Friend of the project Firmin DeBranbander, Professor of Philosophy at the Maryland Institute College of Art and author of Do Guns Make Us Free, has written two essential articles on American gun violence that we are please to share. Read More

There’s no better place to launch our LT Shorts than with Darcey Steinke‘s talk on spiritual memoir, imaginative wildness, and the American transcendentists. The acclaimed novelist and memoirist spoke to one of our seminars and the results were thrilling. Read More

On Thursday, September 26th, Elizabeth Rambo will share stories from her summer service experience. The event will begin at 7:00 pm at The Bonhoeffer House in Charlottesville (1841 University Circle). The event is free, and the public is invited to attend. Light refreshments will be served. Read More

Patti Smith immerses readers in her inner world through photography. Read More

The Project on Lived Theology will present a series of lectures in Lived Theology as part of Professor Charles Marsh’s Theologies of Reconciliation and Resistance fall seminar. Read More

When we feel as though we have nothing to give, or don’t know what to give, a listening ear and some time is all we need. A later chapter in the Paul Farmer book, “Practicing Local Listening with Village Midwives in Sudan,” highlights the title’s case study. Truly listening to what people have to say about their lived experiences – and not just hearing what we want to hear! – is the mark of a mutual gift giving. It reflects a just and fair community partnership, in which services and knowledge are given freely, and all community members walk together in solidarity on the road to better health.  Read More

Belden Lane applies the mystic tradition and desert spirituality to his understanding of life, loss, and the wilderness. Read More

When we feel as though we have nothing to give, or don’t know what to give, a listening ear and some time is all we need. A later chapter in the Paul Farmer book, “Practicing Local Listening with Village Midwives in Sudan,” highlights the title’s case study. Truly listening to what people have to say about their lived experiences – and not just hearing what we want to hear! – is the mark of a mutual gift giving. It reflects a just and fair community partnership, in which services and knowledge are given freely, and all community members walk together in solidarity on the road to better health.  Read More

Today I’m pleased to announce the release of God’s Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights, as a Princeton Classic. As a white southerner and child of the southern Baptist church, Freedom Summer 1964 illumined for me a pathway from the closed doors of the segregated South to a Christianity with four sides open to the world. – to the joys of sharing in a global fellowship of reconciliation. Read More

Mark R. Gornik’s new book, Sharing the Crust: A Communion of Saints in a Baltimore Neighborhood, will be released in October 2024. The book is a results of Gornik’s PLT Virginia Seminar and will be published by Cascade Books. Read More