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The Weekly, January 13, 2025
January 13, 2025
Hi all, Matthew Schmitz had a recent piece in First Things on what he called “middlebrow Protestants” that has been on my mind lately. It’s linked below. The...
The Weekly, January 6, 2025
January 6, 2025
Hi all, Apologies once again for the extended (and unplanned) hiatus. I’m still not entirely sure how to set the right rhythm for this particular project. I...
The Weekly, December 9, 2024
December 9, 2024
our family, December 2024 Hi all, This will be something of a Christmas letter, though it does include the usual links and books as well. A couple months ago...
The Weekly, November 18, 2024
November 18, 2024
Hi all, Apologies for going dark for a few weeks. Various projects are keeping me busy as we ramp up toward the end of year for Mere O. The good news is that...
The Weekly, October 28, 2024
October 28, 2024
Hi all, I’ve got a new piece up at Plough on tolerance as a virtue. Key grafs: Rather than treating tolerance as a necessary evil, we can recognize tolerance...
The Weekly, October 23, 2024
October 23, 2024
Hi all, Here in Lincoln our family has joined up with a church plant that is happening in the local PCA community. I wrote indirectly about it in my recent...
The Weekly, October 7, 2024
October 7, 2024
Hi all, I’m getting this back up and running now after an unplanned hiatus due to a solid month of various people in our family being sick. There were a few...
The Weekly, September 16, 2024
September 16, 2024
Hi all, As I read Postman I’ve been struck by an observation he makes that one of the basic human problems we all face is managing the information that is...
The Weekly, August 28, 2024
August 28, 2024
Hi all, There is no shortage of reasons to despair in our moment, so this week I wanted to highlight something good in this short note: Hauerwas once said...
The Weekly, August 21, 2024
August 21, 2024
Hi all, I’ve been going back through old Wendell Berry essays for a variety of reasons. One thought that struck me, as I made my way through The Long-Legged...
The Weekly, August 12, 2024
August 12, 2024
Hi all, I don’t recall where I first came across this tip—it sounds like a Cal Newport thing, but I’m not sure—but lately at night after kids are down I’ve...
The Weekly, August 5, 2024
August 5, 2024
Hi all, Some time ago a friend of mine recalled one of the final conversations he had with Tim Keller. Keller was counseling him and a number of others on a...
The Weekly, July 24, 2024
July 24, 2024
Hi all, In a since deleted tweet, Zaid Jilani said, I think one of my more controversial opinions is that history should teach more about the bad guys'...
The Weekly, July 1, 2024
July 1, 2024
Hi all, Keeping it short today. I spent a good part of my Sabbath yesterday enjoying the Euros, particularly the England win. But I didn’t enjoy it nearly so...
The Weekly, June 24, 2024
June 24, 2024
Hi all, Last Wednesday was Juneteenth. If you are unfamiliar with the holiday or wish to learn more, I’d highly recommend watching this exceptional...
The Weekly, June 17, 2024
June 17, 2024
Hi all, When you edit professionally, you’ll always have the pieces that you just love and wish everyone would read. If I had to give a person one piece to...
The Weekly, June 10, 2024
June 10, 2024
Hi all, I hope you’ll read Tara Burton’s piece on Narnia linked below. She gets at something really important that is both utterly central for Tolkien and...
The Weekly, June 3, 2024
June 3, 2024
Hi all, The Mere O campaign is ongoing. We are now at 64% of our goal and are really pleased with the response so far. You can read an update here. If you...
The Weekly, April 22, 2024
May 3, 2024
Hi all, Apologies for going radio silent for awhile. We’ve had a stressful couple of weeks. Briefly, we found out a few weeks ago that two large gifts given...
The Weekly, April 15, 2024
April 15, 2024
Hi all, I'm writing after a somewhat comically full weekend: vans breaking down, kids birthday parties, kids soccer games, doing our taxes because I put it...
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