The PloughCast
How can we live well together? What gives life purpose? What about technology, education, faith, capitalism, work, family? Is another life possible? Plough editor Peter Mommsen and senior editor Susannah Black Roberts dig deeper into perspectives from a wide variety of writers and thinkers appearing in the pages of Plough.
Latest episodes
Apr 16, 2025 • 9min
In the Holy Land, Seeking the Solace of the Cross by Stephanie Saldaña
In a year wracked by violence, I remember the crucifixion to find comfort.
Apr 9, 2025 • 31min
The Quest to Emancipate Labor by Peter Mommsen
Why do we work? The dream of a truly human economy spans millennia, from Genesis to Marx to Martin Luther King.
Apr 2, 2025 • 14min
Deerassic Park by Tim Maendel
A high-school science teacher and his students practice conservation in the woods and ponds of upstate New York.
Mar 26, 2025 • 21min
Sister Penelope in Expectation by Grace Hamman
The mysterious friend of C. S. Lewis teaches how to know and be known in Christ.
Mar 19, 2025 • 16min
Should I Read Scary Fairy Tales to My Child? by Stephanie Ebert
My kids already know the world is not safe. Will dragons and goblins make it worse?
Mar 12, 2025 • 16min
Teaching the One Percent by Dhananjay Jagannathan
Dhananjay Jagannathan defends the spiritual worth of liberal education at Columbia University.
Mar 7, 2025 • 1h 7min
Jesus Changes Everything: An Afternoon with Stanley Hauerwas
For decades, Stanley Hauerwas has been provoking Christians with his insistence that if they would only follow their Master, it would impact all areas of life, from the personal to the societal. In his new book, *Jesus Changes Everything*, his timely and prophetic voice speaks to another generation of followers of Jesus tired of religion as usual. On March 4, 2025, Stanley Hauerwas, Brian Zahnd, and Charles E. Moore had a conversation about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus today. The event was co-sponsored with the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies and Acts 2 At Duke.Get the book here: https://www.plough.com/en/topics/faith/bible-studies/jesus-changes-everything
Mar 5, 2025 • 26min
Tell an Old Story for Modern Times by Lisabeth Button
A Bruderhof teacher applies lessons from her mentors and Homer in her classroom and beyond.
Feb 26, 2025 • 21min
Why We’re Failing to Pass on Christianity by Benjamin Crosby
How do you teach Christian basics to those who think they know all about it?
Feb 19, 2025 • 23min
The School that Escaped to the Alps by Marianne Wright
Faced with a Nazi takeover, the first Bruderhof school took refuge in Liechtenstein.
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