Inkwell
Inkwell, Ben Christenson, Sherry Ning, Deidre Braley, Blake Petteway, Josh Nadeau, Jenna Mindel, Sarah Beth Spraggins, John Blase, Leighton Kennedy, Abe Figueroa, Conor J. Smith, O. Alan Noble, Dan Kim, Rosa Lía Gilbert, Sarah Jane Souther, A. A. KostasFrom Dust, New Lore. A storytelling community seeking transcendence.
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The Myth of Getting Out of the Small Town
This Weekly Edition of Inkwell features James Taylor Foreman
THE AMERICAN GENIUS is to go west. No matter what question you pose to Americans, the answer is always, on some level, “Have you checked west of here?”
It began as t...
What the Witches Couldn’t Ruin
This Weekly Edition of Inkwell features Abe Figueroa
EVERY FULL MOON, the witches played drums on Mount Tabor near my childhood home. In the morning fog that followed, neighbors often found the remains of the night’s ritual—cat...
Let Homesickness Guide You
This Weekly Edition of Inkwell features Rosa Lía Gilbert
IT’S FEBRUARY 2022, and snow has covered the ground on and off for the last three months. Louisville is bare in the winter, with lanky tree limbs and gray skies—and this...
Putting the Quiet Life on Trial
This Weekly Edition of Inkwell features John Blase
What do you do with the wanting?
That’s what she said. Or that’s what I heard her say.
I remember a version of the faith that excited me, one that demanded sacrifice. And it...
An Inkwell Poetry Competition
WHILE THE AUTUMNAL LANDSCAPE prepares for slumber, we mourn the loss of leaves and green and literary heroes. The veil between worlds thins this time of year. Fog rests dense in the air as this side of the equator hangs its cloak and bows t...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
From Dust, New Lore. A storytelling community seeking transcendence by Christianity Today.
Husband (x1), Dad (x4), 90s Kid (x1M). All views (and writing) are my own. By-lines in Inkwell, Mere Orthodoxy, Front Porch Republic, and others.
Your cage is always open you can leave anytime you want. Author of 'The Pluri Society' on Amazon. Nabokov enthusiast.
Just a girl who can't stop thinking about theology, poetry, and the whimsy of life. MDiv student at Pillar Seminary. Forthcoming book on delight as a spiritual discipline with Revell Books in 2027.
storyteller, poet, & student of Jesus trying not to get outsung by some stones
Beauty Will Save The World. Not a butcher, not a baker, not even a candlestick maker. Just trying to be a Saint.
Faith & culture writer. Spiritual director in training. Living in California, with my husband and cat, trying to see God in everything. ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆
"I'm a writer who lives out West, but I'll always be from the South." That used to be true. Now, after almost 20yrs, I've spawned back South. But trust me, I will forever carry the quiet West inside.
When does a hill become a mountain?
Abe Figueroa writes with contemplative attention to Christian theology, lived experience, and imagination. His writing explores how beauty, truth and holiness take shape in the muddled mess of our ordinary lives.
Aspiring author.
Author of "To Live Well," “You Are Not Your Own,” and “On Getting Out Of Bed,” published by InterVarsity Press. Prof English at Oklahoma Baptist University. Writing about humanism, culture, and faith.
An advertising strategist turn Curate in the Anglican Church. So you can read Theology written like ad copy.
Dominican poet & author of ‘Under the Samán Tree.’ Musings on home and longing. Poeta Dominicana & autora de ‘Under the Samán Tree.’
Let's break some silly little rules
International man of mysticism. Author of LUMINOX (Tilt Press, 2026) and THE PILGRIMS (Victorious Hermit Press, coming soon). Poetry editor for Magazine Non Grata. Always seeking Him.
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