I was someone who could stare into the darkness and not be afraid. I thought I could put myself between evil and my family and friends so that they didn’t have to confront it face-on themselves. I was wrong. The news this week has been overwhelming—mastering the understatement, I know. My social media and news...
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Is something vital missing from our church witness? This artist thinks so. When I wanted to understand better why I was put on this earth as an artist, I went where not many would think to go. I went to Bible school. More specifically, I acquired a master’s degree in biblical studies from Reformed Theological...
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Hints of Hope: Essays on Making Peace with the Proximate by Steven Garber is available now through Hearts and Minds Bookstore and on January 20, 2026, everywhere else. TWI has a relationship of long trust with Byron Borger at Hearts and Minds, known far and wide as “the best bookstore in America,” offering exceptional service...
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My doubts began in the most romantic of settings. I laid on the grass, my head on my backpack, in Champ de Mars park in Paris—the one that’s just below the Eiffel Tower. On a bright winter day, I found myself reading about the myth of Artemis. One of the classes I had enrolled in...
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A few years ago, my daughter and I were playing Battleship, and she shot misses on spaces C 8,9, and 10. Or that’s how I remember it and had it marked. But later she said “C9,” and I said, “you already tried that one, sweetie.” She said “No I didn’t. I shot J 8,9, and...
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Americans have a reading problem. For starters, fewer of us can be found with our noses in a book these days. According to a recent Gallup poll, book readership is on the decline, with just 6% of U.S. adults naming reading as their favorite way to spend an evening. That’s down from 12% in 2016....
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