Archive - A Balm in Gilead

For Lent, I'm Leaving Room for Holy Envy

My friend Grant and I introduce this year's Lenten practice.

Mar 6 •

Julia Louise Morrow

January 2025

A New Year's Letter from Virginia

Goals (ordinary and existential) for 2025, as well as art that I'm enjoying at present.

Jan 3 •

Julia Louise Morrow

December 2024

Sponging Away the Writing on the Stone

We must feel grief and regret, lest we forget how to love.

Dec 28, 2024 •

Julia Louise Morrow

The “7 O'Clock News/Silent Night” of the Incarnation

Wishing you and yours a warm, wonderful Christmas!

Dec 20, 2024 •

Julia Louise Morrow

Speaking the Languages of Faith

On holy envy, St. Francis and the Sultan, & the Pope (as usual) stirring the pot.

Dec 14, 2024 •

Julia Louise Morrow

Theology Done on One's Knees

Reflections on the church and academy after the 2024 SBL/AAR annual meeting, as well as art that I enjoyed last month.

Dec 6, 2024 •

Julia Louise Morrow

August 2024

We Belong to One Another

A reflection on traveling by train, the necessity of fidelity, and the art (film, painting, and story) that I'm enjoying.

Aug 21, 2024 •

Julia Louise Morrow

July 2024

All of My Lipstick Recommendations

Because there is nothing better than red lipstick to make a gal feel chic!

Jul 27, 2024 •

Julia Louise Morrow

A Balm in Gilead Returns At Last!

All of the odds and ends of my life since I last wrote, and a bit about the art that I've been enjoying this summer.

Jul 6, 2024 •

Julia Louise Morrow

September 2022

Concluding Summer Book Club

The world is charged with divine fire. The very least we can do is try to show up for a bit of it.

Sep 22, 2022 •

Julia Louise Morrow

August 2022

Week 7: Architecture of Community

When you deeply, truly love this world, God can be found everywhere.

Aug 23, 2022 •

Julia Louise Morrow

Week 6: Learning How to Die

This is the most hopeful story that we can tell about the world around us: remember death.

Aug 10, 2022 •

Julia Louise Morrow

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