Introducing Another Life Podcast
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To live in better we have to begin with the conviction that another life is possible. That is what t...
In Defense of Pint and Pipe by Malcolm Guite
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Smoking and drinking carry known risks. Here’s why I haven’t given them up.
Against Self-Optimization by David Zahl
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The wellness industry sells you a version of yourself it can’t deliver. Hope lies elsewhere.
The Exploitation of Immigrant Care Workers by Hazel Thompson
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hidden in plain sight, foreign health aides in UK care homes face exploitation.
What My First Psychiatric Patient Taught Me by Abraham M. Nussbaum
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sharon could hardly leave the house. She showed me the wonder and limits of therapy.
Abraham’s Warring Children by Kelsey Osgood
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After October 7, can a Muslim-Christian-Jewish center in Abu Dhabi make any difference?
What Families with Autistic Children Know by Sam Tomlin
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For parents of neurodiverse children, church and school can be another hurdle.
Chronically Healthy, Chronically Ill by Aberdeen Livingstone
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Living with a chronic illness, I’ve traveled between the kingdom of health and the kingdom of sick...
The Faces of the Bhopal Disaster by Cristiano Denanni
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Forty years after history’s worst industrial accident, survivors still live in its shadow.
The Return of the Family Doctor by Brewer Eberly
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The direct primary care model aims to put relationships over profit.
Desire, Use, Repeat by James Mumford
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An addict looks for a way out.
A Disabled Savior by Devan Stahl
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The wounds of a resurrected God help us live with ours.
In Deep Water off Antarctica by Jessica T. Miskelly
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On an icebreaker off the coast of Antarctica, I felt a warming planet’s pulse.
What Is Health? by Peter Mommsen
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My grandfather’s best summer was the one he spent dying.
Following the Clues of the Universe by Alister McGrath
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can Sherlock Holmes help us find meaning in life? Detective stories and murder mysteries hint at how...
Passing On the Farm to My Daughter by James Rebanks
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A record-breaking bull showed that my seventeen-year-old is ready to start taking my place.
Warehouse Workers of Paris Find Their Voice by Benoît Gautier
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In de-industrializing France, a shuttle bus is workers’ last link to stability.
Stanley Hauerwas’s Provocations by Tish Harrison Warren
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
America’s theologian isn’t worried about the death of cultural Christianity.
Building Solidarity in Europe’s Gig Economy by Ben Wray
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Food-delivery bike riders in London, Berlin, and Copenhagen are pushing back against their algorithm...
In the Holy Land, Seeking the Solace of the Cross by Stephanie Saldaña
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a year wracked by violence, I remember the crucifixion to find comfort.
The Quest to Emancipate Labor by Peter Mommsen
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why do we work? The dream of a truly human economy spans millennia, from Genesis to Marx to Martin L...
Deerassic Park by Tim Maendel
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A high-school science teacher and his students practice conservation in the woods and ponds of upsta...
Sister Penelope in Expectation by Grace Hamman
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The mysterious friend of C. S. Lewis teaches how to know and be known in Christ.
Should I Read Scary Fairy Tales to My Child? by Stephanie Ebert
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My kids already know the world is not safe. Will dragons and goblins make it worse?
Teaching the One Percent by Dhananjay Jagannathan
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dhananjay Jagannathan defends the spiritual worth of liberal education at Columbia University.
Jesus Changes Everything: An Afternoon with Stanley Hauerwas
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, Stanley Hauerwas has been provoking Christians with his insistence that if they would o...
Tell an Old Story for Modern Times by Lisabeth Button
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Bruderhof teacher applies lessons from her mentors and Homer in her classroom and beyond.
Why We’re Failing to Pass on Christianity by Benjamin Crosby
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you teach Christian basics to those who think they know all about it?
The School that Escaped to the Alps by Marianne Wright
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Faced with a Nazi takeover, the first Bruderhof school took refuge in Liechtenstein.
Does Teaching Literature and Writing Have a Future? by Phil Christman
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learning that one’s job might soon be eliminated by the emergence of an overhyped new technology p...
Why I Became a Firefighter by Brit Frazier
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A priest joins her local volunteer fire department.
Schools for Philosopher-Carpenters by Alex Sosler
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new crop of innovative schools encourages all students to use their minds and their hands.
Educating for Freedom by Peter Mommsen
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Mommsen asks whether our society has lost sight of how to raise young humans.
The PloughRead: An Exodus From China by Pan Yongguang
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pan Youngguang describes how his persecuted house church chooses to flee together as a community.
The PloughRead: Paraguayans Don’t Read by Santiago Ramos
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Santiago Ramos points out that in a dictatorship, literature nurtures freedom. In a democracy, does ...
The PloughRead: The Busted Bean by Maureen Swinger
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen Swinger describes an old school bus’s transformation into a space for coffee and camarader...
