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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.
ForthcomingNo 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