Essays | Charity Singleton Craig

Essays and Articles

Awake Our Hearts

March 10, 2021 – Things I’m Good At

Christianity Today

June 27, 2019 – Christianity Today – Go Ahead. Hire That Housekeeper
June 27, 2016 – Today’s Christian Woman – Becoming the Woman I Already Was | Today’s Christian Woman
May 26, 2015 – Christianity Today – Debunking the Myth of the Instant Mom
December 9, 2014 – Today’s Christian Woman – No More Wicked Stepmother
June 26, 2014 – Christianity Today – The Internet Never Forgets
December 19, 2011 – Leadership Journal – Rethinking Faith

The Curator

August 28, 2019 – The Danger of Reading (republished)
October 5, 2016 – Tricks Every Boy Can Do
July 7, 2016 – I’m Bored
March 16, 2016 – The Danger of Reading
December 28, 2015 – The Art of Memoir
October 26, 2015 – Dinosaurs, Time Travel, and the Importance of Being Where You Are
September 16, 2015 – The Genus and Species of Writing
May 27, 2015 – Meet Ello.
April 13, 2015 – Iteration
February 18, 2015 – The Cathedral of Junk
December 26, 2014 – Georgia O’Keeffe: One View
December 8, 2014 – A House for Birds
September 17, 2014 – Art for Everyone
July 17, 2014 – The Architecture of Hope
May 16, 2014 – On Wallace Stegner’s Advice and the Blogosphere
March 12, 2014 – A Living Essay
January 27, 2014 – Art Museums vs. Art Fair
July 6, 2012 – Hold the Chicken
February 17, 2012 – What About the Shop Around the Corner?

Edible Indy

June 4, 2021 – WonderTree Farm: A Little Heaven on Earth
October 13, 2020 – The Neighbor Loaves Project
March 6, 2020 – Spirits of French Lick
November 19, 2019 – A Swedish Jul (Christmas) with Hannah Lindgren
September 7, 2019 – Camp DeMulling – Homesteading with retired Colts lineman Rick DeMulling and his family
March 16, 2019 – Food Bridges Gaps Between Cultures
November 17, 2019 – A Hug On The Inside – Making biscuits six ways with Chef Nick Simpson
November 17, 2019 – A Chef’s Journal – A glimpse inside local chefs’ creative process
September 13, 2018 – The Kimball Kitchen
September 12, 2018 – Fighting for Tilly’s Tea Room
May 15, 2018 – The Taste of Friendship
March 13, 2018 – Foraging Through History
November 13, 2017 – Smoke, Roots, Mountain, Harvest
September 6, 2017 – Locally Sourced School Lunches
May 14, 2017 – Pia Urban Cafe and Market
March 15, 2017 – The Farmers Market Goes Online
March 7, 2017 – Year-Round Farming
November 12, 2016 – This Old Farm: Beyond the Family Business
October 11, 2016 – Turnip Awareness: Peaper Brothers Champions Humble Veggie for Five Generations
September 4, 2016 – C&T Design and Equipment Co. help start-ups fulfill their culinary dream
March 24, 2016 – The History of Pork Packing in Indiana – How Little Piggies Go to Market
March 24, 2016 – More than a Hill of Beans – The History of Food Processing in Indiana

Fathom Magazine

February 11, 2021 – Giving up the Charade

The High Calling

November 1, 2015 – Using the Power of Our Imaginations to Create a Better Life | Blog | The High Calling
August 25, 2015 – Benediction | Blog | The High Calling
August 2, 2015 – Adventures in Being Human | Blog | The High Calling
May 31, 2015 – Bringing Hope to the Table through Sustainability | Blog | The High …
April 12, 2015 – How to Thrive When You Feel Like a Phony | Blog | The High Calling
March 29, 2015 – Glorifying God in All Things at All Times | Blog | The High Calling
May 25, 2014 – When Your Dream Gets Put on Hold | Daily Reflection | The High Calling
May 24, 2014 – Aligning Talents with Dreams: It Takes Courage | Blog | The High Calling
April 3, 2014 – Moving Beyond Mediocrity: It’s Hard for a Reason | Blog | The High Calling
February 20, 2014 – Creating Beauty at Work Is Everyone’s Job | Blog | The High Calling
February 3, 2014 – Books on Culture: A Million Little Ways by Emily Freeman | Blog | The High Calling
January 9, 2014 – From Old to New: Making the Most of Life’s Transitions | Blog | The High Calling
December 19, 2013 – The High Calling of Humility | Blog | The High Calling
November 28, 2013 – The High Calling of Abundance | Blog | The High Calling
October 31, 2013 – The High Calling of Harvesting | Blog | The High Calling
September 26, 2013 – The High Calling of Learning | Blog | The High Calling
September 9, 2013 – Books on Culture: Life after Art, part two | Blog | The High Calling
August 29, 2013 – The High Calling of Rest | Blog | The High Calling
June 27, 2013 – The Leisurely Pursuit of Work-Life Balance | Blog | The High Calling
June 19, 2013 – Celebrating Work | Blog | The High Calling
May 8, 2013 – Learning to Mother | Blog | The High Calling
April 25, 2013 – Known Need: Faith and Work in Wendell Berry’s Fiction | Blog | The High Calling
March 21, 2013 – Night Watches | Blog | The High Calling
December 13, 2012 – Great Expectations: Contemplating Marriage after Long-term Singleness
November 8, 2012 – These and This: Gratitude at the Table | Blog | The High Calling
October 18, 2012 – Lending a Hand at Work | Blog | The High Calling
September 20, 2012 – Moonlighting: My Nighttime Forays Into Work | Blog | The High Calling
August 22, 2012 – Good Work, Sister | Blog | The High Calling
July 5, 2012 – Help Wanted: Paying Others to Do My Work | Blog | The High Calling
May 8, 2012 – Everything Matters: Living Alone as a Cultural Act | Blog | The High Calling
April 5, 2012 – The Last Normal Day | Blog | The High Calling
March 13, 2012 – Festival of Faith and Writing | Blog | The High Calling
January 13, 2012 – Living Our Litanies | Blog | The High Calling
October 28, 2011 – Rethinking Faith with David Kinnaman | Blog | The High Calling
August 3, 2011 – The Bouquet | Blog | The High Calling
June 3, 2011 – Witless Banter | Blog | The High Calling
March 24, 2011 – The Work of a Data Analyst | Blog | The High Calling
November 22, 2010 – Bread-Pudding Days | Blog | The High Calling
September 1, 2010 – Restoring the Natural Order | Blog | The High Calling
August 4, 2010 – Multitasking Fast | Blog | The High Calling

