Timothy Hoiland
@timhoiland.bsky.social
Reader, writer, wonderer. Probably on a walk with Katie right now.
Life is short. We don’t have much time to gladden the hearts of those who walk this way with us. So, be swift to love and make haste to be kind.
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel
September 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Life is short. We don’t have much time to gladden the hearts of those who walk this way with us. So, be swift to love and make haste to be kind.
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel
During those years, I read a lot of Dostoyevsky. It didn’t alleviate my problems, but it did make me feel that having those problems was Dostoyevskian.
—Juan Villoro
—Juan Villoro
September 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
During those years, I read a lot of Dostoyevsky. It didn’t alleviate my problems, but it did make me feel that having those problems was Dostoyevskian.
—Juan Villoro
—Juan Villoro
Joan Didion wasn't trying to inspire us. She was saying beware.
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September 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Joan Didion wasn't trying to inspire us. She was saying beware.
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So striking that the parables are secular stories. They’re not stories that mention God. They’re stories in which God is mentioning the world.
—Rowan Williams
📷 Fisherman holding a pearl, September 2021, Puerto Peñasco, Mexico
—Rowan Williams
📷 Fisherman holding a pearl, September 2021, Puerto Peñasco, Mexico
August 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
So striking that the parables are secular stories. They’re not stories that mention God. They’re stories in which God is mentioning the world.
—Rowan Williams
📷 Fisherman holding a pearl, September 2021, Puerto Peñasco, Mexico
—Rowan Williams
📷 Fisherman holding a pearl, September 2021, Puerto Peñasco, Mexico
You can work a lifetime trying to make the Trinity intelligible and get nowhere; you can spend five minutes on it, and begin to see its colors light the world.
—Robert Farrar Capon
—Robert Farrar Capon
June 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
You can work a lifetime trying to make the Trinity intelligible and get nowhere; you can spend five minutes on it, and begin to see its colors light the world.
—Robert Farrar Capon
—Robert Farrar Capon
Bless you, Therese
May 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Bless you, Therese
Read it here: www.1mission.org/blog/meet-du...
March 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Read it here: www.1mission.org/blog/meet-du...
“I want each person in these programs to develop and grow. When I look around at the people serving in this community, I see the future leaders who will teach and train others. We need them. Here they are.”
March 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“I want each person in these programs to develop and grow. When I look around at the people serving in this community, I see the future leaders who will teach and train others. We need them. Here they are.”
Always grateful for every opportunity to spend time in Mexico with 1MISSION and the families we serve. I especially love when I get to interview people like Dulce, a local leader in Puerto Peñasco whose commitment to service inspires me.
March 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Always grateful for every opportunity to spend time in Mexico with 1MISSION and the families we serve. I especially love when I get to interview people like Dulce, a local leader in Puerto Peñasco whose commitment to service inspires me.
"I do believe God is in it, both the source and the aim."
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March 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"I do believe God is in it, both the source and the aim."
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But hope could rise from ashes even now,
Beginning with this sign upon your brow.
—Malcolm Guite
@malcolmguite.bsky.social
Beginning with this sign upon your brow.
—Malcolm Guite
@malcolmguite.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
But hope could rise from ashes even now,
Beginning with this sign upon your brow.
—Malcolm Guite
@malcolmguite.bsky.social
Beginning with this sign upon your brow.
—Malcolm Guite
@malcolmguite.bsky.social
What writer among us hasn’t dreamed of being part of our very own gang of Inklings? Who of us hasn’t longed for that kind of literary friendship—in a pub with a pint, no less?
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February 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What writer among us hasn’t dreamed of being part of our very own gang of Inklings? Who of us hasn’t longed for that kind of literary friendship—in a pub with a pint, no less?
timhoiland.substack.com/p/the-booksh...
timhoiland.substack.com/p/the-booksh...
In these days of chaos and cruelty by decree, I’ve been looking for ways to stay human—strategies for resisting the outrage machine, practices for keeping a clear mind and a tender heart. Here are a few.
www.timhoiland.com/blog/chasing...
www.timhoiland.com/blog/chasing...
February 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In these days of chaos and cruelty by decree, I’ve been looking for ways to stay human—strategies for resisting the outrage machine, practices for keeping a clear mind and a tender heart. Here are a few.
www.timhoiland.com/blog/chasing...
www.timhoiland.com/blog/chasing...
A few words here on Marilyn McEntyre's new collection of "winter poems" and reflections.
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December 23, 2024 at 9:38 PM
A few words here on Marilyn McEntyre's new collection of "winter poems" and reflections.
www.timhoiland.com/blog/midwint...
www.timhoiland.com/blog/midwint...
Winter in Arizona, man
December 20, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Winter in Arizona, man
Here they are, friends, my favorite books of the year.
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December 18, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Here they are, friends, my favorite books of the year.
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"Advent Calendar," a poem by Rowan Williams
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December 14, 2024 at 7:57 PM
"Advent Calendar," a poem by Rowan Williams
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God, give us a long winter
and quiet music, and patient mouths,
and a little pride—before
our age ends.
Give us astonishment
and a flame, high, bright.
—Adam Zagajewski, “A Flame”
and quiet music, and patient mouths,
and a little pride—before
our age ends.
Give us astonishment
and a flame, high, bright.
—Adam Zagajewski, “A Flame”
December 3, 2024 at 12:50 AM
God, give us a long winter
and quiet music, and patient mouths,
and a little pride—before
our age ends.
Give us astonishment
and a flame, high, bright.
—Adam Zagajewski, “A Flame”
and quiet music, and patient mouths,
and a little pride—before
our age ends.
Give us astonishment
and a flame, high, bright.
—Adam Zagajewski, “A Flame”
The children's book I wrote a few years ago has been re-released and is on sale this weekend. Proceeds support community development programs in Mexico. So grab a copy or two or three or four or five whydontcha!
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November 29, 2024 at 6:21 PM
The children's book I wrote a few years ago has been re-released and is on sale this weekend. Proceeds support community development programs in Mexico. So grab a copy or two or three or four or five whydontcha!
store.1mission.org/products/chi...
store.1mission.org/products/chi...