Emily Chapman

2 months ago | emilystimpsonchapman.substack.com | Wendell Berry |Emily Chapman

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedThe clearing rests in song and shade. It is a creature madeBy old light held in soil and leaf,By human joy and grief,By human work,Fidelity of sight and stroke,By rain, by water onThe parent stone. We join our work to Heaven's gift,Our hope to what is left,That field and woods at last agreeIn an economyOf widest worth. High Heaven's Kingdom come on earth. Imagine Paradise. O Dust, arise!

Oct 24, 2024 | helenroy.substack.com | Helen Roy |Mary Harrington |Emily Chapman |Erika Bachiochi

Let me begin this essay by saying that I don’t have any problem with “tradwives,” if by “tradwives,” we mean women whose family model basically conforms to the midcentury breadwinner/homemaker ideal, who are socially conservative, openly Christian, and happy to inhabit the particular aesthetic common to that lifestyle. By that definition, I myself fit the bill. Many of my best friends fit the bill. Enough ink has been spilled criticizing our choices to dye the world black.

Apr 20, 2024 | emilystimpsonchapman.substack.com | Emily Chapman

A quick heads up to all you wonderful subscribers: For the next few weeks, I’ll be doing something a bit different with the newsletter. Instead of sending out one long essay for full subscribers, I’m going to be sending out three shorter essays on the same topic: the theological errors of the Christian Manosphere. It’s an important topic, which requires more words and thoughts than I can fit into one reasonably sized essay.

Dec 22, 2023 | thedialog.org | Emily Chapman

By Emily Stimpson Chapman Religious have it easy — at least in some regards. Consider, for example, their vow of poverty. Religious brothers, sisters and priests pledge a sacred oath that shields them from basements overrun by toys, cupboards overflowing with unused wedding gifts, and closets stuffed with purses and shoes.

Nov 20, 2023 | oursundayvisitor.com | Emily Chapman

(OSV News) — By American standards, the Via San Gregorio Armeno wouldn’t even qualify as an alley. Measuring perhaps 5 feet across, it’s barely wide enough for three men to pass through it abreast. Yet come Advent, the little street in Naples, Italy, welcomes thousands of visitors from around the country and around the world every day. The visitors come not because the street leads anywhere, but rather for the street itself.