Another Life with Joy Marie Clarkson
Plough
How can we live well together? What gives life purpose? How do technology, education, faith, capitalism, work, family change the way we live? Is another life possible? Plough editor Joy Marie Clarkson digs deeper into perspectives from a wide variety of writers and thinkers appearing in the pages of Plough.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jan 7, 2023 • 19min
The PloughRead: Singing the Law by J. L. Wall
J. L. Wall writes that the ancient skill of chanting the Torah joins past generations to generations yet unborn.
Jan 3, 2023 • 12min
The PloughRead: My Father Left Me Paperclip by Terence Sweeney
Terence Sweeney asks what kind of inheritance an illegitimate son can expect.
Dec 31, 2022 • 29min
The PloughRead: The Sins of the Fathers by Helmuth Eiwen
Helmuth Eiwen writes that our ancestors guilt can carry over onto the present generation. The Hebrew prophets show a way out.
Dec 27, 2022 • 25min
The PloughRead: The Stranger in My House by Wendy Kiyomi
Wendy Kiyomi adopted children with trauma in their past. It didn’t go as she expected.
Dec 24, 2022 • 39min
The PloughRead: Gazapillo by Óscar Esquivias
In this story by Óscar Esquivias the young folk moved away, and it seemed like the Three Kings stopped visiting the empty village in Asturias, Spain. But did they?
Dec 20, 2022 • 15min
The PloughRead: Decoding the Bible’s Begats by Alastair Roberts
Alastair Roberts writes that genealogy and hereditary lines matter a great deal in scripture.
Dec 13, 2022 • 19min
The PloughRead: Yearning for Roots by Peter Mommsen
Peter Mommsen writes that we’re born with a need for connection with our ancestors – both biological and spiritual.
Dec 6, 2022 • 33min
The PloughRead: The Day No One Would Say the Nazis Were Bad by Mary Townsend
Mary Townsend finds that relativism is alive and well on college campuses.
Dec 3, 2022 • 20min
The PloughRead: No Promises by Eve Tushnet
Eve Tushnet writes about AA, alcoholism, and broken promises.
Nov 29, 2022 • 10min
The PloughRead: Vows in Brief by Phil Christman
Phil Christman explores the courtship of three monogamous animal couples.
