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Another life is possible. Plough is an international magazine of stories, ideas, and culture, publishing daily online and quarterly in print.
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Illustrating History: An Evening with Jason Landsel
📍 Lancaster Public Library
📆 Nov 26, 2025
Join NY-based author & illustrator Jason Landsel for a history of the radical reformation through the lens of his graphic novel trilogy, Heroes of the Radical Reformation:
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📍 Lancaster Public Library
📆 Nov 26, 2025
Join NY-based author & illustrator Jason Landsel for a history of the radical reformation through the lens of his graphic novel trilogy, Heroes of the Radical Reformation:
www.plough.com/en/events/20...
Illustrating History: An Evening with Jason Landsel
Join New York-based author and illustrator Jason Landsel for a history of the radical reformation through the lens of his graphic novel trilogy Heroes of the Radical Reformation.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Illustrating History: An Evening with Jason Landsel
📍 Lancaster Public Library
📆 Nov 26, 2025
Join NY-based author & illustrator Jason Landsel for a history of the radical reformation through the lens of his graphic novel trilogy, Heroes of the Radical Reformation:
www.plough.com/en/events/20...
📍 Lancaster Public Library
📆 Nov 26, 2025
Join NY-based author & illustrator Jason Landsel for a history of the radical reformation through the lens of his graphic novel trilogy, Heroes of the Radical Reformation:
www.plough.com/en/events/20...
Readers in London! Join us next week for the next Meetup:
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London Plough Reader Meetup
Join other Plough readers in London for discussion and fellowship.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Readers in London! Join us next week for the next Meetup:
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“We must live in community because the struggle of life against death demands united ranks of souls and bodies that can be mobilized wherever death threatens life.” —Eberhard Arnold
Community as a Sign of the Coming Kingdom
Eberhard Arnold writes that the secret of community lies in the personal decision of each member to exercise his will for the good.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“We must live in community because the struggle of life against death demands united ranks of souls and bodies that can be mobilized wherever death threatens life.” —Eberhard Arnold
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A long piece but important for Christians in the struggle against racism
A long piece but important for Christians in the struggle against racism
The Politics of Pagan Christianity
Today’s nationalist Christians should heed the message of the anti-Nazi theologian Henri de Lubac.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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A long piece but important for Christians in the struggle against racism
A long piece but important for Christians in the struggle against racism
New PloughRead from Benjamin Crosby: “Am I a Christian if I Don’t Have Spiritual Experiences?”
📻 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6rFV...
📻 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6rFV...
Am I a Christian if I Don’t Have Spiritual Experiences? by Benjamin Crosby
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November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
New PloughRead from Benjamin Crosby: “Am I a Christian if I Don’t Have Spiritual Experiences?”
📻 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6rFV...
📻 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6rFV...
“There is no act, no sermon, no parable in the whole Gospel that borrows its pungency from female perversity; nobody could possibly guess from the words and deeds of Jesus that there was anything ‘funny’ about woman’s nature.” —Dorothy Sayers
Are Women Human?
Dorothy L. Sayers’s views on feminism are showcased in her stories and speeches.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“There is no act, no sermon, no parable in the whole Gospel that borrows its pungency from female perversity; nobody could possibly guess from the words and deeds of Jesus that there was anything ‘funny’ about woman’s nature.” —Dorothy Sayers
A new Another Life episode just dropped!
Phil Klay, a US Marines veteran, talks to Joy Clarkson about going to war, honor, penance, and the burden we should all share.
Phil Klay, a US Marines veteran, talks to Joy Clarkson about going to war, honor, penance, and the burden we should all share.
The Collective Burden of War
US Marines veteran Phil Klay talks to Joy Clarkson about going to war, honor, penance, and the burden we should all share.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A new Another Life episode just dropped!
Phil Klay, a US Marines veteran, talks to Joy Clarkson about going to war, honor, penance, and the burden we should all share.
Phil Klay, a US Marines veteran, talks to Joy Clarkson about going to war, honor, penance, and the burden we should all share.
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When Christians Follow Nietzsche
Enthusiasm for Nietzsche’s ideal of human excellence and vitality has given rise to calls for manly Christian warriors to flex their superiority. -
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Enthusiasm for Nietzsche’s ideal of human excellence and vitality has given rise to calls for manly Christian warriors to flex their superiority. -
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When Christians Follow Nietzsche
Enthusiasm for Nietzsche’s ideal of human excellence and vitality has given rise to calls for manly Christian warriors to flex their superiority.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
When Christians Follow Nietzsche
Enthusiasm for Nietzsche’s ideal of human excellence and vitality has given rise to calls for manly Christian warriors to flex their superiority. -
www.plough.com/en/topics/li...
