The Sunday Letter
One letter every Sunday, celebrating the people, places, food, and traditions of the South. Read past issues here, any day of the week.
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October 25, 2026
The Sunday Letter
An easy evening in downtown Naples: pasta outside, thirty-one years of suppers, and a whole town's gladness within earshot. Plus a Porch Light on the half of Romans 12:15 we skip.
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October 18, 2026
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One of those weeks where the deadlines hit all at once, and the thing worth being grateful for turned out to be the people who stepped in to help. Plus a Porch Light on the humility of letting them.
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October 11, 2026
The Sunday Letter
A little secret about how these letters really get written, and the quiet gift of paying attention all week. Plus a Porch Light on Psalm 139 and the God who has been noticing you all along.
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October 4, 2026
The Sunday Letter
An ordinary early-morning drive with Misti, nothing remarkable about it, and why that was the gift. Plus a Porch Light on Psalm 118:24 and the God who never tires of making the sun come up.
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September 27, 2026
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The mornings fill back up with birdsong as the birds come home, and fall turns into the South's great homecoming season. Plus a Porch Light on Lamentations 3:22-23 for the one afraid to come home.
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September 20, 2026
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A morning walk through a farmers market as the harvest turns from summer to fall, and why the South says thank you out loud. Plus a Porch Light on James 1:17 for the year that came up lean.
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September 13, 2026
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A little time this week with old friends I do not get to see enough, and what it says about belonging. Plus a Porch Light for the one who feels on the outside of it all.
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September 6, 2026
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It is September in earnest now, the football and the school and the holidays all bearing down at once. Plus a Porch Light on being a light for others, and not hiding it under a basket.
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August 30, 2026
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The last Sunday of August, and the South's first language: feeding people. Plus a Porch Light on breaking bread with glad and generous hearts.
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August 23, 2026
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New college students arrive in the South for the first time and quickly feel at home. Plus a Porch Light on the small, unseen faithfulness God never overlooks.
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August 16, 2026
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The close of summer, the school buses and the coming Friday night lights, and a Porch Light on the God-made turning of the seasons — faithfulness dressed up as weather.
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August 9, 2026
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Coming home from Marathon in the Florida Keys, a few days with the whole family on the water. Plus a Porch Light reflection on treasuring the time we are given while we have it.
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August 2, 2026
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A July storm on the porch, and the deliveries that arrive disguised as interruptions. Plus a Porch Light reflection on the light that no wind has ever put out.
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July 26, 2026
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Two years on from a wedding at a church in Madison, Mississippi, the long walk down the aisle, and what a Southern wedding really promises. Plus a Porch Light on the cord of three strands.
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July 19, 2026
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On eleven years without my father, the camping trips we took, and the way the South keeps its people. Plus a Porch Light reflection on mourning and the comfort that comes with morning.
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July 12, 2026
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Southern summer heat, air conditioning as a gift not a reason to stay in, and the pull of the two Beauforts. Plus a Porch Light reflection on two roads that seem the same but lead different ways.
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July 5, 2026
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A Fourth of July on the water, and the freedom underneath the freedom. Plus a Porch Light reflection on the liberty only the Son can give.
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June 28, 2026
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On the local ice cream stand, where everyone is welcome at the window, and a Porch Light reflection on grace handed through it freely.
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June 21, 2026
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A week in New England, the rumble of Franconia Notch, and the reminder that God's fingerprints are on the South too. Plus a Porch Light reflection on the day of small things.