Recently here on The Twelve, colleague Jim Bratt gave a glowing review of Ron Chernow's brilliant new biography Grant.  Among…

According to researchers at Queen’s University in Ontario, sleep deprivation, can in some respects impair our judgment as much as…

By Gregory Love I am reading Under The Mercy, (1988), Sheldon Vanauken’s sequel to his 1977 award-winning book A Severe Mercy.…

I grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota, near the edge of the Black Hills. Just behind my home was…

He's the Queen's scribe, the man--the artist--responsible for creating England's most important state documents. He's the royal calligrapher, an artist,…

I pause today to honor the memory of Anya Krugovoy Silver, an extremely gifted poet and an incredible woman of…

My oldest child just turned 17, and both of our worlds are changing. Our date nights at the gym have…

In Sarah Arthur’s new book A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L’Engle, she tells of a frequent…

As you spend a few last hours this summer in your Adirondack chair under a shady canopy of leaves—with that…

Twice now I've had people ask me to give more examples of how we can love our neighbor. A common…