Small Book of Beauties
It was an extravagance, and I knew it. I passed this small journal in a favorite bookshop for months, stopping to admire it a few…
Why Beauty Belongs in the Sacrificial Life, Pt. 7: Betsie ten Boom
Originally published on The Rabbit Room blog; here follows a very slightly extended version. I first “met” her in a book I’d pulled from my…
Hemmed In
Months ago, I read through the transcript of a conference panel on C. S. Lewis, and ended up in a rather unusual and uncomfortable place…
Why Beauty Belongs in the Sacrificial Life, Pt. 6: Beauty in the Word and at War
I’ve relied on a common understanding of the word “beauty” up to this point. But I think you who are reading know by now that…
Why Beauty Belongs in the Sacrificial Life, Pt. 5: A Hollow Invitation
3. A Hollow Invitation The old ferryman’s words were familiar and well-worn, like the pole in his hands that had smoothed silken over time. Over the years…
Why Beauty Belongs in the Sacrificial Life, Pt. 4: Daily Helps for Fear and Anxiety
The Daily Help of Simple Wonders On a workaday scale, paying attention to beauty can seem small and irrelevant when worries are great. I still…
Why Beauty Belongs in the Sacrificial Life, Pt. 3: A Fearful and Anxious Mother
2. A Fearful and Anxious Mother Soon after the breakers of my fear swelled, crested, and shattered my inner world the summer before last, I discovered…