Convalescence
“It seems to me of supreme importance for parents to try to arrange, I would almost say at any cost, some sort of getaway place for…
A Child in a Fine China Shop
I’m so delighted to share that the Autumn 2021 issue of Cultivating is live and online, friends! Do steep a pot of tea or brew a…
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…