The PloughRead: Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The PloughRead: Encounters at the Southern Border by Robert Donnelly
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Donnelly meets the migrants seeking asylum in the United States.
The PloughRead: Jakob Hutter, Radical Reformer by Emmy Barth Maendel
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Emmy Barth Maendel describes how, in just three short years, a sixteenth-century martyr founded a ch...
The PloughRead: The Bible’s Story of Freedom by Heinrich Arnold
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Heinrich Arnold describes how scripture tells an unfinished history of liberation.
The PloughRead: Form and Freedom by Joy Marie Clarkson
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Visual artist Hannah Rose Thomas, architect Charles Howell, and poet Malcolm Guite celebrate the fre...
The PloughRead: Taking Lifelong Vows by Dori Moody
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dori Moody describes how poverty, chastity, and obedience bring a different kind of freedom.
The PloughRead: The Body She Had by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rosemarie Garland Thomson asks why parents are not spared the terrible freedom of having to choose w...
The PloughRead: Recovering from Heroin and Fiction by Jordan Castro
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Castro describes how he sought freedom in drugs and novels, but they couldn't save him.
The PloughRead: Become Slaves to One Another by John M. G. Barclay
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
John M.G. Barclay explores how Paul's letters probe the paradox of freedom through love.
The PloughRead: The Workers and the Church by Sohrab Ahmari
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sohrab Ahmari asks what happened to the Christian tradition of supporting workers' rights?
The PloughRead: A Lion in Phnom Penh by J. Daniel Sims
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
J. Daniel Sims, an insider, reckons with complicity and compromise in Cambodia’s aid industry.
The PloughRead: The Autonomy Trap by James R. Wood
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James Wood tells his conversion story and asks: Is commitment just for suckers?
The PloughRead: In Defiance of All Powers by Peter Mommsen
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Mommsen asks what's the point of freedom?
The PloughRead: Tech Cities of the Bible by Alastair Roberts
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alastair Roberts describes how our struggle with technology starts in Genesis.
The PloughRead: Will There Be an AI Apocalypse? by Peter Berkman
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Loftus reminds Western donors not to send junk to his Kenyan hospital while stressing that t...
The PloughRead: Toward a Gift Economy by Simon Oliver
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Oliver argues that some goods and services have value beyond their market price.
The PloughRead: Computers Can’t Do Math by David Schaengold
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David Schaengold argues that computers can’t do math and the human mind is a marvel that no machin...
The PloughRead: Give Me a Place by Brian Miller
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Miller, an East Tennessee farmer, praises a simple piece of technology.
The PloughRead: The Artificial Pancreas by Peter Mommsen
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Mommsen asks how we can live well with technology?
The PloughRead: ChatGPT Goes to Church by Arlie Coles
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Arlie Coles asks if large language models should write sermons and prayers.
The PloughRead: Taming Tech in Community by Andrew Zimmerman
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Zimmerman tells how the Bruderhof community tries to be intentional about personal technology...
The PloughRead: Send Us Your Surplus by Matthew Loftus
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Loftus reminds Western donors not to send junk to his Kenyan hospital while stressing that t...
The PloughRead: From Scrolls to Scrolling in Synagogue by J. L. Wall
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
J. L. Wall describes how the way we read scripture has changed and the way that it has remained the ...
The PloughRead: The Tech of Prison Parenting by Robert Lee Williams
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Lee Williams tells how even a little tech in prison can make a big difference.
82: Regenerative Agriculture in the Lake District
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James and Helen Rebanks talk about raising sheep and cattle in the Lake District. James describes th...
The PloughRead: Why I Hunt by Tim Maendel
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Maendel describes his love of hunting and the connection it gives him to the human species' natu...
The PloughRead: Breakwater by Rhys Laverty
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rhys Laverty writes about the Alderney Breakwater, a crumbling jetty in the Channel Islands that pro...
The PloughRead: Lambing Season by Norann Voll
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Norann Voll learned some of life’s most important lessons from her father while caring for sheep.
The PloughRead: The Sadness of the Creatures by Peter Mommsen
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Mommsen asks if humans should live by the laws of nature.
The PloughRead: Are You a Tree? by Joy Clarkson
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In an excerpt from her book, Joy Marie Clarkson explores the natural metaphors that we use. Are you ...
The PloughRead: Meeting the Wolf by Greta Gaffin
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Greta Gaffin asks if humans should return to nature, and looks to the lives of two saints who taught...
The PloughRead: The Leper of Abercuawg by David McBride
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David McBride introduces his new translation of The Leper of Abercuawg, a thousand-year-old Welsh po...
81: Can Metaphors Help Us Live Well?
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joy Clarkson discusses her new book, and the importance of metaphor. Why are metaphors important? Ho...
