I have a lot more to say about all of this - some of which - about ideas of cure and nature - I’ve already said in my best words in Some of Us Just Fall and various shorter pieces including most recently in @plough.bsky.social www.plough.com/en/topics/li...

The ‘nature cure’ is a lie, says @pollyrowena.bsky.social: A false belief that our health is under our control (so long as we do enough wild swimming) and ‘only another iteration of the ways in which we exploit our environment for human gain.’ www.plough.com/en/topics/li...

As we approach the 4th of July: www.plough.com/en/topics/cu...

This @plough.bsky.social essay by Malcolm Guite absolutely splendid. "A good life is not merely one indefinitely extended through meticulous attention to bodily wellness, but one spent in community and with joy." www.plough.com/en/topics/li...

Just published today: www.plough.com/en/topics/li...

"The nature cure is only [an example of how] we exploit our environment for human gain, in which we seek to mine the hills and dredge the seas for the green gold of well-being. If we go to nature expecting it to heal us, we are not going to it for its own sake." www.plough.com/en/topics/li...

New pome, with thanks to Plough: www.plough.com/en/topics/cu...

A firsthand account from the Weddell and Ross Seas shows how cold, salty Antarctic Bottom Water forms—and why it’s crucial for global ocean ventilation and climate. www.plough.com/en/topics/ju...

My father died on Father’s Day two years ago. (6/16). @Plough had scheduled this interview with me to run that day. www.plough.com/en/topics/ju...

totally wild one from NYPL's spring list (out of a downstate commune's publishing house) www.plough.com/en/topics/fa...

"Steele’s work is in a category apart, however. No serious poet can afford to ignore it, and in fact few have." A wonderful review of Timothy Steele's All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing in @plough.bsky.social: www.plough.com/en/topics/cu... #poetrycommunity

My wife Sarah has written a really excellent piece for Plough on what Christians owe strangers in need, drawing upon her own experience working with refugees and upon the history of Christian thought. Alas — a very timely piece right now. ⚓️

The Case for Not Sanitizing Fairy Tales - Fairy tales are the best way for children to learn that the world contains evil, violence, and danger. #Folklore www.plough.com/en/topics/cu...

Like I said www.plough.com/en/topics/ju...

A short story by Narine set on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border at the time of the First Karabakh War. www.plough.com/en/topics/cu...

“Security is good, but our security should not be our only or even our first concern. Our resources are not just for us or for our loved ones. Our duty, as Calvin says, is not “fully discharged” if we only attend to our own people.” www.plough.com/en/topics/ju...

The ordinary saints, the ones we know, Our too-familiar family and friends, When shall we see them? Who can truly show Whilst still rough-hewn, the God who shapes our ends? Who will unveil the presence, glimpse the gold... #Poetry #Saints #Heroes #MalcolmGuite www.plough.com/en/topics/cu...

While I wrote this essay for Comment, my friends at @plough.bsky.social may appreciate my mention of the Bruderhof and their example of another life, one that is not organized around private property, like so many of ours.

The Prayer of Saint Francis: "Sometimes we cannot pray, because we are fallen into a melancholy, and therefore have for the time lost our hope and our faith, and have no one to pray to." #AlanPaton www.plough.com/en/topics/fa...

It's Flannery O'Connor's 100th birthday! @plough.bsky.social reviews The Great Course's new Audible Original by Jessica Hooten Wilson on the writer, calling it "an excellent introduction to the themes of O’Connor’s work." www.plough.com/en/topics/cu...

Deeply grateful again to Plough Quarterly for publishing my brief essay on the cruciform joys and burdens of working for the Lord in the Church, on the joys and burdens really of all Christian ministry. www.plough.com/en/topics/li...

She’s Dead! — Be forewarned: This story contains death and a dead body. And even worse, you will laugh. www.plough.com/en/topics/li...

Se está discutiendo en EEUU en torno al concepto de «trabajismo», realizarse a través del curro, la búsqueda de identidad y trascendencia con un empleo. Aquí una opinión cristiana "Limita el trabajo, evita que estrangule y devore todo lo demás que da sentido a la vida" www.plough.com/en/topics/li...

