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Recommended by Addison Hodges Hart

Crossing Over

By Sarah and Daniel

listening with curiosity for God's presence in the stories of Sacred Scriptures and in our own lives.

millinerd

By Matthew J. Milliner

Beauty wins.

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Mary Harrington

Mary Harrington's Newsletter

A.N. Wilson

My personal Substack. If you have enjoyed my books or articles you will find stuff here which interests you. Recent posts include a lecture on Eliot given at Little Gidding, and memories of Iris Murdoch.

I have been reading Wilson gladly since the early 1980s. I'm grateful to my brother (David Bentley Hart) for letting me know he's on Substack. A superb series of posts in his archive.

- Addison Hodges Hart

Father, speak a word

By Fr Gregory

Some things we can only learn in the desert and some things the desert can only teach at night. Thoughts from the desert fathers on our life in Christ.

Persuasion

By Yascha Mounk

The community for those who believe that a free society is worth fighting for.

Copious Flowers

By Jesse Hake

"which may be among the best publication names on the platform" (David Bentley Hart) • not even Solomon in all his glory

Gladsome Light

By Philip Primeau

Words in view of splendor.

Thomas’s Substack

By Dr Thomas Shimelis

My personal Substack

Pithless Thoughts II: Postscripts on Life

By Steve Robinson

Essays, drawings, aphorisms, and musings on all things big and small regarding life, death, work, and God.

On Ancient Paths

By Jeremiah Carey

A philosopher in exile, writing mostly on ethics and Orthodox theology.

The Druid Stares Back

By Michael Martin

Michael Martin, Ph.D. on Sophiology and everything else.

The Open Ark

"And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark... While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." - Gen 8:16, 20

The Scandal of Reading: Uncovering Holy Wisdom

By Jessica Hooten Wilson

Currently writing on the third way through feminism and patriarchy, always excited to share what I'm reading, how to remind the church of our holy vocation, and why education needs to emphasize the liberating arts

The Abbey of Misrule

By Paul Kingsnorth

Do not be conformed to this world

Via Mediaevalis

By Robert Keim

Medieval spirituality for the postmodern world—sharing authentic texts, serious scholarship, and sincere commentary to help us rediscover reality.

Those interested in Medieval piety should give this attention.

- Addison Hodges Hart

The Musical Platypus

Music is the universal language. As the platypus defies the normal categories, I refuse to be limited to any one musical genre. "There are only two kinds of music: Good music, and the other kind." (Duke Ellington). Also, politics, philosophy, religion,

My brother Robert shares his vast knowledge of all things musical.

- Addison Hodges Hart

Demotivations With Anne

By Anne Kennedy

commentary on cultural and theological trends

I appreciate her insights and wit.

- Addison Hodges Hart

Kyle’s Formation Substack

By Kyle Strobel

A conversation about faith, formation, and the life of God we know in Christ by his Spirit. Subscribe for free!

The Blue Scholar

By Nate

What do plumbing and St. Benedict have in common? Me. Writing about ora et labora—prayer and work—vocation, theology, philosophy, blue collar life, the trades, plumbing, technology, tools, culture, and more.

Anglican Convocation of the West

By Anglican COW

The Convocation of the West is a missionary community of Christians and churches in the catholic Anglican tradition. Our community spans from Texas to the Pacific. We reside within the Missionary Diocese of All Saints (ACNA).

The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor

A celebration of poetry and historical interest pieces

New High Church @ Anglican.Center

By Jonah ☩

New High Church essays and articles and Anglican.Center Resources. The Anglican Center seeks to bring the theological and pastoral spirit of historic, catholic Anglicanism into a modern, pan-jurisdictional context.

Cassiacum: A Place to Think

By Kerry Walters

A place of retreat from the bloomin' buzzin' world of ignorance, incivility, and conflict to explore philosophy, literature, history, and theology and celebrate (without fetishizing) the Great Tradition.

Rod Dreher's Diary

An eclectic portmanteau of culture, religion, politics, books, travel and ideas

The Poorly Illumined

Blog dedicated to questions and thoughts related to Orthodoxy, politics, philosophy, and the spiritual life. Formerly "Trying to be Orthodox"

Winesk.in

By Colin MacIntyre

100% New Covenant writing.

Bradley Jersak

Bradley Jersak (Dean of Graduate Studies, SSU.ca)

Postmodern Perennialist

By Jonathan Culbreath

Philosophy, mysticism, religion, politics, and stuff

Words in Flesh

By Jordan Daniel Wood

A dad suspects the divine-created Word always and in all things

Stimulating insights in theology.

- Addison Hodges Hart

The Kingfisher Chronicle

By Connor Brown

Seeking out streaks of the Eternal in all things

2 + 2 = 5

By William C. Green

Counterintuitive. Looking again at fear, doubt, conflict, contradiction, contraries. Riffs... brief reflections. "Without Contraries is no progression." - William Blake ("The Marriage of Heaven and Hell")

Details Matter: By Jason A. Staples

Musings and off-the-cuff commentary on the Bible, theology, economics, politics, sports, and general culture

Letters from the Heart

By Teófilo de Jesús

Letters—heartfelt ones—to all of you. Letters about every subject, all from my Catholic point of view.

Tamed Cynic

By Jason Micheli

Stick around here and I’ll use words as best as I know how to help you give a damn about the God who, in Jesus Christ, no longer gives any damns.

Spiritual Pilgrim

By Nicholas Smith

This is the blog of a ridiculous man. Feel free to laugh and scoff but the idea here is that we can come here and share a little bit about what it means to be human and this blog suggests that being human is to be much more than we think it is.

Mosley's Marginalia

By David Russell Mosley

Essays on classical education, literature, culture, and the Catholic Faith

Life Sentences

By Thomas

Premodern readings for a postmodern world

Pulled Quotes

By David Mills

A collection of unusual quotes you probably don't know and will never see but that may interest you. Or not.

Leaves in the Wind

By David Bentley Hart

Religion, the arts, philosophy, culture... ...Foliis tantum ne carmina manda, ne turba volent rapidis ludibria ventis...

Desert and Fire

By Steve Herrmann

I explore Incarnationalism for the modern world, where ancient paths of divine union illuminate our vocations, relationships, and the sacred ordinary.

Ghostly Counsel

By Fr Thomas Plant

True myth, deep magic. An Anglican priest's quest to retrace ancient paths in Japan and England, finding common ground between Christian metaphysics and traditional Eastern wisdom for defence against secular technocracy.

Always a worthwhile read.

- Addison Hodges Hart

HWOL

By Dr Chris R Armstrong

A place to reflect on Humanism as a Way Of Life. This way to be wholly (HWOL-y?) human is faith-based. If you don't think that's possible, then read on.