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Six Ways to Resist the Machine
The technological mindset is corrupting our souls. It’s time to fight.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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In the Minneapolis area? Join us next week at Anselm House! We will be discussing Plough's most recent issue, focusing in particular on "Six Ways to Resist the Machine" by Paul Kingsnorth.
📆 Feb 19 at 7 pm
📍Anselm House, Minneapolis, MN
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📆 Feb 19 at 7 pm
📍Anselm House, Minneapolis, MN
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Minneapolis Plough Reader Meetup
Join other Plough readers in your area for discussion and fellowship.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
In the Minneapolis area? Join us next week at Anselm House! We will be discussing Plough's most recent issue, focusing in particular on "Six Ways to Resist the Machine" by Paul Kingsnorth.
📆 Feb 19 at 7 pm
📍Anselm House, Minneapolis, MN
www.plough.com/en/events/20...
📆 Feb 19 at 7 pm
📍Anselm House, Minneapolis, MN
www.plough.com/en/events/20...
“If we truly have joy in life, and love for all people, we will not tolerate any compromise with death, any concession to loveless indifference or murderous injustice and brutality, because the way of love reaches out to all people, touches all things, & transforms every situation.” —Eberhard Arnold
Away from Compromise and Shadow
Following Jesus allows for no compromise with all that is loveless.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
“If we truly have joy in life, and love for all people, we will not tolerate any compromise with death, any concession to loveless indifference or murderous injustice and brutality, because the way of love reaches out to all people, touches all things, & transforms every situation.” —Eberhard Arnold
Bonus extra design: LONG MAN
February 11, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Bonus extra design: LONG MAN
We’re excited about our upcoming spring issue themed AFTER RELIGION. Which design should be our cover? Leave a comment about your favorite one.
Cover 1: CLOCK
Cover 2: DROWNING
Cover 3: STANDING STONES
Cover 4: GATE
Cover 1: CLOCK
Cover 2: DROWNING
Cover 3: STANDING STONES
Cover 4: GATE
February 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
We’re excited about our upcoming spring issue themed AFTER RELIGION. Which design should be our cover? Leave a comment about your favorite one.
Cover 1: CLOCK
Cover 2: DROWNING
Cover 3: STANDING STONES
Cover 4: GATE
Cover 1: CLOCK
Cover 2: DROWNING
Cover 3: STANDING STONES
Cover 4: GATE
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My analysis of the integral and overlooked relationship between religion and detective fiction, focusing on Rian Johnson's Wake Up Dead Man, is now live on @plough.bsky.social's website!
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Wake Up Dead Man
Rian Johnson’s latest Knives Out murder mystery film takes seriously the difference between secular and Christian confession.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
My analysis of the integral and overlooked relationship between religion and detective fiction, focusing on Rian Johnson's Wake Up Dead Man, is now live on @plough.bsky.social's website!
www.plough.com/en/topics/cu...
www.plough.com/en/topics/cu...
“My mother told me she planned to ask a doctor to end her life. What do you say at such a moment?” —Jaimie Wright
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The Wish I Could Not Honor
My mother told me she planned to ask a doctor to end her life. What do you say at such a moment?
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February 9, 2026 at 2:12 PM
“My mother told me she planned to ask a doctor to end her life. What do you say at such a moment?” —Jaimie Wright
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“She is the human and sacred image; all around her the social fabric shall sway and split and fall; the pillars of society shall be shaken, and the roofs of ages come rushing down, and not one hair of her head shall be harmed.” —G. K. Chesterton
I Begin with a Little Girl’s Hair
With the red hair of one she-urchin in the gutter I will set fire to all modern civilization.
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February 6, 2026 at 3:58 PM
“She is the human and sacred image; all around her the social fabric shall sway and split and fall; the pillars of society shall be shaken, and the roofs of ages come rushing down, and not one hair of her head shall be harmed.” —G. K. Chesterton
“From photographic charcoal to whimsical 70s style, the art helps set the mood of each poem and interpret some of the trickier words. It gives readers permission to feel and interpret things fantastically instead of literally....” —Sirah
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Nature Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets More …
This stunning anthology of favorite poems about our rel…
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February 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM
“From photographic charcoal to whimsical 70s style, the art helps set the mood of each poem and interpret some of the trickier words. It gives readers permission to feel and interpret things fantastically instead of literally....” —Sirah
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This week’s free ebook for Plough subscribers is *At the Heart of the White Rose*.
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#thewhiterose #DieweißeRose #hansscholl #sophiescholl
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#thewhiterose #DieweißeRose #hansscholl #sophiescholl
February 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
This week’s free ebook for Plough subscribers is *At the Heart of the White Rose*.
Download here: plough.com/en/topics/fa...
#thewhiterose #DieweißeRose #hansscholl #sophiescholl
Download here: plough.com/en/topics/fa...
#thewhiterose #DieweißeRose #hansscholl #sophiescholl
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"Lest we be tempted to leave the devil behind in the fourth century, there are many contexts today in which we come across the devil."
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Deliver Us from the Evil One
The devil was more than a metaphor for early Christians.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:29 AM
"Lest we be tempted to leave the devil behind in the fourth century, there are many contexts today in which we come across the devil."
@womeninchurch.bsky.social
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@womeninchurch.bsky.social
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Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter
Has there ever been a more hard-hitting, beautifully written, theologically inclusive anthology of writings for Lent and Easter? It’s doubtful. — Publishers Weekly
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February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Plough’s Books & Culture editor, Joy Marie Clarkson shares why you should pick up the new edition of our Lenten devotional 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘦. This expanded edition adds dozens of voices, new and old, taking your daily readings all the way through Eastertide to Pentecost.
