I’m Glad I Made This Choice This Summer
A few months back, I was looking ahead at August and realized I didn’t have many plans. Two thoughts came to mine. I could set a goal of finishing the…
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Where Joy and Discomfort Meet
I know many of you are already back to school, or close to it. Here in Connecticut, we still have a few weeks of summertime. Our kids are playing Monopoly…
August 2025 | Things Worth Your Time
Books, essays, podcasts episodes, and more that I think are worth your time, plus recent cultural news that I’m paying attention to… ESSAYS ESSAY: “Noah Is Still Here” There are…
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You Don’t Have to Climb Toward Hope
“What if hope’s not a rope you hold on to? What if it’s the arms that have always held you?” My new favorite song is Ellie Holcomb’s “Hope’s Gonna’ Find…
“Good Genes” and the Gift of Being Human
What if the real beauty of humanity isn’t found in “good genes,” but in the people our culture is most inclined to screen out? Last week in the newsletter, I mentioned…
Super Babies and the Cost of Control
I recently read a Washington Post essay entitled “Inside the Silicon-Valley Push to Breed Super Babies.” It describes the latest technology to screen embryos for genetic differences, technology which claims…
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How Love Disrupts the Hierarchy
You may have noticed that I didn’t write a Substack last week. I took the week off because I was at Hope Heals Camp in Nauvoo, Alabama, with our family.…
Life, Animated
Journalist Ron Suskind’s son Owen was diagnosed with autism at age three. Over the course of the previous year, Owen had stopped talking and seemed more and more withdrawn from…
“The Work of Caring for My Daughter Will Never Be ‘Efficient’”
I am very grateful to Julie Kim for writing about the importance of the Department of Education—and her concern over the Trump administration’s cuts to that department and the recent…
by Cloe Poisson
Choosing not to worry about your children (and how to turn worry into prayer)
“Big kids, big problems.” I’ve heard the phrase for years, and I’ve been a little dismissive of it. I love having teenagers. I love the conversations we have about current…
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