Day 31: October Favorites and November News
“31 Stories of Loving God as an Introvert” has turned out, like the best of newly discovered books and first-time recipes, to be something quite different…
Learning to Dance with Abandon
I never learned how to dance. Aside from a single ballet lesson when I was little, and a kindly retired neighbor who showed me how…
Prayer Is the Battle
A confession: for all my talk of solitude and interiority, I have just as much stubborn pack-mule spirit in me as the next person who…
The Terrible Awkwardness of Grief
I have never wished so intensely for an extrovert’s ease with people than when I’ve faced the grief of friends. Quietness and words come more…
An Invitation for You, from a Letter Writer
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been writing letters. It’s been my way of pulling close a world that sometimes feels too wide….