Plough Quarterly

Why All Christians Should Give Lent a Chance Benjamin Crosby writes that feasting and fasting help us habituate our affections, help us to feel the truths of the gospel.

“The fundamental basis for feasting and fasting as Christian practices, Hooker writes, is that they teach us to rightly express the two central affections of Christian life, joy and grief.” —Benjamin Crosby

Illuminate: Arts and Faith Conference Join Plough editor Maureen Swinger and others for two rich days of education, inspiration, and community, exploring the intersections of arts and faith.

Illuminate: Arts and Faith Conference
March 23-24, Collegedale, TN

Join Plough editor Maureen Swinger and many other speakers and attendees for 2 rich days of education, inspiration, and community.

Learn more and register here:
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Review: Bread and Wine - Bob on Books Bread and Wine. A collection of 96 readings from writers throughout church history spanning the season from Ash Wednesday to Pentecost.

“This is a collection for slow and repeated reading. Perhaps it will become one you return to year by year. And meanwhile, we can explore the riches of Christian reflections over the centuries in the works these readings represent....” —Bob Trube

UK Plough Young Writers Weekend A by-acceptance-only event for university students interested in publishing.

There's a UK version of the Writers Weekend as well, June 26-28: www.plough.com/en/events/20...

Plough Young Writers Weekend A by-acceptance-only event for university students interested in publishing.

If a full month internship doesn't work for you, check out our Young Writers Weekend: www.plough.com/en/events/20...

We invite applications from students who have completed at least two years of college or university and are committed to Christian discipleship. Apply now!

Internship An internship for the farmer-philosopher that combines magazine editing and hands-on regenerative agriculture.

🚨 Applications are open for one more week!

June 2026: An internship for the farmer-philosopher that combines book and magazine editing and hands-on regenerative farming.

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Why God Doesn’t Need Psychedelics True communion with God doesn’t come with the popping of a pill.

“Paul was not goaded against his will into a new way of seeing reality. He might well have chosen to spend the rest of his life resenting God for the loss of his sight instead of allowing himself to be molded so as to see God afresh.” —Joseph Murphy

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We’re at New York Encounter this weekend! Stop by our table and pick up a free Quarterly.

New PloughRead from Caitrin Keiper: “Children of Terabithia”

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Was Saint Valentine a Stranger to Romance? Dani Treweek writes that candlelight dinners may be the only aspect of today’s Hallmark holiday that would resonate with the man for whom it is named.

“This Valentine’s Day, let’s celebrate the goodness of love. But more than that, let’s celebrate the love which is truly good for us – the love of a Savior who died for us, lives for us, and waits for us.” —Dani Treweek

Six Ways to Resist the Machine The technological mindset is corrupting our souls. It’s time to fight.

Here's the Kingsnorth article we'll focus the discussion on: www.plough.com/en/topics/li...

Minneapolis Plough Reader Meetup Join other Plough readers in your area for discussion and fellowship.

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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Away from Compromise and Shadow Following Jesus allows for no compromise with all that is loveless.

“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

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

The Good Life Stanley Hauerwas writes that people no longer have good wholesome lives because culture and the church do not offer one in a liberal society. Only when people relearn what it means to do good work, wi...

If liberalism failed to deliver it, what can?
By Stanley Hauerwas
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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.

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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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?

“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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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.

“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

Nature Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets More … This stunning anthology of favorite poems about our rel…

“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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Deliver Us from the Evil One The devil was more than a metaphor for early Christians.

"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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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

Get your copy here: www.plough.com/en/topics/cu...

YouTube video by Plough New Lent Devotional from Plough Publishing #lentendevotional #lentreadings #easterreadings #lent

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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My Mother’s Hidden Radiance by Brandon Vaidyanathan

New PloughRead from @brvnathan.bsky.social: “My Mother’s Hidden Radiance”

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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.

My latest piece in @plough.bsky.social on scripted vs. revealed beauty

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.

“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

The Hidden Life of Duck Women James Rebanks learns from women who gather eiderdown on remote Norwegian islands.

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