Wesley
writes that,
for him, much of this shame was lifted when he
encountered C.S. Lewis»
essay «The Weight of Glory» — a literary reflection on the moment when God glorifies his people, when followers of Jesus hear God declare, «Well done, my good and faithful servant.»
Partial Bibliography Tickets
for a Prayer Wheel (1974, poems) Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974, nonfiction narrative) Holy the Firm (1977, nonfiction narrative) Living by Fiction (1982, non-fiction narrative) Teaching a Stone to Talk (1982, narrative essays) Encounters with Chinese Writers (1984, nonfiction narrative) An American Childhood (1987, memoir) The Writing Life (1989, non-fiction narrative) The Living (1992, novel) Mornings Like This (1995, poems) For the Time Being (1999, non-fiction narrative) The Maytrees (2007, fiction) The Abundance (20
for a Prayer Wheel (1974, poems) Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974, nonfiction narrative) Holy the Firm (1977, nonfiction narrative) Living by Fiction (1982, non-fiction narrative) Teaching a Stone to Talk (1982, narrative
essays)
Encounters with Chinese Writers (1984, nonfiction narrative) An American Childhood (1987, memoir) The
Writing Life (1989, non-fiction narrative) The Living (1992, novel) Mornings Like This (1995, poems)
For the Time Being (1999, non-fiction narrative) The Maytrees (2007, fiction) The Abundance (20
For the Time Being (1999, non-fiction narrative) The Maytrees (2007, fiction) The Abundance (2016)
Perhaps because we most often
encounter essay writing in the form of the request
for an
essay or personal statement to accompany an application, these
essays are intensely personal.