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9
C.S. Lewis
5
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10
Imagination & The Arts
30
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32
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46
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1
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12
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Jan 25, 2017
Get Outside: A Day Hiking Checklist
Jan 25, 2017
Jan 30, 2017
S'mores Hacks: 3 Gooey Camping Snack Alternatives
Jan 30, 2017
Feb 13, 2017
Why Your Brain Needs Nature
Feb 13, 2017
Feb 24, 2017
Why We Need To Be Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
Feb 24, 2017
Mar 8, 2017
How To Discover Who You Are: Run 100 Miles
Mar 8, 2017
Mar 23, 2018
Don't Ever Give Up
Mar 23, 2018
May 3, 2018
Are You a Nuthatch?
May 3, 2018
Feb 5, 2019
Understanding the Value of Chasing Beauty
Feb 5, 2019
Jan 10, 2020
Take a Walk in the Woods, It's Good For You
Jan 10, 2020
C.S. Lewis
5
Apr 5, 2017
C.S. Lewis & Why We Need Shame
Apr 5, 2017
Aug 11, 2017
Why You Don't Need to Fear Being an Outsider
Aug 11, 2017
Mar 5, 2019
Writing Advice from C.S. Lewis
Mar 5, 2019
May 11, 2020
C.S. Lewis & The Imaginative Leader
May 11, 2020
Mar 9, 2022
C.S. Lewis & Life's Simple Pleasures
Mar 9, 2022
Hearth & Home
10
Jan 25, 2017
Get Outside: A Day Hiking Checklist
Jan 25, 2017
Jan 30, 2017
S'mores Hacks: 3 Gooey Camping Snack Alternatives
Jan 30, 2017
Mar 3, 2017
The World Was Peopled With Wonders
Mar 3, 2017
Apr 21, 2017
Be Present For Your Children: A Manifesto
Apr 21, 2017
Jun 19, 2017
Fighting For My Wife
Jun 19, 2017
Sep 26, 2017
A Path for the Searching Husband
Sep 26, 2017
Jun 15, 2018
Remember to Remember
Jun 15, 2018
Jan 22, 2019
Together: A Family Memo
Jan 22, 2019
Jan 29, 2019
Beauty Matters: An Open Letter to My Daughters
Jan 29, 2019
Jun 16, 2023
A Proverbs 32 Man
Jun 16, 2023
Imagination & The Arts
30
Jan 3, 2017
How Imagination is Essential to Dynamic Living
Jan 3, 2017
Jan 6, 2017
Being Here: A Short Film on the Wildness of Your Soul
Jan 6, 2017
Jan 9, 2017
Future of Forestry: An Interview with Eric OwYoung Part I
Jan 9, 2017
Jan 16, 2017
Future of Forestry: An Interview with Eric Owyoung Part II
Jan 16, 2017
Jan 18, 2017
Beauty in Forgotten Bits
Jan 18, 2017
Jan 23, 2017
Future of Forestry: An Interview With Eric Owyoung, Part III
Jan 23, 2017
Feb 1, 2017
Switchfoot: An Interview With Jon Foreman
Feb 1, 2017
Feb 6, 2017
How To Find Work as a Creative
Feb 6, 2017
Feb 8, 2017
Don't Write For The Wrong Reasons
Feb 8, 2017
Feb 27, 2017
What Lewis and Tolkien Can Teach Us About Hope
Feb 27, 2017
Mar 6, 2017
Sleeping At Last: An Interview With Ryan O'Neil
Mar 6, 2017
Mar 20, 2017
Reconciled Among the Stars: A Speech by Artist Makoto Fujimura
Mar 20, 2017
Mar 22, 2017
Why Classic Architecture Makes Us Happy
Mar 22, 2017
Mar 29, 2017
A Note to Creative Types
Mar 29, 2017
Apr 5, 2017
C.S. Lewis & Why We Need Shame
Apr 5, 2017
May 3, 2017
What Camera Should You Buy for Shooting Landscapes?
May 3, 2017
May 22, 2017
My Public Square Nightmare
May 22, 2017
Jul 21, 2017
How To Read 200 Books A Year
Jul 21, 2017
Aug 11, 2017
Why You Don't Need to Fear Being an Outsider
Aug 11, 2017
Oct 27, 2017
The Value of Retreat
Oct 27, 2017
Apr 11, 2018
A Darwinian Theory of Beauty
Apr 11, 2018
Jan 8, 2019
Splendor of Winter
Jan 8, 2019
Feb 5, 2019
Understanding the Value of Chasing Beauty
Feb 5, 2019
Mar 5, 2019
Writing Advice from C.S. Lewis
Mar 5, 2019
Mar 22, 2019
Why Your Words Matter
Mar 22, 2019
Jun 11, 2019
Fighting for Our Minds
Jun 11, 2019
Mar 26, 2020
Ten Things I Think About Our #Hashtag Culture
Mar 26, 2020
May 11, 2020
C.S. Lewis & The Imaginative Leader
May 11, 2020
Apr 27, 2021
John Ruskin: The Glacier des Bois (1844)
Apr 27, 2021
Apr 27, 2021
The Pre-Raphaelites
Apr 27, 2021
Life
32
Feb 3, 2017
Anxiety and Social Media: Is it Time to Quit?
