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Even the Stones

Ushering saints into the ongoing conversation of creation through poetry, storytelling, and cultural analysis. If we keep silent, even the stones will cry out. So since we've been given a voice, let's employ the gift wisely and wildly.

By Blake Petteway

· Launched 10 months ago

Even the Stones

The Spelling Bee as a Microcosm for Life

A former bee kid's confessions on memory, tragedy, and the riveting world of words

Jun 1•Blake Petteway


Cry Out: A Spoken Word

A Good Friday meditation on the weakness and power of the cross

Apr 3•Blake Petteway


Crying Out in the Wilderness

On grass, vocation, and smallness

Mar 27•Blake Petteway


The Karaoke Bar is Cinema's Cathedral

On Borrowed Words and Sacramental Moments

Mar 21•Blake Petteway


This Can't Be All There Is

Feasting on the Giant Grapes

Mar 18•Blake Petteway


The Smell of the Ground on Skid Row

Reflections from a Small-Church Outreach Coordinator

Mar 11•Blake Petteway


Emma Stone Says the Ethics of Truth Matter

Why an Alien Flick Is the Best Religious Critique of the Oscars Cycle

Feb 26•Blake Petteway


Repenting into Childhood

Looking back with learning instead of longing

Feb 17•Blake Petteway


Even the Stones