A poem and an interview with a poet worth knowing: "Among the monks was one who kept apart. A gifted pray-er, they said of him, who sensed my faith was mostly faith in art." www.plough.com/en/topics/cu... #poetry #prayer #spirituality #writingcommunity #read #art #faith

"I grew weary, my faith flagged, and I learned to receive the prayers of the church as my own. I learned that prayer is a tutor, not a performance. It’s the stretcher on which we collapse and are carried to the Healer." www.plough.com/en/topics/fa...

a lot to appreciate about this piece, and I keep thinking about how the case for high school liberal arts is distinct— www.plough.com/en/topics/co...

Thanks! 😅 We actually concur that it is a good thing: www.plough.com/en/about-us/...

What's it like to be a veteran of the food delivery industry? What does it do to your body? How does it change the way you see the world? I spoke to three veteran riders - Shaf in London, Mo in Berlin, & Rasmus in Copenhagen - for @plough.bsky.social to find out. www.plough.com/en/topics/li...

Delighted to have my first book review published in the Plough on a wonderfully delicious book: 'The Apple' by Sally Coulthard. An incredibly well researched history of this humble but delicious fruit. www.plough.com/en/topics/cu...

Well worth a read - handing over the reigns to young farmers www.plough.com/en/topics/ju...

The improbable revival of the cloister www.plough.com/en/topics/co...

A wise, beautiful essay, so valuable in these times, whether you are the parent of a young(er) person, chosen family, or a trusted friend. Or someone in a professional OR political leadership role who wonders whether it is time to step aside. Hint: it might well be. www.plough.com/en/topics/ju...

You Can’t Go Home Again 🔸 "I envy my father’s memory, as I can barely remember anything. I have a theory that the difference between us is that he is a person of community, and I am not." @zeets.bsky.social www.plough.com/en/topics/li...

Help us pick the cover for our “Work” issue! Check out the 4 options, then let us know in the comments which one you like and why. Cover 1: HAYSTACK Cover 2: NOAH’S ARK Cover 3: DETROIT Cover 4: SKYSCRAPER

Still going strong after nine decades, a radical movement of sharing and caring proves it’s possible to escape and resist capitalism, to a point. www.plough.com/en/topics/co...

The Effective Samaritan: A Parable 🔸 A Tradcath, an exvangelical influencer, a mainliner, and a conservative megachurch pastor star in this retelling of Luke 10:30–37. @philipchristman.bsky.social www.plough.com/en/topics/ju...

The Bible Is Not Just a Book @zugzwanged.bsky.social "Many Bible studies seek rapidly to move from reading the text to extracting the devotional nuggets, doctrines, or moral teachings within it, at which point the actual words of the text can be left behind." www.plough.com/en/topics/fa...

This is good reading: Why We’re Still Atheists Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall fell, few places are as secular as the former East Germany. A German asks why. Katja Hoyer www.plough.com/en/topics/ju...

“It is easier to say ‘it isn’t real’ than to say ‘it is real, but I don’t want to fix it’ because that would make me a bad person. We reach for these denial arguments to salve our consciences.” @katharinehayhoe.com www.plough.com/en/topics/ju...

In recent months, I have had some of my most profound experiences in prayer. Some of these are leading to deeper reflections on Christian life which I can share. Here is the first such reflection on two ways to view eternity. www.plough.com/en/topics/fa...

An internship for the farmer/philosopher/theologian... Plough, the magazine of the Bruderhof, offers an internship for Christian students who have completed at least two years of college/university: learn about writing, editing, regenerative farming & community life. www.plough.com/en/about-us/...

Jimmy Carter said that, before he was involuntarily retired from the White House, he had the chance to meet some exceptional people. But he never met anyone who shaped his vision of what life is all about more than his neighbor, Clarence Jordan. www.plough.com/en/topics/co...

“Literature seems to me – and I say this with no intention to denigrate theology, the ancient claimant to this title – the queen of the sciences.” @philipchristman.bsky.social, @plough.bsky.social #longreads www.plough.com/en/topics/co...

This is a tremendous essay. www.plough.com/en/topics/co...

"When you live uncomfortably in the space between two incompatible realities – that of the poor and that of the rich – it’s easy to find yourself babbling about how everyone has their own truth. It’s certainly easier than picking a side." www.plough.com/en/topics/co...

Rebuilding Notre-Dame Cathedral It’s not the first time it has risen from the ashes. Elizabeth Lev www.plough.com/en/topics/fa...