A Forest in Outline
On annunciation and how I plant fruit trees
Of Spring Rains
Spreading yarrow, coaxing berries, getting wet
Toward the Lenten Garden
Watch me exercise restraint by planting only 20 types of tomatoes
St. Stephen's Day: Take the High Road
On coppiced Christmas trees, charity to all, and Good King Wenceslas
Gaudete Sunday: Magnify
In search of a peaceable kingdom
The First Sunday of Advent: Fade
In which I am a fig tree in a cold climate
Christ the King Sunday: Coronation
Against the kings of squalor
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Spiritual Mechanics
An inquiry concerning weeding and failing to weed
The Third Sunday after Pentecost: Grafted Hearts
On dying trees, frightening knives, and the wonder of the love of God
Twelve Thoughts on Pentecost: Let Fire Come
If we are to be comforted, let it be with holy comfort
Good Shepherd Sunday: Pastoral
In which I write a week late
The Third Sunday of Easter: Seed Imperishable
On plants that die—or even live—unexpectedly
The Great Vigil of Easter: Down into the Ground, Up from the Water
The Easter services feel deeply human because they ask us to walk in darkness
Palm Sunday: Leaves
In which we act as belligerent toddlers in the asparagus patch
The Fifth Sunday in Lent: Introductory
How Lent and rocky soil offer a glimpse of the Kingdom
Reflections on perennial gardening, embodied work, and the life of the world to come
The Household of Letters is the newsletter of Matt Miller. I write essays that praise the mutilated world and teach writing at College of the Ozarks in Point...