Glitter Freckles Are Canceled
We’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino)…
‘I was prescribed medicine for a zit. Should I take it?’
The next installment of Ask Ugly, my monthly beauty advice column for the Guardian, is here! Hey Ugly, I went to a…
Are You Ugly? Do You Have A Good Life?
Readers! I’m researching an upcoming Ask Ugly column and would love your help. A young woman is seeking advice re: how to accept…
From the Archive:Breadboards and Horse Bells
Deuteronomy 28:3–6 puts some flesh on the bare bones of God’s blessings. Here those who live in communion with their maker are…
GoodSpeech
The word ‘benediction’, meaning blessing, came into the English language via Old French from a Latin root combining bene – ‘well’ or…
THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM
My wanderings through the letter to the Galatians have taken me to some pretty interesting places, but none more so than Paul’s…
God is Jesus
You may know that I’ve been reading Tom Torrance for the past six years or so, and that he’s upended my thinking…
The Bible? Who Cares?
Time was they all talked about it. Sharing proverbs; making embroideries; disguising their gossip and judgements of others as quotations from holy…
Focus on What Truly Matters
Do you ever find yourself caught up in thoughts that don’t serve you? Maybe it’s worrying about how others perceive you, overthinking…
The Recipe to Call Your Soul Back Home
I’ve been reflecting on what it really takes to call your soul back—to gather the parts of yourself left scattered along the…