Illustration by Katie Howerton
Does God Hate My Dreams?
A young woman wrestles with the tension between her love of the movies and a conviction that God wants her to do something “better” with her life. By Claire Nauman
Illustration by Katie Kalata Rusch
Infinite Possibility & Inevitable Death
The true tragic form lies at the intersection of boundless hope and certain doom, where we encounter a reminder of what it means to be human. By Shawn Phillip Cooper
Writing for Epiphany
The process of leaning into stories as you write them has surprising resonances with a life of prayer—and both offer startling openings into grace. By Christopher Hazell
Nostalgia for Belief
The Italian filmmaker’s subversive work illustrates how we can interrogate power structures and winners’ narratives, even while working within the canon itself. By Michael O’Malley
Photo by Jack Anstey on Unsplash
The Time Travelers Are Not OK
Time travel may have started all in good fun, but its growing status as the only gimmick capable of saving humanity carries some troubling implications for what is being saved. By Charles Carman
Illustration by Katie Howerton
(Not) Just for Kids
When we return to beloved children’s books or discover new ones as adults, we make peace with our past selves and the people we’ve become. By Megan Foster
Old Cottages at Pinner, 1885-1895 by Helen Allingham
By Any Other Name
In a culture so materialistic it misses out on what matters about the things it is so desperate to own, language can bring us closer to real love for the material world. By Marie Glancy O’Shea
Photo by James Coleman on Unsplash
Seeing and Unseeing the Icon
The long tradition of the icon in Eastern Christianity has sometimes baffled Western thinkers, but a sacramental understanding of the link between image and reality can shed some light on the mystery. By Jordan Parro
Photo by Theodor W on Unsplash
Dirty Clothes
What might a bucket of soapy water and clean laundry drying on the line have to say about the soul By Matthew Beringer