Five Liturgies for the Christmas Season from Every Moment Holy
A Liturgy for the Wrapping of Christmas Gifts by Wayne Garvey and Douglas McKelvey O Great Giver of All Good Gifts, I sit amongst rolls...
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May 25, 2015
Poesy, a Nosegay of Prose
It all began in the summer of 2008 when I hit a terrible slump with my writing. I would sit at my computer for hours at a time typing...
May 22, 2015
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May 12, 2015
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May 1, 2015
Story Seeds
Back in March I traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for an arts festival. As I prepared my pieces for display, I tried to figure out how...
Apr 24, 2015
England: Day Five (Part Two)
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Apr 22, 2015
England: Day Five (Interlude)
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Apr 20, 2015
The Legacy of Terry Pratchett
Several weeks ago, I heard the news that Sir Terry Pratchett, British fantasy author extraordinaire, had finally succumbed to the...
Apr 15, 2015
The Audacity of Cinderella
Yesterday I watched Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella. After the movie began, I sat in the dark theater measuring my expectations, waiting for...
Apr 10, 2015
Music City Marathon
Last April I ran the Music City Half-Marathon with my fifteen-year-old son. I ran most of it, anyway. Between Mile Marker 10 and Mile...
Apr 9, 2015
Guest Post: Southern Inklings and a Texas Oasis (by R. M. Sanders)
[Editor’s note: On March 26-29 Laity Lodge welcomed us back to the Texas Hill Country for the 2nd annual Rabbit Room Retreat. The weekend...
Apr 8, 2015
Eating Reality
I’ve been lately enjoying George MacDonald’s The Princess and the Goblin and The Princess and Curdie. Many of the ideas in those books...
Mar 30, 2015
The Golden Age of Television
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Mar 18, 2015
Rembrandt Is in the Wind
[Today, March 18, marks the 25th anniversary of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist of 1990, during which two thieves made off with...
Mar 12, 2015
Winter Does Its Work
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Mar 5, 2015
Guest Post: Handling Dust
[Today’s guest post is courtesy of Jennifer Hildebrand. Want to submit your own work? Click here for submission guidelines.] In our...
Mar 4, 2015
The Three Hermits: A Short Story by Tolstoy
I recently ran across this little story by Leo Tolstoy, and I thought it might be of some interest to the Rabbit Room. THE THREE HERMITS ...
Feb 26, 2015
Guest Post: Of Tolkien, Fairytales, and the Gift of Hope
[Today’s outstanding guest post is by Siobhan Maloney. Siobhan works for the Center for Cultural and Pastoral Research at the John Paul...
Feb 20, 2015
Lenten Splendor
I didn’t even wear a coat for the walk to my coffee shop today. The air is honey-toned and soft. The sky is so vividly blue it flashes...
Feb 19, 2015
Guest Post: Always a King or Queen: C. S. Lewis on Childhood (Part 2)
[This week’s guest post (in two parts) is by Matthew Aughtry, whom you may recall created this short film, and this “What is Hutchmoot”...
Feb 16, 2015
The Charniaz Express
Once in a while, I get to ride the Charniaz Express. Nestled in the Alps between the villages of Les Gets and Morzine, close to the...
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