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July 2018

July 26, 2018

Rubble and Re-Creation

In the beginning, when God was creating the heavens and the earth, the earth was...

July 11, 2018

Monasticism in Lockdown America: Part 9, Psalms, In the End

Thinking of the psalms as a way to cycle through the entire range of human...

July 07, 2018

Monasticism in Lockdown America: Part 8: Psalms In the Beginning

I always privately hated the psalms. Most of them, anyway. As a teenager, I’d leaf...

June 2018

June 25, 2018

Monasticism In Lockdown America, Part 7: Holy Fool

Hank’s trembling confession that he’d be killing God if he killed another inmate had charged...

June 21, 2018

Monasticism in Lockdown America: Part 6, Icons

The jail staff asked if I would meet with some of the guys in the...

June 14, 2018

Monasticism in Lockdown America: Part 5, Holy Elders

With their white beards and deep lines in their faces, the older men stand out...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

Monasticism in Lockdown America: Part 3, Exercises

I recognized the Orthodox monks’ prostrations I’d learned in the monastery in the “burpees” the...

May 17, 2018

Monasticism in Lockdown America: Part 1, Cloister

The gentlemen I’ve been visiting in my local jail for the past decade live a...

March 2016

March 18, 2016

Dancing on the Way to Prison

By John Bryant I’m standing in a circle with thirty singing and swaying old men...

May 2015

May 20, 2015

Monasticism in Lockdown America, Part 9: Psalms, In the End

Continued from yesterday. Thinking of the psalms as a way to cycle through the...

May 19, 2015

Monasticism in Lockdown America, Part 8: Psalms, In the Beginning

I always privately hated the psalms. Most of them, anyway. As a teenager, I’d leaf...

May 21, 2013

Controlling the Shot

Guest Post By Tyler McCabe We set sail for Robben Island prison at noon amid...