Lessons from a Lava Field
Saturdays. Bryce JohnsonBryce Johnson is a wanderer. Raised in the fields and mountains of southeastern Idaho, he understands that vast…
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In Praise of Living with All One’s Might
When you truly love something, you won’t be content to be bad at it. Andrew CollinsAndrew Collins is a fellow…
Exploring the World of Librivox
Once upon a time, I recorded an audiobook in my closet.
How to be an Amateur
It’s ok to dabble. Liz HorstLiz Horst studied music and English literature at Grove City College and now lives in…
The Shogun’s Bowl is Broken
Kintsugi: the art of enjoying fragile and impermanent things.
Going at Godspeed on the Road
Leave home, leave the country, leave the familiar. Only then can routine experience—buying bread, eating vegetables, even saying hello—become new…
Podcasts and Participatory Storytelling
In the Information Age, people are rediscovering an ancient form of entertainment. Philip BunnPhilip studied political philosophy at Patrick Henry…
At Home with Music
Resources for Family Singing and Listening Amanda McGillAmanda McGill is a freelance writer, the music director at Christ the King…
In Praise of Nursery Songs
Part 3 in a series on Musical Culture. Amanda McGillAmanda McGill is a freelance writer, the music director at Christ…
Learning to Hear, Learning to Sing with Ken Myers
How the order in music mirrors the order in creation. Amanda McGillAmanda McGill is a freelance writer, the music director…
Imagining a Musical Culture
We’ve forgotten the ways that music shapes souls and communities. Amanda McGillAmanda McGill is a freelance writer, the music director…
Tea and the Enjoyment of Useless Things
The most precious beauties have no market value. Kristen SosebeeKristen Sosebee is wife to one fine lawyer and mama to…
The Musical Motifs that Anchor us
Music and story are a potent combination. John EhrettJohn Ehrett serves as senior editor at Conciliar Post, an online publication…
Story Girls
Growing a culture of imaginative play. Amy Baik LeeAmy Baik Lee writes from a desk looking out on a cottage…
Concert at the Old Schoolhouse
How shared music connects people and places. Meg SandersMeg Sanders lives abroad in Germany with her husband in the Air…
My Accidental Craft
The Art of Crochet, in Photos. I learned to crochet almost by accident. My mom had asked a lady from…
Get up and Dance
Dance is, at it’s heart, a joyful embrace of reality. Drums pound, lightly and slowly at first, drawing us onto…
My Taste of Homelessness
What travel taught me about humanity and humility. When I tell you I spent a year studying abroad on the French…
How to Promote Healthy Play in Your Home
A solution for post-Christmas boredom. Having two toddlers made this Christmas my favorite of all. There is no substitute for the…
Search engines and the pursuit of true adventure
Adventure requires an embodied engagement with the unknown. One morning last fall I woke up in a new world. The…