Featured Writings
NEW BEDFORD LIGHT
Civility Has Never Meant Avoiding Conflict
TINY BUDDHA
How the People We Love Live On in Us
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF FIRE SERVICES
Some of What We Carry Is Grief
Selected Publications
“The Sacred Art of Grief”
Spirit of Change Magazine — July 2026
A reflection on grief as an expression of love and the sacred dimensions of ordinary life.
“Tips for Navigating the Holidays While Grieving”
The Sentinel / Turley Publications — December 2025
Practical guidance for making room for grief during a season often shaped by expectations of celebration.
“Navigating the Labyrinth: A Metaphor for Walking Life's Path”
The Hull Times — January 2025
A reflection on uncertainty, pilgrimage, and what the labyrinth can teach us about moving through life.
“How Will We Be Judged?”
Quaboag Current — February 2015
A reflection on compassion, responsibility, and what our treatment of others reveals about us.
“Our Prodigal Lives”
Quaboag Current — February 2015
On estrangement, homecoming, forgiveness, and the possibility of beginning again.
“What Is Your Legacy?”
Quaboag Current — January 2015
A consideration of memory, mortality, and what remains after us.
“The So-Called ‘War on Christmas’”
The Record, Leitchfield, Kentucky — December 2014
A commentary on Christmas, culture, religious identity, and the perennial argument over who owns the season.
“Is the Bible a History Book?”
The National Herald — November 2014
An exploration of scripture, history, interpretation, and what readers ask of biblical texts.
“Praying for Peace”
HuffPost — August 2014
A reflection on prayer, violence, peace, and the obligations that accompany asking God for a more peaceful world.
From the Archive
Peter Preble has been writing about religion, history, culture, and public life for more than two decades. Earlier essays and articles appeared in publications including:
HuffPost — essays on religion, culture, peace, and public life.
Emerging Civil War — historical writing exploring the Civil War, memory, and the people and communities shaped by it.
Pravmir and OrthoChristian — essays and commentary from Peter's years in Orthodox ministry.
Priest to Priest — International Orthodox Christian Charities publication for clergy.
Trowel — writing on ministry, church life, and the Orthodox tradition.
Credința — The Faith and Unirea — The Union — Romanian Orthodox publications featuring Peter's earlier theological and pastoral writing.
The Faith Almanac — essays and reflections from Peter's earlier ministry.
Together, this earlier work traces more than twenty years of writing across theology, history, community life, and the questions that continue to shape Peter's work today.