Baseball
A baseball mimics the layers of the world, having cowhide and cotton as crust, yarn as mantle, rubber as outer core, and compressed cork as core. Continue reading Baseball
Author: Davis Wetherell
Davis Wetherell is a writer and editor for UnlockingtheBible.org. He received an M.A. in English from Marquette University, where he studied literature and taught rhetoric/composition. He also writes fiction and has worked with or contributed to multiple literary magazines. Connect with him on Twitter (@DavisWetherell).
The Walk
He followed the winding corridor out onto the open pavilion, clacking his shoes on the cobblestone. Those houses with their familiar faces welcomed him. Continue reading The Walk
Rain
Controlling rain would be a great thing for humanity. You don’t have to look far in our culture to see the damage rain has done to us in the past, and the ways we are trying to cope with it now. Continue reading Rain
You Got Me
In the middle of the night, Jonathan heard his living room window shatter. Continue reading You Got Me
Genesis
The stories tend to feel bare and incomplete, and this is intentional. The author has left gaps in the narrative for our own hearts to fall into. Genesis lets us participate in the story. Continue reading Genesis
Watch
Watches can be statements of decadence and pragmatism, athleticism and intelligence, masculinity and femininity. These wearable messengers of time are often the most expensive and most constant outward representation of our inner self. Continue reading Watch
Writing
The idea and the creation of writing make up the substance of my mind. So, it is natural for me to think about writing, because writing is what my thoughts are. Continue reading Writing
Coronavirus
I write this on the morning of April 7, 2020. Your mother and I have been taking refuge at home, leaving only when absolutely necessary, for twenty-one days. Continue reading Coronavirus
The Bible
The Bible is a book of books, which is to say that this one book contains multitudes. Within its covers you will find great literary variety, both origin story and apocalypse, both national history and intimate letters, both accounting and poetry. Continue reading The Bible
What Aristotle Can Teach Us about Christian Living
Imitation. This word brings to my mind both a high-minded literary device—the doppelgänger—and an annoying habit I formed as the youngest sibling in my family—copying everything my older sister said. Continue reading What Aristotle Can Teach Us about Christian Living
