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1 Mar 2021
I've written a book about my Idaho homeland—a book about family, rootedness, homesickness, and exodus. It's a book borne out of love for the rural West, & out of a growing sense of urgency over issues of conservation & stewardship.
Pre-order it here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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In this week's Water Dipper, Jeff Bilbro recommends essays about baseball, gardening, and the Metaverse: frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
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I hope, too, that these thoughts offer a different vision of work life than we're currently seeing in AI conversations and debates.
Glaucon, in Plato's Republic, suggests that there are three types of goods...
Feb 16
This essay on work language turns to @iamfujimura, @knorriseyt, Wendell Berry, C.S. Lewis, and Ivan Illich (among others) for insight.
I was/am grateful to get to articulate thoughts I've been mulling over for a decade (!). Thank you to @LMSacasas for helping me write this.
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The Scriptures complexify and deepen this vision of work by showing us a God who delights in poiesis, making cosmos from chaos (as Madeleine L'Engle puts it), and then calling us to do the same. He is furthermore a God who washed feet, healed the sick, and worked as a carpenter!
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This essay seeks to showcase the beauty in both intellectual *and* embodied disciplines, seeing both as God-given gifts. Whether we're using our heads or our hands, there is value to our work. We should call it "good"—not just for what it produces, but for what it *is.*
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This essay on work language turns to @iamfujimura, @knorriseyt, Wendell Berry, C.S. Lewis, and Ivan Illich (among others) for insight.
I was/am grateful to get to articulate thoughts I've been mulling over for a decade (!). Thank you to @LMSacasas for helping me write this.
Feb 16
"It is precisely these thankless, boring, repetitive tasks that are hardest for the workaholic or utilitarian mind to appreciate, and God knows that being rendered temporarily mindless as we toil is what allows us to approach the temple of holy leisure." granola.substack.com/p/the-d…
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"It is precisely these thankless, boring, repetitive tasks that are hardest for the workaholic or utilitarian mind to appreciate, and God knows that being rendered temporarily mindless as we toil is what allows us to approach the temple of holy leisure." granola.substack.com/p/the-d…
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Meditations on work and naming, inspired by Owen Barfield, @iamfujimura, @NWirzba, Wendell Berry, and Ivan Illich: granola.substack.com/p/the-d…
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In this week's Water Dipper, Jeff Bilbro recommends essays on economic republicanism, the second amendment, and isolation. frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
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Jan 27
Some brief thoughts on news consumption & neighborliness—offered up with a knowledge of their imperfection. We need some hope when the events of our world are tragic & infuriating, and I pray this is hopeful to you: granola.substack.com/p/love-…
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Jan 25
"The world is seeing another side of America: just how many people are willing to stand by their immigrant neighbors, propelled by a much older mandate: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" – @RachelPiehJones at @Plough plough.com/en/topics/justice…
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Jan 23
“We’re called to give up control, again and again, as new unknowns unfold. But this sort of risky love requires us to demonstrate our own radical hospitality...” @gracyolmstead
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"As long as that tension between the rational structure and the natural world exists, and you are in some sense on both sides, then it’s of interest. But if you say, ‘this window is enough for me,’ you’ve taken sides, and you’re wrong." granola.substack.com/p/livin…
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Jan 19
Watching @twobirdsfilm's "Look and See: Further," and asking questions about perception — the way we frame our worlds: granola.substack.com/p/frami…
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Jan 10
In which I recommend essays by @IBWood35, @SulkinMaya, @FrannieBlock, @kileybense, @paldhous, @HSRdirector, @gracyolmstead, @Chris_arnade, @wtokie, and others.
In this week's Water Dipper, Jeff Bilbro recommends essays about Dorothy Day, Tanya Berry, and Ludwig Wittgenstein: frontporchrepublic.com/2026/…
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So excited about @twobirdsfilm's new series, "Look and See: Further."
Today, I'm posting my original review of "Look and See," and looking forward to a month of viewing and reviewing this new series: granola.substack.com/p/the-t…
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31 Dec 2025
Transcript of the lecture here: granola.substack.com/p/tanya…
30 Dec 2025
This spring, I had the immense honor of giving a lecture on Tanya Berry (Wendell Berry's wife) at The Berry Center in Kentucky. That lecture is now viewable here: youtube.com/watch?v=hV3Py26u…
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30 Dec 2025
This spring, I had the immense honor of giving a lecture on Tanya Berry (Wendell Berry's wife) at The Berry Center in Kentucky. That lecture is now viewable here: youtube.com/watch?v=hV3Py26u…
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