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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Or, how to spot an institution that skimped on its bartender. Philadelphia is known for its cocktails–especially its throwback speakeasies….
The Fitzgerald
How to bring Gatsby to your next party. I had a conversation with a speakeasy mixologist the other day who…
Ancient Stories for a Modern Audience
An interview with Ashlee Cowles, author of “Beneath Wandering Stars.” Ashlee Cowles grew up an Army “brat” and lived all…
The Good News: Louisiana
What the media isn’t showing. Skye Cooley writes with frustration over at the Huffington Post about the lack of national media coverage of…
Eden in Exile
Babel and Eden. These places wrestle within me. Joy ClarksonJoy Clarkson is a featured columnist and the Director of Marketing…
His Countenance Upon Us
In the most hipster place I’ve ever been. Joy ClarksonJoy Clarkson is a featured columnist and the Director of Marketing…
February Catch-Up
Contemplations on Rowan Williams, Caravaggio, snow, and other things. Sarah ClarksonSarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and student of theology…
Why the Public Needs Intellectual Curiosity
Today, it is becoming increasingly difficult to evaluate something that is not quantifiable and that is the problem for those…
Submissions Invited: Symposium on Home
Please Come and Share Your Thoughts on Home Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the environments, habits, and networks that make people…
Roads Go Ever On and On
A beautiful drive through the San Andres mountains. Joy ClarksonJoy Clarkson is a featured columnist and the Director of Marketing…
Why We Must Have Old Neighborhoods
Lewis McCrary asks a vital question in The American Conservative: What is a suburb? While he notes that this can be…
Beauty, the Sublime and the Sense of the Past
I would commend to you Brian Miller’s essay on whether beauty if belonging or practice. As he notes, beauty is…
Snow Pants
“2 inches of snow may fall on Saturday night.” That’s what the man on tv said when I was at…
Sabbath, Silence, Song
I found a slim, battered, brick-red little book by Thomas Merton in the Wycliffe Library yesterday. For an hour on…
Creation mandate: student style
There was an open air market last weekend in a slim little street about two minutes walk from my hall….
Fears, Fairs, and Newfound Faith
To be a “fresher” in Oxford means a free pass into the mazed mysteries of the “fresher’s fair.” When I…
7 Values for Learning
Insights from across the pond. Sarah ClarksonSarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and student of theology at the University of…
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