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New Lent Devotional from Plough Publishing #lentendevotional #lentreadings #easterreadings #lent
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February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Plough’s Books & Culture editor, Joy Marie Clarkson shares why you should pick up the new edition of our Lenten devotional 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘦. This expanded edition adds dozens of voices, new and old, taking your daily readings all the way through Eastertide to Pentecost.
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New PloughRead from @brvnathan.bsky.social: “My Mother’s Hidden Radiance”
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📻 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1wTG...
My Mother’s Hidden Radiance by Brandon Vaidyanathan
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February 4, 2026 at 4:24 PM
New PloughRead from @brvnathan.bsky.social: “My Mother’s Hidden Radiance”
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📻 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1wTG...
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“For me, it’s been about a sort of incarnational ministry. It’s a very old-fashioned model, more akin to George Herbert than Billy Graham, going alongside people and gently showing them the truth.” - Thomas Pelham
That’s gold.
That’s gold.
“I go out to play at the local cricket club and go to the pub afterwards and just mingle. It’s about trying to find people where they are and gradually bringing them in. When you look at Jesus as a model – which we always ought to – he is generally relational.” —Thomas Pelham
Signs of Life in Small Churches
Two Anglican priests, one in England and one in Canada, trade notes on the state of their parishes and their hope for the future.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM
“For me, it’s been about a sort of incarnational ministry. It’s a very old-fashioned model, more akin to George Herbert than Billy Graham, going alongside people and gently showing them the truth.” - Thomas Pelham
That’s gold.
That’s gold.
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My latest piece in @plough.bsky.social on scripted vs. revealed beauty
“Our appearance-obsessed culture trains us to measure ourselves and others by very particular forms of beauty – at the cost of health, freedom, and even love.” @brvnathan.bsky.social
My Mother’s Hidden Radiance
For years, her mental illness kept me from seeing her beauty.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My latest piece in @plough.bsky.social on scripted vs. revealed beauty
“I go out to play at the local cricket club and go to the pub afterwards and just mingle. It’s about trying to find people where they are and gradually bringing them in. When you look at Jesus as a model – which we always ought to – he is generally relational.” —Thomas Pelham
Signs of Life in Small Churches
Two Anglican priests, one in England and one in Canada, trade notes on the state of their parishes and their hope for the future.
www.plough.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
“I go out to play at the local cricket club and go to the pub afterwards and just mingle. It’s about trying to find people where they are and gradually bringing them in. When you look at Jesus as a model – which we always ought to – he is generally relational.” —Thomas Pelham
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“Plough Publishing has once again offered a high-quality treasure-trove from Christianity’s classical authors. This expanded edition…warrants its place as a keeper for annual use well beyond the bounds of the Lenten season and Pentecost.” —Bradley Jersak
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February 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
“Plough Publishing has once again offered a high-quality treasure-trove from Christianity’s classical authors. This expanded edition…warrants its place as a keeper for annual use well beyond the bounds of the Lenten season and Pentecost.” —Bradley Jersak
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Icon or Idol?
Christianity has a love-hate relationship with sacred art.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
In the latest episode of Another Life, Joy Marie Clarkson speaks with Natalie Carnes, a professor of theology at Duke University, about the role of images in worship.
In Defense of Iconoclasm
In this episode of Another Life, Joy Clarkson speaks with Natalie Carnes, a professor of theology at Duke University, about the role of images in worship.
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February 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
In the latest episode of Another Life, Joy Marie Clarkson speaks with Natalie Carnes, a professor of theology at Duke University, about the role of images in worship.
The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social’s Top Ten 2025 Best Graphic Novels for Adults list includes *Between Two Sounds: Arvo Pärt's Journey to his Musical Language* by Joonas Sildre.
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2026/01...
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February 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social’s Top Ten 2025 Best Graphic Novels for Adults list includes *Between Two Sounds: Arvo Pärt's Journey to his Musical Language* by Joonas Sildre.
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2026/01...
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2026/01...
“In an age when we seem to spend much of our lives online, there’s a growing hunger for the material, the tangible, the sacramental, and people are beginning to take a greater interest in the reassuring rhythms of the ritual year.” @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
A Light to Lighten the Gentiles
Candlemas is a Christian festival rich in history and lore.
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February 2, 2026 at 1:54 PM
“In an age when we seem to spend much of our lives online, there’s a growing hunger for the material, the tangible, the sacramental, and people are beginning to take a greater interest in the reassuring rhythms of the ritual year.” @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
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“The colors and sounds of #birds invite undivided attention, and learning the names of common species builds a #connection with the space around us.”: buff.ly/F8xBhKL
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#environment #nature #mindfulness #BirdWatching #animals
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#environment #nature #mindfulness #BirdWatching #animals
Consider the Birds
Birdwatching, George Orwell suggests, makes a peaceful and decent future a little more probable. Calvin and Hobbes would agree.
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February 1, 2026 at 11:30 PM
“The colors and sounds of #birds invite undivided attention, and learning the names of common species builds a #connection with the space around us.”: buff.ly/F8xBhKL
from @plough.bsky.social
#environment #nature #mindfulness #BirdWatching #animals
from @plough.bsky.social
#environment #nature #mindfulness #BirdWatching #animals