In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk silent retreats, repentant writing, alien mercy, and Hallmark movies. Also, RJ goes Confucian while Dave spitballs a new kind of Dry January.

• Click here to read Ben Brasch's article "Silent Retreats Are Surging in Popularity" in the Washington Post.
• Click here to read Lauren Jackson's newsletter on "The Pscyhological Value of Repentance" in the NY Times.
• Click here to read Sarah's "Grace in an Age of Vengeance" on Mbird.
• Click here to read Ashley Hales's interview with Elizabeth Bruenig in Christianity Today, "Alien Mercy."
• Click here to read Elizabeth Bruenig's lengthy essay "Witness" in The Atlantic.
• Click here to read Matt Metevelis's piece on Mbird "The Gospel Is Not Your Happy Ending."
• Click here for more information about, or to pre-register for, the Fall Mbird Conference in Charlottesville, VA (Nov 14&15).