Enthusiasm for Nietzsche’s ideal of human excellence and vitality has given rise to calls for manly Christian warriors to flex their superiority. -
www.plough.com/en/topics/li...
Thanks to everyone who attended our Reader Meetup in Austin last week!
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thanks to everyone who attended our Reader Meetup in Austin last week!
At the end of the war, the British government sent Arthur’s wife a large bronze medal inscribed with the words, “He died to save civilization.” But his letters, written in simple, local dialect, show no such grandiose delusions.
He Died to Save Civilization?
The World War I letters of Arthur Woolston to his wife and family before his death on the front in France in 1918.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
At the end of the war, the British government sent Arthur’s wife a large bronze medal inscribed with the words, “He died to save civilization.” But his letters, written in simple, local dialect, show no such grandiose delusions.
“As Arnold notes, Nietzsche ‘cannot keep from testifying that Christ on the cross remains the sublimest of symbols, however much he would rather loathe and detest it.’ The crucified God fascinates and repels him in equal measure.” —John Ehrett
When Christians Follow Nietzsche
Enthusiasm for Nietzsche’s ideal of human excellence and vitality has given rise to calls for manly Christian warriors to flex their superiority.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“As Arnold notes, Nietzsche ‘cannot keep from testifying that Christ on the cross remains the sublimest of symbols, however much he would rather loathe and detest it.’ The crucified God fascinates and repels him in equal measure.” —John Ehrett
“It is the one terrible heresy of the church, that it has always been presenting something else than obedience as faith in Christ.” —George MacDonald
Lord, Lord
George MacDonald and Wendell Berry write about Lord, Lord, in this excerpt from the book Following the Call.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“It is the one terrible heresy of the church, that it has always been presenting something else than obedience as faith in Christ.” —George MacDonald
There are still seats available at the venue! If you're in Austin, TX, we'd love to have you join us at Mozart's Coffee Roasters, overlooking Lake Austin, for an evening of discussion and conviviality.
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Austin Plough Reader Meetup
Join other Plough readers in your area for discussion and fellowship.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
There are still seats available at the venue! If you're in Austin, TX, we'd love to have you join us at Mozart's Coffee Roasters, overlooking Lake Austin, for an evening of discussion and conviviality.
Sign up now!
www.plough.com/en/events/20...
Sign up now!
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“I wanted to find the peace that passes understanding. And so I went, following trails blazed by artists, writers, Sufi mystics, and vast numbers of sport kayakers, deep into the canyons of the New Mexico high desert.” —Margaret Wardlaw
The Blessings of the Desert
A medical doctor returns to the quiet of a desert monastery to make sense of the suffering she faces daily.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“I wanted to find the peace that passes understanding. And so I went, following trails blazed by artists, writers, Sufi mystics, and vast numbers of sport kayakers, deep into the canyons of the New Mexico high desert.” —Margaret Wardlaw
“In an age when many seem allergic to mystery, Rilke’s spiritual restraint feels radical. He teaches that faith is neither loud nor showy, that silence might better invite a visitation of the invisible.” @ysl.bsky.social
The Silence Around the Name
Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry becomes less religious as he draws nearer to God.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“In an age when many seem allergic to mystery, Rilke’s spiritual restraint feels radical. He teaches that faith is neither loud nor showy, that silence might better invite a visitation of the invisible.” @ysl.bsky.social
“Perhaps the most important lesson I have learned is that we, each one of us, is fragile, beautiful, glorious, and not so different from each other – no matter how different our appearances might be.” —Morf Morford
What I Learned the Day I Drowned
A near-death experience at seventeen has stayed with me ever since. I’m still answering the question that came to me that day.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“Perhaps the most important lesson I have learned is that we, each one of us, is fragile, beautiful, glorious, and not so different from each other – no matter how different our appearances might be.” —Morf Morford
Thanks to everyone who joined us in Milwaukee this week for a Plough Reader Meetup!
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thanks to everyone who joined us in Milwaukee this week for a Plough Reader Meetup!
