The Smallest Possible Thing
What happens when we are able to look closely at the small thing in front of us, stepping out of our more dramatic aspirations? There are miracles to be found when we shift our perspective.
ecology
Digging Local Clay
In the Rule of Saint Benedict, it says that you should treat your everyday tools as instruments of the altar. I translate that as saying every tool or material that you use, if it has been shaped by a human hand and cared for, is a sacred object.
The Need for An Environmental Creed
There are moments when faith needs to be reimagined in the face of an existential threat. In our time, that threat is climate change.
Deferred Maintenance
Not unlike a car's warning light, the planet is signaling distress. How can theology help us move beyond an attitude of "deferred maintenance" into action?
Fracture: On Fracking in America
In this interview, Taylor Brorby describes the environmental costs of fracking and why he felt compelled to edit a literary anthology on the subject.
