua Rio-Ross