Why Can’t Everything be a Masterpiece?

Last year I watched 52 movies, and read 48 books. But I didn’t like them all. Some movies I hated. Some books I rolled my eyes at, or finished with the thought of “Finally. Now, I can read something good!” As I finished the year reading A Christmas Carol, I was struck by this question: […]

The Power of Repetition by Emily Babbitt

I hadn’t been to church since February, and I was starting to feel disconnected from God. During my first week back in a sanctuary, God spoke to me through a literary device — repetition.  My church stopped hosting in-person services at the beginning of March because of COVID-19, and I’d missed a few weeks before […]