Pat Murphy's Substack blends personal reflection, meditation practice and American history, using frameworks like The Fourth Turning to read current political turmoil. Readers get a moderate, contemplative take on social division, with occasional essays on psychedelics and public opinion.
Website: https://www.patmurphy.blog
Martin Shaw shares original folk tales, mythic storytelling and personal road reflections alongside audio and event announcements. Readers get literary retellings rooted in Devon and Dartmoor folklore and glimpses of a working storyteller's life.
A newsletter from pastor and author Nadia Bolz-Weber offering sermons, personal essays and interviews that approach Christian faith with humor, honesty and compassion. Readers get reflective writing on scripture, pilgrimage and everyday moral questions from a perspective aimed at spiritual misfits.
Poems, essays and commentary from poet David Whyte, with context on how and where each piece was written. Readers get reflective writing on love, resentment, nature and everyday human experience, plus material from his Three Sundays Series.
A free daily devotional pairing a Psalm verse with a short personal reflection on memory, grief, rural life and small daily mercies. Each issue ends with a brief prayer written in a quiet, first-person voice.
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