Paraclete Press Blog

There are a few pleasures left in book publishing. One is also a privilege: to occasionally be allowed to bring out books that the marketing people aren’t quite sure they’ll be able to sell well. Then, a publisher feels that … Continue reading →

From the Introduction to The Paraclete Poetry Anthology by Mark S. Burrows Where do we find what’s lasting? Where do the deathlessthings hide? . . . Maybe we’re not altogether alone inour empty room, in our workshop: if so many writerslove … Continue reading →

“There are all kinds of courage,” said Dumbledore, smiling. —J.K. Rowling One day while shopping at our favorite international farmers market, Eliot grabbed my hand and led me to the chocolate and candy aisle where a woman wearing a hijab … Continue reading →

Learn about the rugged, fiery, faith-filled man behind the myth — the saint who was captured as a child, was converted in the lonely wilderness, and returned to spread the love of Christ in the land of his captivity.   … Continue reading →

Lights on the Mountain by Cheryl Anne Tuggle Chapter 1 Hazel Valley Prospect, Pennsylvania May 1, 1952 5:53 am When Jess Hazel left the warmth of the house that morning of the Light and trudged down the hill to the barn, … Continue reading →

“We are not converted only once in our lives but many times, and this endless series of large and small conversions, inner revolutions, leads to our transformation in Christ.” —Thomas Merton “What are you giving up for Lent?” This long-established custom … Continue reading →

Fed By Angels By Ronald Rolheiser, OMI Excerpt from God For Us Celebration is a paradoxical thing. It lives within the tension between anticipation and fulfillment, longing and consummation, the ordinary and the special, work and play. Seasons of play … Continue reading →

This blog is excerpted from the Introduction to Sarah Arthur’s Between Midnight and Dawn: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Lent, Holy Week, and Eastertide.  — We arrive at Lent, those forty days (not including Sundays) leading up to Easter. It’s … Continue reading →