Archive - Beauty is Truth

Taylor Swift the Romanticist

The excess is the point

Apr 22 •

Why Men Need Poetry

Time to get in touch with our feelings, bro

Apr 20 •

Surviving the Creative Doldrums

Hey everyone, I’ve got a piece up on The Rabbit Room this week about what to do when you’re in a creative slump: If you plan to be a writer for any…

Apr 11 •

A 90s Evangelical Kid at Midlife

John Piper, did I waste my life today? I did get up this morning, light a candle and spend a few minutes in silence, then read from a book that led me…

Apr 2 •

Bits of Beauty #4

Here are some bits of beauty I’ve been collecting lately: For the last six weeks I worked through Christine Valters Paintner’s excellent Lent guide A…

Apr 1 •

March 2024

A poem for Good Friday

Mar 29 •

This Is Hell and We are In It

Brian Zahnd, C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce, and our modern digital hellscape

Mar 26 •

Two Desert Messiahs and the Ring of Power

Dune, The Chosen, and Tolkien's dark vision of corruption

Mar 11 •

February 2024

The Tree Remains Final Cover Reveal!

What happens when the things you thought were certain crumble beneath you and fall away? When you’re plunged into the dark with no light? What if in the…

Feb 18 •

The morning after evening service I find the smudgy silhouette of the cross still on my brow. Living in the in-between it seems I cannot escape either…

Feb 15 •

Let the Poets Prod You

On developing new spiritual metaphors

Feb 6 •

December 2023

As 2023 winds down, I thought I’d share some of my favorite things from the year: Best fiction book: I read a lot of fiction this year, but looking back…

Dec 31, 2023 •

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