Another Life with Joy Marie Clarkson Introducing Another Life Podcast
Oct 14, 2025
Peter Mommsen, Editor-in-chief of Plough, shares the magazine's rich history and its ties to the Bruderhof community, emphasizing its mission of renewing Christian engagement. Maureen Swinger discusses her role and community life, highlighting personal projects like a Tolkien-inspired woodland playhouse. Jason Swinger talks about craftsmanship, sharing their family's journey of building a harp and the importance of music in their communal life at Fox Hill. Together, they illustrate the vision of living differently and creatively.
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Another Life As Imagination Plus Practice
- Joy Clarkson frames "Another Life" as the conviction that a different, better way of living is possible.
- She pairs imaginative interior renewal with practical habits to make that life real.
Return To Sermon On The Mount
- Peter Mommsen explains Plough began after WWI to return Christians to the Sermon on the Mount.
- The magazine aimed to link inward spiritual renewal with social responsibility.
Escape, Rebuild, And The Plough Name
- Peter recounts the Bruderhof and Plough fleeing Nazi Germany and reestablishing printing in England in 1938.
- They named the magazine Plough from their mission of spiritual "plowing" and metanoia.