“When you trick-or-treat, you play the goblin. But the ritual has its bass notes of fear for you as well. The dependency of children – having to ask for everything you want, without status of your own, in a social nexus whose rules and graces you probably have not mastered.” —Clare Coffey
The One Night Kids Can Roam
Halloween is some of the most fun I remember having as a child. It’s also one of the few chances children get to run wild and meet strangers in the dark.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“When you trick-or-treat, you play the goblin. But the ritual has its bass notes of fear for you as well. The dependency of children – having to ask for everything you want, without status of your own, in a social nexus whose rules and graces you probably have not mastered.” —Clare Coffey
“Instead of holding ourselves above the disciplined member, we need to repent with him and see where our own sin might have caused him to stumble. Our goal should never be punishment, but rather restoration.” —Johann Christoph Arnold
The Gift of Repentance
The goal of church discipline should never be punishment, but rather restoration.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“Instead of holding ourselves above the disciplined member, we need to repent with him and see where our own sin might have caused him to stumble. Our goal should never be punishment, but rather restoration.” —Johann Christoph Arnold
Earlier this month, Plough hosted a talk by Paul Kingsnorth on how to resist technological takeover.
Watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXPP...
Watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXPP...
October 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Earlier this month, Plough hosted a talk by Paul Kingsnorth on how to resist technological takeover.
Watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXPP...
Watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXPP...
“Weeds have something to tell us in their resistance to our plans – something that, if heard, will help us nurture and nourish our life in creation.” —Ragan Sutterfield
What the Weeds Are Telling Us
Ragan Sutterfield writes that in Arkansas, farmers are fighting and dying over pigweed, or Palmer amaranth. But do weeds have value?
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October 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“Weeds have something to tell us in their resistance to our plans – something that, if heard, will help us nurture and nourish our life in creation.” —Ragan Sutterfield
Readers in/near Austin, TX!
Join us Nov 7 at The Loft at Mozart's Coffee Roasters, a beautiful venue on Lake Austin. Enjoy excellent company and refreshments. You don't have to be a Plough reader to attend - anyone is welcome!
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Join us Nov 7 at The Loft at Mozart's Coffee Roasters, a beautiful venue on Lake Austin. Enjoy excellent company and refreshments. You don't have to be a Plough reader to attend - anyone is welcome!
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Austin Plough Reader Meetup
Join other Plough readers in your area for discussion and fellowship.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Readers in/near Austin, TX!
Join us Nov 7 at The Loft at Mozart's Coffee Roasters, a beautiful venue on Lake Austin. Enjoy excellent company and refreshments. You don't have to be a Plough reader to attend - anyone is welcome!
www.plough.com/en/events/20...
Join us Nov 7 at The Loft at Mozart's Coffee Roasters, a beautiful venue on Lake Austin. Enjoy excellent company and refreshments. You don't have to be a Plough reader to attend - anyone is welcome!
www.plough.com/en/events/20...
“I do think that the idea that grace perfects nature without abolishing it is very important and it’s perfectly illustrated in Christ that he’s no less human and natural for being God.” —Andrew Davison
Why Are People Returning to Church?
Andrew Davison and Joy Marie Clarkson examine the resurgence of belief in God and all things unseen.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“I do think that the idea that grace perfects nature without abolishing it is very important and it’s perfectly illustrated in Christ that he’s no less human and natural for being God.” —Andrew Davison
Leah Libresco Sargeant joined R. R. Reno at First Things to talk about her recent book, *The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto*.
Listen to their conversation here:
Listen to their conversation here:
Declaration of Dependence (ft. Leah Libresco Sargeant) - First Things
In this episode, Leah Libresco joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about her recent essay, The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto. The conversation is embedded...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Leah Libresco Sargeant joined R. R. Reno at First Things to talk about her recent book, *The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto*.
Listen to their conversation here:
Listen to their conversation here:
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Indeed. I always take real-checkout over self-checkout. One of my little acts of resistance to the technocratic paradigm, in Pope Francis's term.
Also, it lets my daughters laugh at me when the sign says "Under 50? Show ID" and they punch me right through. (I'm 48.)
Also, it lets my daughters laugh at me when the sign says "Under 50? Show ID" and they punch me right through. (I'm 48.)
“When I go to the store and choose the check-out aisle with the real live human, it’s my chance to act, against screens and isolation, and for people, community, and interdependence.” —Midge Goldberg
Choose the Cashier
Here’s one simple thing we can all do to stay human, love our neighbor, and build community.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Indeed. I always take real-checkout over self-checkout. One of my little acts of resistance to the technocratic paradigm, in Pope Francis's term.
Also, it lets my daughters laugh at me when the sign says "Under 50? Show ID" and they punch me right through. (I'm 48.)
Also, it lets my daughters laugh at me when the sign says "Under 50? Show ID" and they punch me right through. (I'm 48.)