InTouch Ministries

August 28, 2020 – Greater than the Pharisees
June 26, 2020 – Purity All the Way Through
April 27, 2020 – The School of Mercy
April 24, 2020 – Sheltered in God’s Word
February 27, 2020 – From Mourning to Laughter
December 27, 2019 – You Shall Rest
October 25, 2019 – Don’t Wait for Joy
August 23, 2019 – Joy Made Full
April 25, 2019 – Word by Word
February 18, 2019 – Tell Me What You See
December 19, 2018 – A Church That’s “Me”
December 19, 2018 – Unity in the Church
November 19, 2018 – Ode to Peanut Butter Balls
October 22, 2018 – Life Through Death
August 20, 2018 – The Thin Line
August 1, 2018 – Serving People, Not Labels
February 23, 2018 – How Much Is Enough?
December 20, 2017 – As the River Flows
October 23, 2017 – This Is My Body
July 11, 2017 – Love Turned Upside Down
June 23, 2017 – Greater Good
February 24, 2017 – The Promise God Doesn’t Make
February 10, 2017 – Opposing Evil Through Knowledge
December 22, 2016 – In Your eyes
October 19, 2016 – The Gift of Broken Things
June 20, 2016 – From the Margins
March 10, 2016 – To Be Left Wanting
December 26, 2015 – The Body’s Wisdom
September 9, 2015 – Preparing a Home

Joyful Life Magazine

Spring 2021 – The Art of Dabbling: Reflecting God’s Image When Mastery Isn’t Possible {PRINT ONLY}

The Perennial Gen

August 4, 2020 – Moderating the Extremes: Creating Community through Caregiving

Redbud Post

February 1, 2022 – Looking at Earth and Seeing Heaven Instead
October 1, 2021 – Interconnected: What We Gain When Our Relationships Limit Us
February 1, 2021 – Kindness of Truth-telling
August 1, 2020 – For Such a Time As This
May 1, 2020 – Giving in a Time of Scarcity
October 1, 2019 – I’m Here for Them, Too
April 1, 2019 – All in on Resurrection | Redbud Writers Guild

