The Unheroic Life
AndrewAncient Christianity and Tolkien, for people tired of being told their faith has to be exceptional. Essays on the fathers, the unheroic life, and the strange idea that a small life might be enough. Written from the East Texas woods.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 46 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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The Man in the Corner at Bree
Chapter 2 of I Want to Be Sam, a book I’m writing here one chapter at a time. Each one stands on its own, but you can start at the beginning here.
You’re standing at the sink some weeknight, scraping somebody’s uneaten rice into the...
The World Was Never as Empty as We Were Told
You walk out of church on Sunday, squinting at the parking lot, and somewhere between finding your keys and buckling the kids in, the world goes back to being stuff. The asphalt is asphalt, and the pine trees are future mulch and lumber.
M...
Sixty-Eight Years Before the Crown
Chapter 2 of I Want to Be Sam, a book I’m writing here one chapter at a time. Each one stands on its own, but you can start at the beginning here.
You’re standing at the sink some weeknight, scraping somebody’s uneaten rice into the...
What If Nobody Chose You For This?
Somebody at the front of the room asks who can teach the kids’ class on Wednesday nights, and then comes the pause.
You know the one. Nobody says a word, everybody gets real interested in their shoes, and you’re the one who didn’t look dow...
What If Nobody Chose You For This?
Sam Gamgee was never picked for the quest. He just couldn’t be pried loose.
Somebody at the front of the room asks who can take the kids’ class on Wednesday nights, and then comes the pause.
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I write about ordinary faithfulness — Tolkien and the church fathers, for people worn out by the pressure to make their life count. Gardener, husband, father, East Texas woods.
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