To Read: Articles Love Your Neighbor in the New Year: Answer Their Emails and Texts // Jen Pollock Michel // "So how do we discern the difference between mindless interruptions (that serve as distractions) and meaningful ones (that serve as invitations)? How do we balance the personal need for silence with the sometimes-unwelcome needs of others?"... Continue Reading →

To Read: Articles There's No Place Like Taco Bell // Jed Ostoich // "And sure—there are much better restaurants out there. But only if your only goal is to experience that act of eating food that tickles your taste buds." Edible Theology — Heaven and Leaven // Kendall Vanderslice // "Throughout it all, I’ve been continually drawn... Continue Reading →

To Read: Articles New York City // Carter Moore // I've long enjoyed Carter's photos, and the words that have accompanied them. These images are gorgeous. Ten Questions To Ask Someone Instead Of “When Are You Going To Have A Baby?” // Hannah Matthews // “Which of the following do you think is more responsible for the... Continue Reading →

To Read: Articles There is No Wealth but Life: Rootedness in an Orphaned World // Jake Meador // "In his encyclical Caritas in Veritate, which is Latin for “love in truth,” Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI explains how it is that truth, by which he does not mean a personally defined “inner truth” but a given truth defined... Continue Reading →

To Read: Articles He Gives His Beloved // Lore Ferguson Wilbert // "To sleep is a gift but it is also an act of trust. It is something we both receive and something we give. It is the promise that a new day is coming but not yet. It is the guarantee that this day will... Continue Reading →

To Read: ArticlesThis Tom Hanks Story Will Help You Feel Less Bad // Taffy Brodesser-Akner // "It was this optimism I’d been hoping to capture when I took on this story; it was this optimism I was hoping to marinate in so that I’d feel a little better about the world for a couple of hours... Continue Reading →

To Read: Articles The Witch director Robert Eggers spills his beans about The Lighthouse // Alissa Wilkinson // "I personally think so. It’s so funny, because I feel like so many people felt like The Witch wasn’t satisfying. But now all of a sudden everyone’s saying “The Witch had such a satisfying ending, and now this is unsatisfying.” Okay, fine. But, though... Continue Reading →

To Read: Articles How Sci-Fi Creates Better Doctors // Ashley Abramson // "A lot of times medical students don’t have time to read a non-medical textbook, but it’s so important to encourage imagination and shape how they think about people. When you read sci-fi, since it’s filled with all kinds of people (and aliens), you get... Continue Reading →

To Read: Articles Meghan Markle Is 'Not Okay' — and She's Not Alone // Ashley Abramson // "While the visceral parts of mothering — growing and birthing a baby — are solitary tasks, taking care of a child is a collective one. In fact, research has shown that parents’ success in nurturing their children depends on... Continue Reading →

To Read: ArticlesFrank Ocean Makes Moves Like Nobody Else // Diane Solway // "When I worked on my first project, Nostalgia, Ultra, I hardly told anyone. Even people I was working with at the time didn’t know about it. There’s something that happens when you say what you’re doing before it’s done, and most of it is... Continue Reading →