Andrew Taylor-Troutman

You Can Carry Your Memories, and God Can Carry You

The following excerpt was taken from the new book by Mockingbird contributor Andrew Taylor-Troutman. The […]

This Father’s Day, my three children gifted me a bird feeder in the shape of […]

When I say Asa, I sing Asa – Bry Webb, “Asa” Our middle child is […]

A new friend, who is joining the church I serve, offered a Rumi reading to […]

Dear Lord: let me die before my wife. I’m bouncing our baby daughter on my […]

I was taking a mid-afternoon break at my favorite coffee shop. The brew was dark, […]

On the first Sunday of the month, I gathered with the other middle schoolers early […]

From the backseat, our four-year-old firstborn asked why the road sign said 100. An unusual […]

“You may kiss the bride,” I said in my preacher voice just like I always […]

And we think that we can’t write that for which we do not have words […]

One lazy afternoon when the light oozed in the air like honey, this old farmer […]