Feb 3, 2017
Feb 13, 2017
Why Your Brain Needs Nature
Feb 13, 2017
Feb 17, 2017
Why I Quit Facebook
Feb 17, 2017
Mar 1, 2017
My Dream About God, the Devil, and Overcoming
Mar 1, 2017
Mar 10, 2017
The Revenge of Analog
Mar 10, 2017
Mar 15, 2017
From Below: A Mediation of Suffering
Mar 15, 2017
Apr 17, 2017
How Fairytales Show us Forever
Apr 17, 2017
Apr 24, 2017
The Fog And The Nearness
Apr 24, 2017
May 3, 2017
What Camera Should You Buy for Shooting Landscapes?
May 3, 2017
May 22, 2017
My Public Square Nightmare
May 22, 2017
May 29, 2017
Our Sacred Honor: A Memorial Day Reflection
May 29, 2017
Jun 2, 2017
How To Be Resilient in Life and Work
Jun 2, 2017
Jul 20, 2017
There is More: A Response to Chester Bennington’s Suicide
Jul 20, 2017
Aug 2, 2017
How To Shine On Purpose
Aug 2, 2017
Aug 11, 2017
Why You Don't Need to Fear Being an Outsider
Aug 11, 2017
Sep 1, 2017
Am I Beautiful?
Sep 1, 2017
Sep 18, 2017
Does Anyone See Me?
Sep 18, 2017
Oct 16, 2017
Look Around You
Oct 16, 2017
Oct 21, 2017
Starve Your Distractions
Oct 21, 2017
Nov 6, 2017
How Nature Reboots Our Brains
Nov 6, 2017
Jan 31, 2018
Have We Lost Our Minds?
Jan 31, 2018
Feb 8, 2018
How To Become A Saint
Feb 8, 2018
Mar 2, 2018
Ten Things I Think About Unplugging
Mar 2, 2018
Mar 26, 2018
Leave Your Phone Behind
Mar 26, 2018
May 17, 2018
Unsolicited Advice for Graduates
May 17, 2018
Aug 23, 2018
Fight For What You Love
Aug 23, 2018
Jan 15, 2019
Find Your Voice
Jan 15, 2019
Feb 5, 2019
Understanding the Value of Chasing Beauty
Feb 5, 2019
Feb 26, 2019
Drowning in the Boat
Feb 26, 2019
May 28, 2019
Clues to a Perfect Life
May 28, 2019
Aug 26, 2020
What if God Remembers?
Aug 26, 2020
Mar 9, 2022
C.S. Lewis & Life's Simple Pleasures
Mar 9, 2022
Recent Stories
46
Feb 17, 2017
Why I Quit Facebook
Feb 17, 2017
Mar 1, 2017
My Dream About God, the Devil, and Overcoming
Mar 1, 2017
Mar 15, 2017
From Below: A Mediation of Suffering
Mar 15, 2017
Mar 27, 2017
What Makes a Woman Great
Mar 27, 2017
Mar 29, 2017
A Note to Creative Types
Mar 29, 2017
Apr 3, 2017
Refreshing Our Souls Through Prayer
Apr 3, 2017
Apr 10, 2017
Easter is Intimacy
Apr 10, 2017
Apr 11, 2017
Easter is Story
Apr 11, 2017
Apr 12, 2017
Easter is Homecoming
Apr 12, 2017
Apr 13, 2017
Easter Is A Call
Apr 13, 2017
Apr 14, 2017
Easter is Fulfillment
Apr 14, 2017
Apr 16, 2017
Easter is Life
Apr 16, 2017
Apr 17, 2017
How Fairytales Show us Forever
Apr 17, 2017
Apr 21, 2017
Be Present For Your Children: A Manifesto
Apr 21, 2017
Apr 24, 2017
The Fog And The Nearness
Apr 24, 2017
Apr 28, 2017
What Women Need From Men
Apr 28, 2017
May 29, 2017
Our Sacred Honor: A Memorial Day Reflection
May 29, 2017
Jun 19, 2017
Fighting For My Wife
Jun 19, 2017
Jul 18, 2017
Fighting For My Husband
Jul 18, 2017
Jul 20, 2017
There is More: A Response to Chester Bennington’s Suicide
Jul 20, 2017
Aug 2, 2017
How To Shine On Purpose
Aug 2, 2017
Sep 1, 2017
Am I Beautiful?
Sep 1, 2017
Sep 18, 2017
Does Anyone See Me?
Sep 18, 2017
Sep 26, 2017
A Path for the Searching Husband
Sep 26, 2017
Oct 1, 2017
What We Leave Behind
Oct 1, 2017
Oct 27, 2017
The Value of Retreat
Oct 27, 2017
Nov 27, 2017
The 7 Simple Rules for Marriage Fighting
Nov 27, 2017
Jan 31, 2018
Have We Lost Our Minds?
