tony woodlief

Maybe you’ll like my latest Image essay, about the struggle for single-mindedness among we sophisticated, double-minded types. Here’s an excerpt: “The soul will follow the...

Tonight I made my way home through rain driven from a shrouded sky. It struck the scorched asphalt, and everywhere was steam. I remembered...

My youngest boys, Isaac and Isaiah (10 and 7), depart today for a week-long summer camp, which is a cause for excitement on their...

Seven-year old Isaiah found a small desk in the back of our garage and claimed it. “I want to paint it red,” he said....

Like many, I passed this spring through Lent. It felt longer than in past years, because there has been a kind of Lenten work...

A society doesn’t capsize all at once; it leans by degrees. It tilts, and the opinion mavens who are its deckhands rush about reassuring...

I’ve been working on contentment, which mostly means I’ve been praying for God to help me be content in whatever circumstances I find myself,...

Some of you may like my attempt, though it probably deserves more thought, to articulate why we pay little attention to big-money sports in...