Archive - More Beautiful Than Necessary

All our labels need air quotes

A very limited discussion about choosing good books for kids

Jul 23 •

Cost effectiveness is for the birds

My lifelong pursuit of ways to procrastinate joy has to stop now, because tomorrow there could be a patch of solid air I didn’t see coming and how sad…

Jul 3 •

June 2024

A challenge and a resource created with Callie Feyen and Megan Willome

Jun 21 •

Risking Rootedness

Should I stay or should I go? An invitation to rootedness and a whole host of other goodness at Cultivating Oaks Press

Jun 19 •

Tending this patch of ground

In the closing session at the C.S. Lewis Writer’s Conference in early May, Jonathan Rogers encouraged the 200 or so attendees to view our work in the…

Jun 14 •

May 2024

Are you saying I'm not holding things together?

A screw and a button

May 28 •

April 2024

On Good News and Evangelism

What if Beauty came first?

Apr 29 •

Why I'm watching the flowers

“Never in any case whatever is a genuine effort of the attention wasted.” ~ Simone Weil

Apr 17 •

I’ve forgotten His name because He is everywhere

Apr 11 •

Things That Leave Marks

A door, a fence, beauty, an ice storm, and babies//Five things and writing as pure play

Apr 4 •

March 2024

The Frustration of Incremental Progress

A good life is a long-term project

Mar 24 •

February 2024

The Making of a Third Place, Pt. III

Welcome to the membership

Feb 28 •

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