Sunday Firesides: A Long Obedience in the Same Direction

Journals in which only the first few pages have been written in. Bibles in which only the first few pages have been creased.

Dumbbells gathering dust. Running shoes that still look new.

Books yet unopened. Texts yet unanswered. Paints yet unused.

Our lives are littered with the detritus of things once begun (and often begun numerous times), and then abando…