Tending the Tree of Friendship
To cultivate rich friendship, like husbanding a vineyard, there are times when we have to cut off activities like sucker…
Pray
Benjamin
Why was yours the stained glass that cracked? Bryan WandelBryan Wandel works in government finance and has studied history, accounting,…
Cultivating My Children’s Imaginations Through Sacrament
Something special happens at church. That’s what I want my kids to know. Heather Walker PetersonAlong with being a mother…
Phones – People – Prayer
My cell phone makes people more abstract, but God more real. Bryan WandelBryan Wandel works in government finance and has…
Caring for Violets
A new reflection by Emily Gorton
Life Is Deeper than Fiction
I am not entitled to my next breath of oxygen or my next steady heartbeat. Provisions, relationships, and life are…
A Band in Solipsism
As the earth fights to rise, the heavens allow themselves to be taken. And the music fades into thunder. Kathleen…
A Letter to My Daughter: Your Femininity Doesn’t Limit You
The limitation you may sense is not your femininity. It is the limitation of time. Heather Walker PetersonAlong with being…
Badlands
A Poem Kathleen RobinsonKathleen Robinson is a freelance writer, editor and tutor living in Washington D.C. Her writing has appeared…
The Hour of Lead: The Poetry of Holy Saturday
Poetry across the Great Triduum. Aaron BrownAaron Brown is a novelist and poet who lived for ten years in Chad,…
Grace in the Dark
Holy Week thoughts on Kara Tippetts. Anne SnyderAnne Snyder is a member of the Humane Pursuits editorial board. She is…
Rose Trees
HUMANE PURSUITS MARKS HOLY WEEK WITH FIVE WEEKDAY POSTS ON THE PRAY CHANNEL. Kathleen RobinsonKathleen Robinson is a freelance writer,…
Betrayer
HUMANE PURSUITS MARKS HOLY WEEK WITH FIVE WEEKDAY POSTS ON THE PRAY CHANNEL. Jody ByrkettJody Byrkett is the editor of…
Single on Good Friday
HUMANE PURSUITS MARKS HOLY WEEK WITH FIVE WEEKDAY POSTS ON THE PRAY CHANNEL. Heather Walker PetersonAlong with being a mother…
Cloud of Unknowing
Humane Pursuits marks Holy Week with five weekday posts on the Pray Channel. Aaron BrownAaron Brown is a novelist and…
What Lent Feels Like
Humane Pursuits marks Holy Week with five weekday posts on the Pray Channel. Nathaniel TorreyNathaniel Torrey is the editor of…
Caiaphas Makes a Deal
A poem Jody ByrkettJody Byrkett is the editor of the Pray channel. She lives in picturesque Colorado where she enjoys…
I Swept the Raucous Stars Out of the Sky
My Pursuit of Silence Bryan WandelBryan Wandel works in government finance and has studied history, accounting, and religion. He is…
Fragmented Prayers and Contemporary Art
How the Christian story helps us understand modern art Heather Walker PetersonAlong with being a mother to two young and…
Listen Well
Listening in Lent, by Elizabeth Herreid