In this lies our greatest strength.
About Jonas Ellison
Why Trying to ‘Live Like Jesus’ Leads to Disaster
And the distinction between Christian and tribal worship.
And the distinction between Christian and tribal worship.
Can I Cuss Around You?
Why authentic Christianity and piety don’t mix.
Why authentic Christianity and piety don’t mix.
Art and Faith as a Countercultural Way of Life
What goes through your head when you sit down to write your first poem or make that first sketch of the tree outside your window?
What goes through your head when you sit down to write your first poem or make that first sketch of the tree outside your window?
Why Did You Start Creating in the First Place?
There comes a point where you have to do something vulnerable.
There comes a point where you have to do something vulnerable.
Me, of Little Faith
For many years, I questioned whether or not I was a Christian.
For many years, I questioned whether or not I was a Christian.
The Craft of the Essay
Are you willing to be wrong (in public)?
Are you willing to be wrong (in public)?
The Subtle Cultural Laws of Religiosity and Seculosity
When I’m blinded by self-righteousness, I can point fingers and should all over people.
When I’m blinded by self-righteousness, I can point fingers and should all over people. When I’m blinded by self-righteousness, I can point fingers and should all over people.
What’s Your Personal Salvation Project?
All the ways we try to justify our worth
All the ways we try to justify our worth
An Open Letter to Internet Success Gurus
You’ve connected the dots looking backward, not forward.
You’ve connected the dots looking backward, not forward.
Reverence Junkie
I yearn for slowness, silence, non-competition, and paying my respects to the sacred nature of things.
I yearn for slowness, silence, non-competition, and paying my respects to the sacred nature of things.
Here’s What We’re Told
A poem of God and nature.
A poem of God and nature.
On Speaking From Unhealed Wounds
And the inconvenience of a conversion experience
And the inconvenience of a conversion experience.
On Turning Forty
7 things that I think 40 will mean for me.
7 things that I think 40 will mean for me.
The Ones Who Annoy Us the Most
They look a lot like us on our bad day.s
They look a lot like us on our bad day.s
Identities Made of Sand
Fall in the sea eventually
Fall in the sea eventually.