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I’m at the beach with my husband, wining and dining on the company dime for...

Lately, it seems, everyone is talking about silence—how they have less of it, how they...

In the back of the closet right, where I’d stowed it years before, I found...

A show about Russian spies living in D.C. during the Cold War easily brings to...

Once, in high school, a guy in the trombone section brought a Playboy to band...

“No, you should definitely major in English,” I told our babysitter, a high-school senior from...

Read Part 1 here. By Danielle Leshaw  Judaism tells us how to leave. Leaving the...

By Danielle Leshaw Father Bill offered a set of instructions. “Walk beside me, never on...

By Brad Fruhauff If Katie had had a tattoo when we met, I probably would...

The second season of Showtime’s The Affair premiered at the beginning of October. In the show, Noah,...

Impatience. Anger. Wastefulness. Restlessness. Desire. Haughtiness. Greed. Judgement. Pride.        § I’ve been paying...

At five a.m. this morning, my husband woke me while taking money from my wallet...

May you have the courage to let go of everything you know about yourselves—everything you...

I was in tears watching my city's Gay Pride parade go by this year. Yes,...

Continued from yesterday. Traditional dance is, by modern standards, inherently misogynistic. The man leads, in...

“ONE two three, LONG short short—don’t step on her!” Gulya is my dance instructor. She’s...

After I’ve peeled the plastic protective layer off the nicotine patch and am holding the...

My husband was deep into a bathroom remodeling project when he asked me to stop...

In the beginning was a wedding. The ceremony began with light. The ceremony included the...

By Suzanne M. Wolfe Twenty one men dressed in orange jump-suits are kneeling in a...

Dear Steve, I’ve had to look away for most of three decades now—away from your...

Every winter I plunge into darkness. As Seattle days shorten to eight hours with clouds...

Guest Post By Gregory Wolfe The following remarks were given by the author at his...

Guest Post By J. M. Samuelson Continued from yesterday.  Alan Jacobs recently made a wise...

Guest Post By J. M. Samuelson Publishers today are churning out self-help literature at ever-increasing...

In a previous post, I used Richard Wilbur’s poem “for C” to talk about my...

“He blessed us.” Craig’s eyes twinkle, his mouth twitches. I recognize the man I fell...

Arts & Faith's Top 25 Films on Marriage list was recently released by Image Journal, in...

When my husband was told he’d have quadruple bypass surgery the next day, we were—believe...

Dust…flies free for a moment, then returns, leisurely, to the habitual road—that bruised string which...