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On Eagle’s Wings

I’ve been reading through the biblical book of Exodus this Lent, and nearly every day I learn something that helps deepen my understanding of God’s

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George Inness, Landscape, 1888, oil on canvas, 22 1/8 x 27 9/16 in. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Estate of Charles F. Brush 1929.464

Show Up With Care

I’ve been concerned by the resurgence of the r-word in our culture. I’ve felt anxiety over political policies and news stories, and I’ve dug into data about our culture’s epidemic of

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This image is a collage featuring five different media recommendations. From left to right: 1. The Russell Moore Show – A podcast with a blue background and black-and-white text. 2. The Lucky Few Podcast – A podcast featuring an image of three women smiling and engaged in conversation. 3. Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks – A memoir displayed as a book cover, with a hand holding the book. The cover features a desert-like landscape. 4. The Good Hard Story Podcast with Katherine Wolf – A podcast with a soft, neutral-toned design featuring Katherine Wolf 5. Ezra – A film starring Bobby Cannavale, Robert De Niro, Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga, and Whoopi Goldberg.

March 2025 Favorites

Favorite books, essays, podcasts episodes, and more that I enjoyed in the month of March, plus recent political news that I’m paying attention to… Books:

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College Campus Tour

William was home for spring break, and he mentioned to Penny that he hadn’t actually seen where she goes to school. She gave us both

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The image shows the cover of a book titled "Aflame: Learning from Silence" by Pico Iyer. The cover has an orange and red color scheme with a radiating circular design in the center. The background behind the book cover is a scenic landscape featuring rolling hills, a body of water, a burning forest, and a monastery or church building, all enveloped in warm orange tones, symbolizing the theme of fire or intensity suggested by the title.

Learning From Silence

In 1990, as towering flames closed in around his California home, author Pico Iyer picked up his mother’s cat and ran to the car, hoping

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