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Sound Words

Essays, letters, and books on Scripture, language, and the two religions of the human heart; written slowly, set carefully, and meant to be read the way they were made: at length, by lamplight.

Retain the standard of sound words. 2 Timothy 1:13

The catalog

No 001

The Serpent's Dialect

Article · A natural history of manipulation · 35 min

One o'clock on Sunday, and the dining room has gone bomb-disposal quiet.

No 002

Smooth Words

Letter · For daughters who read Austen and Tolkien · 11 min

Somewhere around thirteen, most girls make a discovery, and nobody announces it, and almost nobody talks about it honestly afterward.

No 003

The Questions of Paul

Book · Romans, read by its interrogation marks

Pelagius begins with man. Augustine begins with God. Everything else is footnotes and casualties.

Forthcoming
No 004

Ordinary Work

Series · Four sessions on calling, idleness, and idolatry

Between the ditch of idleness and the ditch of idolatry runs a narrow road called Tuesday.

Forthcoming