Ruminate Magazine: Faith in Literature and Art

We are excited to announce that ByFaith Magazine has published an interview on Ruminate's humble beginnings and our powerful vision for "breaking the stereotypes" and "challenging the expectations" of Christian art and literature. Read the article here.

Check out this rave review of Ruminate's Issue 09 (scroll to the bottom of the page) from NewPages, one of the top literary magazine databases in the country.  The review begins by saying, "Ruminate's layout is beautiful." Not a bad comment to start things off, and something we happen to proudly agree with. And it keeps getting better from there, discussing the great work from our contributors and "pieces which demonstrate faith inside literature as well as faith in literature, a faith that literature can explain and inspire." We think NewPages reviewer Rachel King hit the nail on the head.  

Oh, and if you missed out on Issue 09, you can order a copy here!

As some of you may have heard, Westmont College and the surrounding Santa Barbara, CA area were deeply impacted by last month's "Tea Fire." Numerous Westmont faculty members lost their homes in the fire including RUMINATE contributor and Westmont English department professor, Paul Willis. Paul has been a strong supporter of RUMINATE, advocating and standing alongside our publication from Issue 01. We extend our prayers to him and his family as they begin recovering from this terrible loss.

We are working like mad to get Issue 10 ready, which probably explains the lapse in blogs. But, we're back, and so excited to share some great news about RUMINATE's talented graphic designer, Anne Pageau.

For those of you who haven't heard, Rock and Sling, a journal that shares a very similar mission to RUMINATE, has had to cease publication because of a shortage of funds. Here at RUMINATE, this was very sad news and hit close to home. (Yes, there is many a day when our entirely volunteer staff isn't sure if we can keep going, or if the printing bills can be paid).