The King Comes: Seeing the Nativity Through Scripture
by Daniel R. Spanjer All people know that they need salvation, even if the salvation for which they hope is that of a meal when they are...
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Jul 14, 2020
Writing Lessons from Monet
On one of the golden swan song days of last October, my husband and I took our two small daughters to see the Claude Monet: Truth of...
Jul 10, 2020
Hutchmoot Podcast: Pursuing Perfection
Michelangelo’s David is widely regarded as one of the most perfect works of art ever achieved. But the artist himself was neither the...
Jul 1, 2020
Spirit & Sound, Part 3: God in Motion
[Editor’s note: click here to read Part 2: The Breath Between Us.] We believe in the Holy Spirit, The Lord, the Giver of Life, Who...
Jun 30, 2020
Hutchmoot Headed Your Way
For the past 10 years, Hutchmoot has been an opportunity for like-minded people from far and wide to gather in Nashville and celebrate...
Jun 26, 2020
Intervening Light: An Interview with Stephen Crotts
Whether you know his name yet or not, chances are that Stephen Crotts is responsible for at least one piece of art—whether it’s an album...
Jun 15, 2020
Spirit & Sound, Part 1: The Sound Breath Makes
“The pneuma blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it.” (John 3:8) “When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together...
Jun 8, 2020
The Certainty of Time in Uncertain Times: A 2020 Commencement Speech
[Editor’s note: What follows is the text of Andrew’s commencement speech, which he gave last week to celebrate his daughter, Skye, on her...
Jun 4, 2020
Making Peace: A Lament for Justice
I thought I was a peaceful person. I’ve been given titles like “Laid-Back, Chill, and Easy-To-Get-Along-With” all my life, and I thought...
May 15, 2020
Set Loose with an Onion
I’ve tried for years to write a poem about an onion. I’ve had little success, but the effort is quite apropos, as I owe a lot to this...
Apr 20, 2020
The Lost Art of Listening, Part 1: Ubiquity & Scarcity
A few weeks ago, my seventeen-year-old daughter Skye told me she wanted to take a walk and listen to a complete album, top-to-bottom. She...
Apr 17, 2020
Introducing: The Brave Artists Club
The Brave Artists Club is a free family art experience featuring a variety of artistic activities and mediums taught by illustrators,...
Apr 16, 2020
Uncle Jimmy & the Sweatpants Psalms
The world is different now. We’re hunkering down. Thus far, for us Whipples, the price of that is small. I know it’s not small for...
Apr 14, 2020
Permission Notes for a Pandemic
I’ve wanted to write for weeks, to speak something hopeful and life-giving into the world’s collective anxiety. But the words feel stuck,...
Apr 8, 2020
The Habit Podcast: Ned Bustard
The Habit Podcast is a series of conversations with writers about writing, hosted by Jonathan Rogers. This week, Jonathan Rogers talks...
Mar 25, 2020
This Is How the Work Gets Done, Part 2: Midwifing Creativity
I don’t think of myself as artistic. At best, I can say that I created eight beautiful children of varying hues and temperaments. My love...
Mar 18, 2020
A Rabbit Room Digital Care Package
The deluge of frightful information we wake up to daily—though helpful in navigating a disease-ridden world with wisdom and love—ceases...
Mar 17, 2020
The Return of The Resistance
The other day my wife found the artifact. While cleaning out the basement, she emerged upstairs with a dusty, unopened box containing a...
Mar 16, 2020
This Is How the Work Gets Done, Part 1: Community Calling
If an individual follower of Jesus might have—in addition to their general calling to imitate their Lord at all times—a more specific...
Mar 2, 2020
Hutchmoot US 2020: Tickets On Sale Today
On October 8-11, the Rabbit Room will convene Hutchmoot 2020 at Christ Community Church in Franklin, Tennessee. You’re invited to come...
Feb 13, 2020
The Art of Preserving
I once heard a wise woman talk about enjoying things during times of want that had been stocked up in times of plenty. Like myself, she...
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