Timothy Hoiland

Also, for those who are interested, Tamara is offering 50% off a monthly or annual paid subscription to Restful for up to one year: tamarahillmurphy.substack.com/TimHoiland

Honored to be included with these writers in reflecting on the seven last words of Jesus from the cross. More about the series: open.substack.com/pub/tamarahill…

Dispatch from the day job: In 1994, Madeleine L'Engle spoke at Laity Lodge and chose as her title Putting Descartes Before the Horse. We seriously need to up our pun game around here.

The other day we walked through our first house for the final time. Inspired by some wise friends, we paused to remember the life we’ve shared there. Then I made a list. “Not all change is loss; not all loss is tragic.” —James K.A. Smith, How to Inhabit Time

Somebody help me out: what’s the German word for the irrational existential panic one feels knowing there’s a *possibility* the book you might possibly want to read tomorrow is packed away in a trailer you won’t have access to for a week and a half?

For 2026, from Frederick Buechner: “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.”

Today an old friend added me to a group text called “late aughts bowling bros” and I’m here for this kind of nostalgia.

One of life's enduring mysteries is the breakneck speed at which our neighborhood Thai place turns around orders that taste amazing.

I love living in a neighborhood where the Thai place has an Abierto sign.

"Faith has a lot to do with the simple fact that there are trustworthy lives to be seen." – Rowan Williams #AllSaintsDay

Agreed: the “Eugenelessness” of hearts and minds (across the theological spectrum, really) needs to change. christiancentury.org/features/pleas…

On the joys of anticipating travel. And books. And trips involving books. timhoiland.substack.com/p/the-bookshel…

If I were asked what I want to accomplish as a writer, I would say it’s to contribute to a literature of hope. . . . I want to help create a body of stories in which men and women can discover trustworthy patterns. —Barry Lopez

Today, some reflections on faith, art, and sentimentality with Thomas Kinkade—and with Rembrandt, that other “painter of light.” timhoiland.substack.com/p/the-bookshel…

Life is short. We don’t have much time to gladden the hearts of those who walk this way with us. So, be swift to love and make haste to be kind. —Henri-Frédéric Amiel

@EricJDirksen Congrats!

With the thesis submitted, I can finally read for pleasure again...

@AleahMarsden Lord have mercy

It has happened. My kid's highschool is having a "Y2Glow" dance theme: "a night inspired by the iconic 2000s aesthetic." Elder millennials, we are now iconic. It's like when we called our parents' stuff vintage.

Joan Didion wasn't trying to inspire us. She was saying beware. timhoiland.substack.com/p/the-bookshel…

@cdnusboy Thank you, Dave

@timhoiland Really well done, thank you.

On his feast day, why not spend a little time with Augustine?