Prayer Walks
“Listen to the carrion—put your ear
Close, and hear the faint chattering
Of the songs to come.”
—Wendell Berry
The old man used to have a dog that was always barking. Now,
D.L. Mayfield
D.L. Mayfield has written for McSweeneys, Image Journal, and Christianity Today, among other publications. <a href="http://www.dlmayfield.com/book/">Her book of essays is forthcoming from HarperOne in
Feasting in the House of the Lord
If the others are going to hell, then I am going along with them. But I do not
believe that; on the contrary, I believe that we will all be saved, I, too,
The Wounds of Belief
hoe met up before a show. He was wearing a bandana around his face while working
on the ancient wheels of his ancient tour bus, adorned with hand-painted flowers
and cracked windows. We
The Book we Need
For thus the Lord said to me: “Go, set a watchman; let him announce what he
sees.”—Isaiah 21:6
“Sentimentality about Lee’s story grew even as the harder truths of the
Carrie & Lowell & Me
I married into a dysfunctional family. My own tribe has their problems,
naturally; but I was raised in a pack of females—strong, emotional, spiritual,
and confident that our bonds and good hearts