A poem of wisdom, eternity, prayer, and perspective. anunexpectedjournal.com/chesterton-as-…

Man is always influenced by thought of some kind, his own or somebody else's. A man does test everything by something. The question here is whether he has ever tested the test. Do we each have a philosophy? And do we need one? anunexpectedjournal.com/chesterton-as-…

During the Second World War, Dorothy L. Sayers’s radio play cycle, The Man Born to be King, gave hope and truth to a country during a time when they needed it most.

"Dorothy L. Sayers messed me up. Whimsy, indeed. Hmph. One cannot help, when one begins to think in Dorothy’s whimsical terms, but see whimsy in the minutest details and the most complex matrices of life. Whimsy has invaded, and I like it." Read more: buff.ly/41joLx2

Essays and poetry from our new Dorothy L. Sayers issue are already available online... with more to come! Check it out here: buff.ly/4hZR9dt Or get the full issue right away here: buff.ly/3XGEeVV

Check out this short poem, "A Gaudy Device," from Gabriella Schumacher! #poetry buff.ly/4ibLpwU

Detective fiction is the purest literature we have. That's the claim of this new poem from Elizabeth Scott Tervo... Click below to see how she defends it, and let us know if you agree! buff.ly/4hTd2v3

Did you know that all past AUJ issues are available for free online? Exploring past issues by topic is a great way to enjoy AUJ whether you're into Dragons, Mystery, Superheroes, Tolkien, Dystopia, or something else! Check it out by issue here: buff.ly/3QyAhOU

AUJ is also on Bluesky now! You can follow us there at this link: buff.ly/4kdpaZj But whether here or there, we're using reason and imagination to advance and defend the Christian worldview. Just as we have since 2018. New platform. Same message.

"The weight of the darkness of death and life in the pit may feel unbearable but it is not the time for hopeless despair, and it is not the time to stay silent in a hopeless world of chaos and confusion." buff.ly/3QzCWI5

This new poem from J.A. Cooper begins, "I do not have a soul..." It ends differently. And it's from our latest issue focusing on the work of Dorothy L. Sayers! Check it out here: buff.ly/BQB1gcr

"To what degree should a work of imagination be credited to the mind of its creator, and to what degree, to the minds that influenced its creator?" Check out this new essay on the "unofficial Inkling" Dorothy L. Sayers: buff.ly/qYSFM38

What is the Kingdom of God? And what is it not? Check out this new piece from Kathyrn Wehr: anunexpectedjournal.com/the-kingdom-of…

"I am not sure exactly why I, and apparently the rest of the world, love mysteries as much as I do. I think Anthony Horowitz’s book-editor-turned-detective Susan Ryeland touches close to the reason." Check out this new piece from Abigail R. Brockmann: anunexpectedjournal.com/truth-and-fair…

On this day in 2018, the first issue of AUJ launched. Check out the letter to the reader that began it all! anunexpectedjournal.com/dear-reader/

For Dr. Josh Herring, his relationship with Dorothy L. Sayers is... complicated. anunexpectedjournal.com/the-lost-tools…

"The resemblance between Dante’s time and Sayers’s also drove her interest: the corruption in Dante’s day which drove his Inferno Sayers found in her own day, as she began reading Dante’s work from a World War 2 bomb shelter." Read more here: anunexpectedjournal.com/sayers-in-para…

In this essay, Megan Preston Meyer connects creativity, the Trinity, dragons, and - as one might expect - supply chains. Read here: anunexpectedjournal.com/creativity-the…