The PloughRead: The Plants Can Talk by William Thomas Okie
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
William Thomas Okie says plants can talk; but is anyone listening?
The PloughRead: Saving the Soil, Saving the Farm by Colin Boller
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Colin Boller explains how regenerative agriculture helps farmers care for the land and pay the bills...
The PloughRead: Dandelions: An Apology by Clare Coffey
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Clare Coffey gives a defense of the dandelion, the plant that always comes back.
80: The Technology of Middle-Earth
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Scarince and Sebastian Milbank discuss Tolkien and technology. Susannah chimes in. Is J. R. ...
The PloughRead: Saskatchewan, Promised Land by Daniel J. D. Stulac
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel J. D. Stulac, a newcomer to Saskatchewan, searches for the Old Testament promise.
The PloughRead: The Wonder of Moths by Caroline Moore
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Moore has studied moths since she was a child. She writes how they showcase nature’s rich...
79: According to the Scriptures – Resurrection in the Old Testament
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alastair Roberts revisits the resurrection stories of the Old Testament. Jesus expected his follower...
The PloughRead: Christian Fellowship Isn’t Just Being Nice by Clarence Jordan
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Southern Baptist preacher Clarence Jordan (1912-1969) argued that true Christian fellowship as pract...
78: Worshiping Nature
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ross Douthat discusses why what is natural is not a guide to what is good. The idea that the natural...
The PloughRead: Three Pillars of Education by Heinrich Arnold
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Heinrich Arnold writes that in the Bruderhof, as in any society, children flourish when family, scho...
77: The New Eugenics
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and Alexander Raikin discuss euthanasia and eugenics. What has happened in...
The PloughRead: The Joy of Mending Jeans by Leah Libresco Sargeant
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leah Libresco Sargeant writes about Grace Russo and her philosophy of mending clothes with beauty.
The PloughRead: What Is Time For? by Zena Hitz
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Zena Hitz on our time, its value, and how we might spend it if we had more of it.
The PloughRead: The Home You Carry with You by Stephanie Saldaña
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Saldaña writes that though the members of her church have been scattered by war, the chur...
76: Restoring a Farm
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Nicolson has been rehabilitating his farm in Sussex for many years now, and he discusses the di...
The PloughRead: Architecture for Humans by Norman Wirzba
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Norman Wirzba writes that our homes and workplaces should nurture and celebrate life.
The PloughRead: To Mend a Farm by Adam Nicolson
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Nicolson tells of reversing the destructive agricultural damage done to his farm in the past.
The PloughRead: Ifs Eternally by Christian Wiman
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Christian Wiman writes that the “if” is what any honest faith looks like in this life.
75: Does Tikkun Olam Mean What You Think?
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Zohar Atkins discusses the real meaning of tikkun olam. Susannah and Zohar discuss the contemporar...
The PloughRead: Not Everything Can Be Fixed by Carlo Gébler
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Carlo Gébler writes that we should try to repair the lives of others, even if things in our own liv...
The PloughRead: Impractical Christianity by Clarence Jordan
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Words written by Clarence Jordan, founder of Koinonia Farm, a pacifist interracial Christian communi...
The PloughRead: Just Your Handyman by Kurt Armstrong
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kurt Armstrong writes that not everyone can build skyscrapers; someone has to address that damp spot...
74: Friends Don’t Let Politics End Friendships
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Sitman and Sohrab Ahmari discuss friendship across political divides. Both men have made the...
The PloughRead: Zero Episcopalians by Benjamin Crosby
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Crosby, a young minister in a declining church, looks for reasons to hope.
The PloughRead: Hunger by Narine Abgaryan
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a short story by Narine Abgaryan, survivors of war in 1990s Armenia find a reason to go on living...
The PloughRead: In Praise of Repair Culture by Peter Mommsen
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Mommsen writes that modern life depends on the habit of discarding things. What if we fixed th...
The PloughRead: Demining the Sahara y Maria Novella De Luca, Alice Pistolesi and Monica Pelliccia
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Saharawi Mine Action Team members remove mines and plant trees in the Algerian Desert of Western Sah...
The PloughRead: Heaven Meets Earth by Rowan Williams
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rowan Williams reminds us that in the birth of Christ, God comes to restore and set free every perso...
The PloughRead: Students Brave the Heat by Leah Libresco Sargeant
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Leah Libresco Sargeant discusses conflict as a part of debate and the activities of the Braver Angel...
The PloughRead: Walls behind Bars by Antoine E. Davis and Aaron Olson
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Antoine E. Davis and Aaron Edward Olson, both inmates, took risks to withstand the racism within the...
The PloughRead: The Witching Hour by Kathleen A. Mulhern
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kathleen A. Mulhern considers how we should spend our time in the evenings. We start the day intenti...