Author Archive: Matt Bush

Have you ever thought:“If people knew some of the bad things I’ve done in the past, they would be appalled”? If so, you know it […]

Have you experienced the temptation to use those around you for validation of your own self-worth? For regular listeners of the podcast, Incurvatus in se […]

I was recently recommended the book Les Misérables by a friend. I’d heard of the movie and the name Jean Valjean but knew very little […]

I recently read The Gift of Being Yourself, by David Benner, for a retreat focused on spiritual transformation. I found it full of wisdom about […]

Why on earth would someone resist the feeling of joy? In Chapter 9 of Till We Have Faces, Orual ascends the Mountain near Glome. As […]

Lewis and Longing Throughout much of C.S. Lewis’ life, he recognized a longing within him that would stir from time-to-time and, as suddenly as it […]

A central idea explored in C.S. Lewis’ book, Till We Have Faces, is that of possessive love. Lewis himself stated that he was surprised when […]