We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “wilderness.”
wilderness
When we live in God’s grace, the distinction between wilderness and city collapses.
Stories from a glacier-shaped landscape
If you’re new to Rick Bass’s edgy, glorious, and often brutal settings, this collection is a perfect place to start.
If God can be born in the wilderness, God can be born in the dry places of our lives.
Full of emptiness
Emptiness can alternatively mean too little or too much. It is sometimes unclear where emptiness is distinct from excess.
Here in Minnesota, Lent is an almost unbearably slow wait.
Suburban search for meaning
Peter Lovenheim and Tom Montgomery Fate are both suburban dads on spiritual quests. In different ways, each of their books hits close to home.