The Fare Forward Interview with Scott Cairns
Poet, essayist, and translator Scott Cairns on his journeys, prayer, poetry, and how to live as pilgrims in all we do.
From Dante to Bronte
Taking its place in the long line of literary pilgrimages, Jane Eyre depicts a particularly modern journey—one in which the destination must be discovered along the way. By Karen Swallow Prior
Love & Philosophy: Three Responses to James K. A. Smith
David Henreckson, M. M. Townsend, and Justin Ariel Bailey respond to James K. A. Smith's essay for The Christian Century's series How My Mind Has Changed.
Faith, Experience, and the Limits of Human Knowledge
The best way to push back against excessive self-confidence and ideology is to cultivate an attitude of intellectual pilgrimage. By Collin Slowey
Your Footprints Are the Path
A pilgrim reflects on lessons learned along two journeys, one in New Haven and another along El Camino. By Abigail Storch
The Lost Pilgrims
Both Richard Ford and Walker Percy write novels of modern man struggling with a world devoid of meaning—but the journeys their characters take lead them to altogether different destinations. By Jeff Reimer
“My Babylon, My Jerusalem”
The daughter of parents who left Amish and Mennonite communities behind, Julia Kasdorf writes poems that celebrate and mourn both her lost home and her new one—leaving her perpetually in the liminal space between. By Michial Farmer