
The Humane Pursuits of Brian Brown
A fond farewell: Former Pray Channel editor toasts HP and its founder in this, our 1,000th (and final) post.
A fond farewell: Former Pray Channel editor toasts HP and its founder in this, our 1,000th (and final) post.
I have often wondered what thoughts and fears must have dominated that first Holy Saturday for the disciples. Theirs was…
How many are my foes! Many are they that rise up against me. They would swallow me up, for there…
Saturdays.
I was stymied at first. When preschool age, my kids had responded well to Marie-Helene Delval’s brief texts and Arno’s…
Interview with the author and the illustrator of Psalms of Praise: A Movement Primer, another Baby Believer Book
Last spring I decided to write a song. It started with a literature class assignment: read five to six poems…
I found myself, a married man of two weeks, living alone on fifteen acres of waterfront property on Maryland’s Eastern…
When you truly love something, you won’t be content to be bad at it.
Words of encouragement are not always the best teachers. Some years ago, I landed a job with a residential construction…
As 2018 begins with the usual flurry of New Year’s resolutions—eat healthier, read more, spend more time with family—I wonder how many have added ‘love my neighbor’ to their list. I got to sit down with author and philosopher James K. A. Smith to learn how to make community a central focus in 2018 and learned it has a lot to do with Augustine. And Hope.
What makes an endeavor meaningful? How can we make a difference in this world—or in the lives of those around…
Once upon a time, I recorded an audiobook in my closet.
God dignified our sufferings when he chose to join us in them—unseen.
Kirstie Joy Schierkolk reminds us to carry the Light of the World into the darkness this Advent.
Think about the gifts of Grace this Christmas. Although I have a strong preference for books over all kinds of screens, I have…
In this season of Advent, I have been contemplating the role of community in building up gratitude in my own life, and I want to hear your stories.
It’s ok to dabble.
Into our exhaustion breaks the season of Advent, when we look to the Light of the World for consolation.
God’s Lavish Love. . .Even for Those You Don’t Like