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 Wandel Bryan Wandel works in government finance and has studied history,…
Cultivating My Children’s Imaginations Through Sacrament
Something special happens at church. That’s what I want my kids to know. Heather Walker Peterson Along with being a…
Phones – People – Prayer
My cell phone makes people more abstract, but God more real. Bryan Wandel Bryan Wandel works in government finance and…
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 Peterson Along with…
Badlands
A Poem Kathleen Robinson Kathleen Robinson is a freelance writer, editor and tutor living in Washington D.C. Her writing has…
The Hour of Lead: The Poetry of Holy Saturday
Poetry across the Great Triduum. Aaron Brown Aaron Brown is a novelist and poet who lived for ten years in…
Grace in the Dark
Holy Week thoughts on Kara Tippetts. Anne Snyder Anne Snyder is a member of the Humane Pursuits editorial board. She…
Rose Trees
HUMANE PURSUITS MARKS HOLY WEEK WITH FIVE WEEKDAY POSTS ON THE PRAY CHANNEL. Kathleen Robinson Kathleen Robinson is a freelance…
Betrayer
HUMANE PURSUITS MARKS HOLY WEEK WITH FIVE WEEKDAY POSTS ON THE PRAY CHANNEL. Jody Byrkett Jody Byrkett is the editor…
Single on Good Friday
HUMANE PURSUITS MARKS HOLY WEEK WITH FIVE WEEKDAY POSTS ON THE PRAY CHANNEL. Heather Walker Peterson Along with being a…
Cloud of Unknowing
Humane Pursuits marks Holy Week with five weekday posts on the Pray Channel. Aaron Brown Aaron Brown is a novelist…
What Lent Feels Like
Humane Pursuits marks Holy Week with five weekday posts on the Pray Channel. Nathaniel Torrey Nathaniel Torrey is the editor…
Caiaphas Makes a Deal
A poem Jody Byrkett Jody Byrkett is the editor of the Pray channel. She lives in picturesque Colorado where she…
I Swept the Raucous Stars Out of the Sky
My Pursuit of Silence Bryan Wandel Bryan Wandel works in government finance and has studied history, accounting, and religion. He…
Fragmented Prayers and Contemporary Art
How the Christian story helps us understand modern art Heather Walker Peterson Along with being a mother to two young…
Listen Well
Listening in Lent, by Elizabeth Herreid