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…
Beauty
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…
Solitude and the Sound of a Falling Tree
I found myself, a married man of two weeks, living alone on fifteen acres of waterfront property on Maryland’s Eastern…
The Shogun’s Bowl is Broken
Kintsugi: the art of enjoying fragile and impermanent things.
Do Not Be Afraid
As the headlines and the world spin madly out of control, let us remember not to be afraid. Jody ByrkettJody…
The Catechism of Hope
Ten-Year-Olds and the Catechesis of Hope Stephen WilliamsStephen Williams was raised in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and received a B.A. in…
The Broken and Beautiful Road
Nothing has broken me like motherhood. Kristen SosebeeKristen Sosebee is wife to one fine lawyer and mama to three…
A Day in the Life of a Professional Marveler
The marveler’s eyes well with gratitude: “Oh guys. . . If you only knew the beauty of what just happened.”…
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…
Acknowledging Beauty in the Embers
“I cannot escape the fact that the burden of memory is rarely light in a corrupted world where fear…
My Accidental Craft
The Art of Crochet, in Photos. I learned to crochet almost by accident. My mom had asked a lady from…
Frailty, Death, and Unexpected Beauty
Death and frailty are not really the end of the world. . . Kristen SosebeeKristen Sosebee is wife to one fine…
Heavy Metal, Tradition, and the Good Life
A series on the paradox of modernity’s loudest critics. Heavy metal music, especially extreme metal, is frowned upon among many…
Renaissance is on the Move
Ethan Pyle: All things in nature point to the grand redemption story of new life through death.
5 Reasons You Should Listen to Old Music
Encountering art from many eras enhances our lives. Liz HorstLiz Horst studied music and English literature at Grove City College and…
Ambushed by Beauty and Chicken Nuggets
Stephen Williams: This is not what I thought I’d be doing at twenty-seven… Stephen WilliamsStephen Williams was raised in Virginia’s Shenandoah…
Wrinkles and Glory
Stacia Littlefield on Beauty
How to Kill Art with a Museum
Museums remove art from life, and the result is more devastating than you might think.
What Is the Value of Beauty?
When we reduce things to transactional value, we essentially make them worthless.
The Poet Who Writes with At Least Three Body Parts
“Language is the most intimately physical of all the artistic means.”