Tweetspeak Poetry

June 16, 2021 – Grammar for a Full Life: On Becoming Less Possessive
June 9, 2021 – Grammar for a Full Life Book Club: Chilling Out on the Grammar Rules
June 2, 2021 – Grammar for a Full Life Book Club: A Passive Voice
May 12, 2021 – Book Club Announcement: Grammar for a Full Life
July 13, 2020 – How to Like Your Essays, More and More
February 5, 2020 – The Jungle Effect Book Club: How to Find an Indigenous Diet that Works for You
January 29, 2020 – The Jungle Effect Book Club: The Specifics of Indigenous Diets and What They Have in Common
January 22, 2020 – The Jungle Effect Book Club: The Basics of Indigenous Diets and How They Work
January 8, 2020 – Book Club Announcement: The Jungle Effect
October 2, 2019 – Want a Sense of Home, Togetherness, & Creativity? Try the Farmers Market Factor
September 25, 2019 – Stress, Brain Plasticity, and Living a Free-Range Writing Life
September 18, 2019 – Tilth for the Land, the Body and Our Writing
September 5, 2019 – Where Foreshadowing and Symbolism Meet: Adumbration
August 28, 2019 – Book Club Announcement: Farmacology
September 13, 2017 – 4 Smartphone-Free Tips to Help Sustain Your Writing Life
July 28, 2017 – 3 Ways to Improve Your Writing This Summer with Booth Tarkington
May 10, 2017 – Audubon’s Birds and the Habits of Nature Writing
March 29, 2017 – Can Your Distractions Make You a Better Writer?
February 16, 2017 – The Writing Life: Paterson’s Blank Page
January 12, 2017 – Regional Tour: Marie Webster Quilts at Indianapolis Museum of Art
December 22, 2016 – Poets & Writers Toolkit: 3 Ways Reading Will Make You a Better Writer
November 9, 2016 – Confessions of Poetry
September 1, 2016 – O Me, O, Miami: Expanding the Literary Culture of a Region One Poem at a Time
August 4, 2016 – The Word-Changing Magic of Tidying up Your Writing
June 30, 2016 – Profile of Photographer Pai-Shih Lee
May 26, 2016 – Indy 500: Poets, Start Your Engines
April 27, 2016 – Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner
March 31, 2016 – 9 Ways to include Libraries in Your Book Marketing Plan
February 11, 2016 – The Best Buildings: Carnegie Libraries
December 16, 2015 – How to Beat Writer’s Block by Not Giving Up
November 11, 2015 – From Delphi to Camden: James Whitcomb Riley
October 25, 2015 – Follow Your Passion, Don’t Follow Your Passion, & Other Master Narratives to Avoid
September 16, 2015 – The Writing Life: What Hemingway Can Teach You About Professional Loneliness
July 9, 2015 – Creativity Inside the Box: The Freedom of Constraint
June 5, 2015 – How to Start, Join & Make the Most of a Writing Group
March 27, 2105 – Writing Life: The Writer’s Delusion and Telling It Slant
March 4, 2015 – Poetry in Public: The Poet as Unacknowledged Legislator’
January 28, 2015 – Become a Better Writer: I Am Not a Robot
December 16, 2014 – Understanding Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen’s Shin Bone
November 7, 2014 – The Office of Poetry Grievances
October 15, 2014 – 4 Self-Editing Tips: Bring a Paint Can and Brush
September 3, 2014 – The Progression of a Writing Life Part 4: Strategy
August 27, 2014 – The Progression of a Writing Life Part 3: Rejection
August 20, 2014 – The Progression of a Writing Life Part 2: Risk
August 13, 2014 – The Progression of a Writing Life Part 1: Play
May 4, 2014 – 5 Tips to Make the Most of Your Next Writers Conference
March 26, 2014 – Literary Tours: Robert Indiana at the Indianapolis Museum of Art
February 19, 2014 – 3 Rules for Pretending to Be a Writer
January 29, 2014 – The Writing Life: Setting Limits to Become a Better Writer
December 11, 2013 – How to Become a Better Writer: Write Like a Painter
December 4, 2013 – Regional Tours: Matisse at Indianapolis Museum of Art
October 23, 2013 – Poets and Writers Toolkit: 4 Ways to Generate Writing Ideas
October 2, 2013 – On Books: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
July 24, 2013 – You Should Write a Book
June 19, 2013 – The Poet’s Sone: Ai WeiWei
May 22, 2013 – Poets & Writers Toolkit: Read and Respond
April 10, 2013 – Poets and Writers Toolkit: Six-Word Memoirs
March 13, 2013 – Leaving Books
February 27, 2013 – John Steinbeck’s California
December 14, 2012 – Leaving Art Behind
November 7, 2012 – On the Road
September 28, 2012 – Transitions: Life and the Museum
August 15, 2012 – I Am the Rain
July 11, 2012 – The Occasional Painter
May 9, 2012 – The Peace of Wild Things
February 27, 2012 – Journey into Poetry: Charity Singleton Craig

Guest Posts

September 11, 2019 – Five Minute Friday – Ordinary to Extraordinary: What is a Personal Essay and Where Do I Start?
March 12, 2018 – Darcy Wiley’s Blog – Living Fully Alive {The Yes Effect Book Club, Invitation 7: Celebrate Your Chain Reaction
October 12, 2017 – Northview Church Blog – Mutual Affirmation: Try Again
April 14, 2017 – Jen Pollock Michel’s Blog – 3020 W. 79th St., Indianapolis, Indiana
January 4, 2016 – ABH Books – 3 Habits for a Productive and Happy Writing Life
July 29, 2015 – Grubstreet Blog – Redefining Success: Freelancing on the Path to an Alternate Destination
June 12, 2015 – Grace Table – Stranger Danger: Just Buy the Burger
April 10, 2015 – Makes You Mom – Let Us Eat Cakes: Step-parents and Birthdays
March 13, 2015 – The Write Life – 5 Ways to Balance Freelance Writing Jobs and Personal Projects
February 19, 2015 – Ed Cyzewski’s blog – How to Market a Book with Integrity: A Christian Author’s Struggle
September 9, 2014 – Jen Pollock Michel’s Blog – Found Wanting: Charity Singleton Craig, “I wanted to get married”
March 21, 2014 – Catapult Magazine – The Language of Belonging
February 7, 2014 – Catapult Magazine – Privacy: A Matter of the Heart
November 6, 2010 – {in}Courage – More Than A Cliche