Bless Those Who Cuss You
Words of encouragement are not always the best teachers. Some years ago, I landed a job with a residential construction…
Work
What could fulfillment at work look like?
Songs or Silence
Should you listen while you work? Our technological boom has given rise to media available at all times and in…
The Love that Slices Brussels Sprouts
Robert Frost may be Mowing, but slicing expresses love all the same. Fifteen minutes passed before I realized how great a task…
Play
What does it mean to enjoy life?
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…
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.
Pray
What's left to hope for?
Resurrection as Eucatastrophe
I have often wondered what thoughts and fears must have dominated that first Holy Saturday for the disciples. Theirs was…
My Soul Refuses to be Comforted
How many are my foes! Many are they that rise up against me. They would swallow me up, for there…
Growing with the Psalms
I was stymied at first. When preschool age, my kids had responded well to Marie-Helene Delval’s brief texts and Arno’s…
Commune
What does connection really mean?
Awaiting the King: an Interview with James K.A. Smith
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.
5 Questions: How Do We Build Community?
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.
Monasticism for Modern Christians
Could it be that we, in feeding our appetites to the extreme, have starved our souls of any sense of…
Create
How do we find (and create) beautiful things?
Finding the Creator in Me
Last spring I decided to write a song. It started with a literature class assignment: read five to six poems…
‘Only Small Things Are Good’: An Interview with Author Micah Harris
What makes an endeavor meaningful? How can we make a difference in this world—or in the lives of those around…
The Flash Mob as a Portrait of Grace
Think about the gifts of Grace this Christmas. Although I have a strong preference for books over all kinds of screens, I have…
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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. Bryan…
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