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The Chrysostom Society

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Timbuktu (2015)

On Saturday night, I had the rare opportunity to do what I love to do. I invited a room full of Christian writers and special guests to travel with me to a village on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in West Africa. It's a perilous place:

Bret Lott and the Ambition contest winners

It's Christmas Eve. I feel like handing out some gifts. A few weeks ago, I invited people to send me their lists of films, books, or songs that speak to them about ambition. Then I asked a jury of Looking Closer Specialists to vote on the lists they

Writers of Ambition: a roundtable interview

Writers of Ambition: a roundtable interview

This may be a first: I don't know that I've ever interviewed several of my favorite writers at once. But Ambition has made me ambitious. In Ambition, the Chrysostom Society’s latest collaborative book of wisdom and testimony, nine members of the Society — Diane Glancy, Emilie

Is it okay for artists to be ambitious?

On Books & Writing

Is it okay for artists to be ambitious?

There was a time when women were frowned on for their ambitions... if those ambitions were for anything other than becoming a wife and a mother. Thank God, we are leaving those days behind. I am grateful for those who dedicate themselves to marriage and to motherhood — two of the

Ambition book giveaway

Ambition book giveaway

Well, it's not as miraculous as Christmas coming early. But it's close. New writing by Eugene H. Peterson, Luci Shaw, Scott Cairns, Jeanne Murray Walker, Bret Lott, Emilie Griffin, Dain Trafton, Diane Glancy, Erin McGraw, and Gina Ochsner has just arrived. And it's all

Get ambitious. Order now.

The Auralia Thread

Get ambitious. Order now.

Soon, I'm going to give away ALL of these copies of my new favorite book. So stay tuned... details of the giveaways are coming. Who wrote my new favorite book? Eugene Peterson, Luci Shaw, Scott Cairns, Jeanne Murray Walker, Gina Ochsner, and Bret Lott... just for starters Read

Want to be the best? Want to be famous?

Want to be the best? Want to be famous?

When my friend Mark was recounting his recent vacation in New Orleans, he talked about how it didn't take long for his wife — who has an incredibly powerful singing voice — to start thinking about moving there. No surprise there: New Orleans is one of those places that attracts

On Books & Writing

Discover The Chrysostom Society: Meet Editor and Book Enthusiast John Wilson

In the early days, they plotted how to kill each other.