Is Something about to Happen?
by Timothy Jones Once I was struggling to discern next steps in what God was calling me to do. (Well, there’s been way more than one...
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Sep 20, 2021
Peanut Butter & the Marriage Supper of the Lamb
by Millie Sweeny I bolted up the stairs, heart racing in response to my husband’s call. He was the calm one, the unflappable med student;...
Aug 31, 2021
In Which A Daughter Interviews her Father about Failure, Calling, Family & Faith
[Editor’s note: The newest addition to the Rabbit Room Press catalogue is Letters from the Mountain by Ben Palpant, a memoir of the craft...
Aug 25, 2021
A Remembrance for Thomas McKenzie
by Pete Peterson The first time I met Thomas McKenzie, which was about twenty years ago, I said, “Do you want to hang out and be best...
Aug 24, 2021
Fare Forward, Thomas McKenzie
For more than a decade, Thomas McKenzie was a beloved member of the Nashville community (and far, far beyond). Yesterday, on August 23rd,...
Aug 23, 2021
The Playroom at Hutchmoot: Homebound
Hutchmoot: Homebound is not just for adults. Right alongside the deep discussions and bookish hallways is an entire space dedicated to...
Apr 2, 2021
For This Child, on the Subject of Death
by Amy Baik Lee Here is a memory. I am one of the early arrivals in the school pickup line on a wintry afternoon late in 2019. The tiny...
Mar 9, 2021
A Lament and a Love Song
On a bench in our kitchen, visible from every part of the room, there is an old screw top jar decorated with a strip of fading wallpaper...
Feb 26, 2021
Arguing with Success
by Rory Groves It was explained to me early in my career: 100 leads, 10 calls, 1 sale. It is known as The Sales Funnel. Imagine an...
Feb 25, 2021
Sing the Bible, Vol. 4: Let’s Help Make it Happen!
by the Rabbit Room Calling all music-loving kids, parents, and slugs named Doug: Slugs & Bugs is making a new Sing the Bible album, and...
Feb 4, 2021
A Liturgy for Those Who Have Suffered a Miscarriage or Stillbirth
This week, we are grateful to share a liturgy from Douglas McKelvey’s upcoming Every Moment Holy, Vol. II: “A Liturgy for Those Who Have...
Dec 23, 2020
Like Milk on the Stove
I learned a French saying the other day: “surveiller comme le lait sur le feu.” It means “to watch like milk on the stove.” As someone...
Dec 17, 2020
Unfulfilled Delight
I started a most fantastic book last week, but I’ll get there in a minute. Eight years ago, I stood over a sliver of kitchen counter in...
Dec 10, 2020
ADVENTure of the Unexpected: A Review of Slugs & Bugs’ “Make Ready for Christmas
It’s 2020 and the holidays this year will look different for most of us. Events we look forward to all year may have been cancelled:...
Nov 25, 2020
Means of Giving Thanks in 2020
This year, it’s not a given to be thankful. In fact, one could go so far as to call it an accomplishment. So we’re not here to pressure...
Nov 6, 2020
A Seasonal Elegy
The significant moments of our lives are often etched on more than our calendars. Whether it is the sweet softness of a summer evening...
Oct 8, 2020
Dear Mabel
Dear Mabel, You gave me a gift before I learned how to talk, much less how to write a proper thank-you. A $25 savings bond, invested at...
Aug 21, 2020
Special Prayers for Back to School
I began writing Collect Prayers the second week of March, around the time that the CDC recommended no gatherings of 50 people or more. At...
Jun 24, 2020
Our 2020 Summer Reading List
The constant din of voices swirling and opinions flying in today’s physically-distanced, yet socially-shrinking world is overwhelming....
May 10, 2020
I’d Like to Learn to Love It Anyway
The birdhouse fell in a storm. We found it the next morning lying on the ground, roof split, blue eggs cracked and broken. We could make...
Apr 28, 2020
Friendship: A New Sacrament
The story goes that in March of 2015, my roommates and I headed out on spring break to Texas. We left the icy remnants of an early-spring...
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