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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Nov 21
Christmas Carol Production Diary, Day 6: Our Turn
"Telling tales to one another in the dark is one of the things that makes us human."
Nov 12
Christmas Carol Production Diary, Day 1: Let there be Lights
by Pete Peterson This morning I walked into a quiet theater in Franklin, Tennessee, where we’re about to begin the first day of...
Nov 8
Boredom and Creativity: Is boredom a path to brilliance?
by Jonathan Rogers “Only boring people get bored.” I’m sure you’ve heard that old chestnut before. I’ve repeated it myself, many times....
Aug 5
Editing Wendell Berry
Stefanie Peters reflects on what it was like to edit Wendell Berry's work for a new collection.
Jul 9
Writing (and Reading) As Hospitality
Rachel Donahue reflects on the idea that writing is a form of hospitality through the lens of the recent Habit retreat at North Wind Manor.
Jun 4
Burning Bushes Everywhere: On Beauty, Suffering, and the Christian Artist
by Caroline Cobb Scene 1 : I am standing in his hospital room, overwhelmed with the feeling that death is just so…. wrong . My dad...
May 28
Who Defines Beauty?
What standards should Christians use to determine beauty? And who gets to decide the answer to that question?
May 24
Our Year Without a Car (With Kids)
by Gracy Olmstead When we moved to Oxford, we committed to 10 months without a car. We have three children aged six and under, so we knew...
Apr 5
Surviving the Creative Doldrums
by Chris Yokel If you plan to be a writer for any significant amount of time, you will inevitably hit a stage that I call the “creative...
Mar 27
The Blessing of Babel
"There are thousands of ways to find deeper faith or renewed meaning, but I believe that one way is literally to use new words."
Mar 25
Ora et Labora: On Language and Living
Before being voted “most likely to join the military” at my pacifist, Mennonite high school (read into that what you will), I had the...
Jan 31
Seven Reimagined Psalms from the Darkling Psalter
Throughout history, the Psalms have given words to the people of God—words of praise, of affliction, of prayer, of longing, of rage, of...
Jan 4
The Ethics of Jayber Crow
Jake Meador reflects on the way Wendell Berry's classic novel handles the characters changing moral choices.
Nov 6, 2023
C.S. Lewis and T.S. Eliot: How Rivals Became Friends
C. S. Lewis and T. S. Eliot were uneasy rivals until a common project brought them together.
Oct 30, 2023
On Community and Solitude in the Work of Writing
Ben Palpant reflects on the relationship between community and solitude in creative work (excerpt from Letters From The Mountain).
Oct 25, 2023
All of Life is Liturgical—Doug McKelvey's Foreword to Every Moment Holy Vol. 3
[Editor's note: This fall, Rabbit Room Press is releasing the third volume in the Every Moment Holy Series. This post is the foreword to...
Jun 25, 2023
Poetry, Found: Fragments of Beauty from Hutchmoot UK 2023
There was a time towards the end of Hutchmoot UK this year when I experienced one of those fleeting moments of sharpness in life. Do you...
Mar 27, 2023
The Actual Top Five LitRPGs
by Andy Patton There is a glittering gem of a sub-genre in the darkest recesses of fantasy’s vast, teeming dungeon: LitRPGs. LitRPGs, or...
Dec 21, 2022
Grandrabbit Prayers for Christmas and the New Year
by Pete Peterson Wayne Garvey is a retired Methodist pastor, a neighbor, and a dear friend who leads the Rabbit Room team in prayer each...
Oct 3, 2022
The Lives Around Our Writing
It’s been months, maybe even a year or more since I’ve written anything of substance. I sit down at the computer and I stare at the...
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