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. . . To borrow Umberto Eco's phrase, writing is a "cosmological affair": we can create little worlds that recognize the truths of Scripture, explore the goodness of Creation, and examine our experiences in light of revelation (Confessions of a Young Novelist, 14). The best writing, no matter the genre, will represent reality with beauty, mystery, and complexity. While I have mentioned some extraordinary examples above, our work can do the same. This is why the craft of writing matters: writing is a technology of discovery, one by which we can create little worlds of words that glorify God. . . .
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Robert Erle Barham on the Craft of Creating Worlds of Words
31.1 — January/February 2018
Taking the Measure of the Deserving & the Undeserving Poor
30.5 — September/October 2017
Costly Grace in Breece D'J Pancake's Flyover Country
November 9, 2018 — From the Editor
Working-Class Actions & Educated Screw-Ups
from the current issue
31:6 — November/December 2018
The Critical Role of Imagination in the Work of C. S. Lewis by Donald T. Williams
31:6 — November/December 2018
Diane Woerner on the Church's Response to the Anti-marriage Tide
31:6 — November/December 2018
Thomas Albert (Tal) Howard on the Paradiso as Light for the Christian Mind
31:6 — November/December 2018
Ecumenical Agreement on Religious Liberty Awaits Catholic Clarity by Korey D. Maas
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Of Bicycles, Sex, & Natural Law
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27.3—May/June 2014
Facts versus Stereotypes About Love & Marriage in the Land of the Free by Allan Carlson
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29.5—Sept/Oct 2016
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31.6 — November/December 2018
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From Heavenly Harmony
on classical music
31.6 — November/December 2018
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31.6 — November/December 2018
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book reviews
31.1 — January/February, 2018
A Novel Invitation
Joy by Georges Bernanos,
tr. Louise Varèse—A review by Norm Klassen
31.4 — July/August, 2018
No Mere Cleric
Lionhearts: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel by Ray Keating—A review by Raymond J. Brown
31.4 — July/August, 2018
Out of the Box
Our Secular Age: Ten Years of Reading and Applying Charles Taylor—A review by Louis Markos
31.2 — March/April, 2018
The Pains of Nineveh
Year of the Sword: The Assyrian Christian Genocide, A History
by Joseph Yacoub, tr. James Ferguson—A review by Anne Barbeau Gardiner
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