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…
Hope
Resurrection as Eucatastrophe
I have often wondered what thoughts and fears must have dominated that first Holy Saturday for the disciples. Theirs was…
Candles Are for Darkness
Kirstie Joy Schierkolk reminds us to carry the Light of the World into the darkness this Advent.
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…
Unless I Die
Lamenting the dark night of the soul. . . Jody ByrkettJody Byrkett is the editor of the Pray channel. She…
Sharing Beauty and Celebrating Excellence in the Age of Instagram
The story behind one of Instagram’s hidden gems: Hopeshare The first meeting for the Instagram project now known as “Hopeshare”…
A Long Winter and the Discipline of Hope
How can hope guide us through winter? Here in Wisconsin, the winter is long. We get our first snow around…
Hope in the Darkness
Kristen Sosebee: “And my Hope was born — amidst the work of surrendering and striving and letting go and holding…
Dry Bones in the Desert
The desert is indeed the place of painful reckoning, but it also a place of illumination… Stephen WilliamsStephen Williams…
To Arrive Where We Began
“For when we have come to the end of a thing we have come to the beginning of it.” G….
Advent in Mara’s House
Advent isn’t a season in which we force ourselves to be sad, it’s the season in which we recognise how…
View from a New Garden
It’s revitalizing to step away from things made with our own hands, and come outside to be surprised by the creative…
Treading the Sea of Darkness
Plumbing the Fall. Jody ByrkettJody Byrkett is the editor of the Pray channel. She lives in picturesque Colorado where she…