Archive - Ashley Hales | Beauty Leads the Way

CS Lewis and Middle Age

Just a week ago, my eldest finished his sophomore year of high school.

Jun 14, 2024 •

Save us from influence, Lord.

A quick missive on words in 2025

Apr 15 •

Advent is not a Cottage Industry

A little note for all those feeling overwhelmed

Nov 9, 2023 •

Wendell Berry and the Influencers

#TradWives and Affection

Apr 5, 2024 •

The Surburbification of Us All

Subway tile, Station Wagons, and an Evangelical Woman Aesthetic

Jun 27, 2024 •

When the World is No Longer Future

Musings on middle age while I'm on deadline

Jan 25, 2024 •

Make Christianity Strange Again

Encouragement in a time of political turmoil

Jun 23 •

When the world is reeling, why read?

C.S. Lewis reminds us we will die and reading for beauty

Feb 4 •

Creating Amidst The Machine

On dopamine addiction, Lent, and the concrete

Feb 23, 2024 •

If Not Me, Then Who?

Against the "Made It" Economy and the Call of Love

Apr 16, 2024 •

Two paths diverged in the woods...

Imaginative formation, reading to children, and selling fear

Apr 25, 2024 •

A Crisis of Christian Maturity?

Some notes on ecclesiology and the stories we tell about faith and practice

May 24, 2024 •

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