Jan 31, 2018
Feb 8, 2018
How To Become A Saint
Feb 8, 2018
Feb 23, 2018
Don't Abandon Me When I'm Unfaithful
Feb 23, 2018
Mar 2, 2018
Ten Things I Think About Unplugging
Mar 2, 2018
Mar 14, 2018
Can We Just Get Back to Jesus?
Mar 14, 2018
Mar 23, 2018
Don't Ever Give Up
Mar 23, 2018
May 3, 2018
Are You a Nuthatch?
May 3, 2018
May 17, 2018
Unsolicited Advice for Graduates
May 17, 2018
Jun 15, 2018
Remember to Remember
Jun 15, 2018
Aug 23, 2018
Fight For What You Love
Aug 23, 2018
Jan 15, 2019
Find Your Voice
Jan 15, 2019
Jan 22, 2019
Together: A Family Memo
Jan 22, 2019
Jan 29, 2019
Beauty Matters: An Open Letter to My Daughters
Jan 29, 2019
Feb 5, 2019
Understanding the Value of Chasing Beauty
Feb 5, 2019
Feb 26, 2019
Drowning in the Boat
Feb 26, 2019
Mar 22, 2019
Why Your Words Matter
Mar 22, 2019
May 28, 2019
Clues to a Perfect Life
May 28, 2019
Jun 11, 2019
Fighting for Our Minds
Jun 11, 2019
Jun 16, 2023
A Proverbs 32 Man
Jun 16, 2023
Relationships
6
Mar 27, 2017
What Makes a Woman Great
Mar 27, 2017
Apr 28, 2017
What Women Need From Men
Apr 28, 2017
Jul 18, 2017
Fighting For My Husband
Jul 18, 2017
Nov 27, 2017
The 7 Simple Rules for Marriage Fighting
Nov 27, 2017
Feb 23, 2018
Don't Abandon Me When I'm Unfaithful
Feb 23, 2018
Apr 27, 2021
John Stott on Loneliness
Apr 27, 2021
Religion
1
Apr 27, 2021
The Future of Religion
Apr 27, 2021
Spiritual Grit
12
Apr 3, 2017
Refreshing Our Souls Through Prayer
Apr 3, 2017
Apr 10, 2017
Easter is Intimacy
Apr 10, 2017
Apr 11, 2017
Easter is Story
Apr 11, 2017
Apr 12, 2017
Easter is Homecoming
Apr 12, 2017
Apr 13, 2017
Easter Is A Call
Apr 13, 2017
Apr 14, 2017
Easter is Fulfillment
Apr 14, 2017
Apr 16, 2017
Easter is Life
Apr 16, 2017
Sep 9, 2017
What Happened to the Church?
Sep 9, 2017
Oct 16, 2017
Look Around You
Oct 16, 2017
Mar 14, 2018
Can We Just Get Back to Jesus?
Mar 14, 2018
Apr 6, 2018
Have You Lost The Fire?
Apr 6, 2018
Jun 13, 2019
Should the Church be "On Mission"?
Jun 13, 2019
The Feed
23
Jan 2, 2017
Stories of an Original: A Levis 501 Jean Documentary
Jan 2, 2017
Jan 3, 2017
How Imagination is Essential to Dynamic Living
Jan 3, 2017
Jan 13, 2017
What Younger Generations Can Learn from Cary Grant
Jan 13, 2017
Jan 18, 2017
Beauty in Forgotten Bits
Jan 18, 2017
Jan 20, 2017
Stay Out of Rabbit Holes: On Debunking
Jan 20, 2017
Feb 3, 2017
Anxiety and Social Media: Is it Time to Quit?
Feb 3, 2017
Feb 6, 2017
How To Find Work as a Creative
Feb 6, 2017
Feb 8, 2017
Don't Write For The Wrong Reasons
Feb 8, 2017
Feb 24, 2017
Why We Need To Be Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
Feb 24, 2017
Feb 27, 2017
What Lewis and Tolkien Can Teach Us About Hope
Feb 27, 2017
Mar 3, 2017
The World Was Peopled With Wonders
Mar 3, 2017
Mar 10, 2017
The Revenge of Analog
Mar 10, 2017
Mar 13, 2017
On Authenticity
Mar 13, 2017
Mar 20, 2017
Reconciled Among the Stars: A Speech by Artist Makoto Fujimura
Mar 20, 2017
Mar 22, 2017
Why Classic Architecture Makes Us Happy
Mar 22, 2017
Jun 2, 2017
How To Be Resilient in Life and Work
Jun 2, 2017
Jul 21, 2017
How To Read 200 Books A Year
Jul 21, 2017
Oct 21, 2017
Starve Your Distractions
Oct 21, 2017
Nov 6, 2017
How Nature Reboots Our Brains
Nov 6, 2017
Mar 26, 2018
Leave Your Phone Behind
Mar 26, 2018
Jun 13, 2019
Should the Church be "On Mission"?
Jun 13, 2019
Jan 10, 2020
Take a Walk in the Woods, It's Good For You
Jan 10, 2020
Apr 27, 2021
John Stott on Loneliness
Apr 27, 2021
Woodnotes
1
May 11, 2020
C.S. Lewis & The Imaginative Leader
May 11, 2020