The Mathew’s House Project (MHP) mission statement is simple and short laying down a challenge to listen differently: I include the entire mission statement below.

“Since 1999, The Matthew’s House Project has sought to develop places in which faith and culture can be explored. We seek to promote a different sort of listening. This sort of listening fosters active participation in the public square, inspiring criticism, reflection, and creative expression.”

With an eye toward culture, where it’s right–where it’s wrong, MHP adds a spiritual perspective without preaching but rather seeks to turn that eye both outward and inward allowing the reflective reader be both and. This is all done within an attractive and simply laid out website to boot.

Today’s increasingly polarized society seeks to think in black or white but rarely Black and White. Why can’t something be both and? MHP will help you to view things differently: not always with the lens of agreement but rather with the lens of contemplation.

Besides the thoughful essays there is some great poetry & prose, but readers beware they might make you think about something you hand’t though of before.