The Best Yes: The Value of Saying No This Holiday Season
The autumn air is turning crisp, even here in the South. The grocery store is full of apple pies and pumpkin pies. Your crazy neighbor has already put up their […]
C.S. Lewis’s “The Dark Tower” and the Appeal of Unfinished Works
There is something exciting about reading an unfinished work; a certain charm in observing the fledgling thought of a writer, even if we are destined to never see the full […]
Vagabond Song: Why Poetry, Autumn, and Wanderlust Are 3 Peas in a Pod
A Vagabond Song by Bliss Carman There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood— Touch of manner, hint of mood; And my heart is like a […]
Frankenstein, His Monster, and Moral Responsibility
“ You are in the wrong, ” replied the fiend; “and instead of threatening, I am content to reason with you. I am malicious because I am miserable. . . […]
3 Reasons I Loved “The Girl Who Drank the Moon” and Why I Think You Will Too
“There is magic in starlight, of course. This is well known. But because the light travels such a long distance, the magic in it is fragile and diffused, stretched into […]
Kafka’s Metamorphosis: The Transformation of a Family
When Gregor Samsa wakes up as a cockroach in Franz Kafka’s short story, Metamorphosis, the reader is left wondering how and why such a thing occurred. The characters themselves, however, […]
Ted Dekker’s A.D. 30: Emotion and Empathy
Ted Dekker’s novel follows a young woman, Maviah, through seas of sand into the courts of kings. She traverses miles of harsh deserts, encounters storms and enemies at every turn, […]
“Inception of a Brigade”: The Truth of Scripture in Question
“They hold on to their beliefs, even though all other men oppose them. But I’m for religion that is tolerant of the times and not a threat to my safety. […]