Icon (Close Menu)

Chip Prehn

The Rev. Dr. W.L. (Chip) Prehn is president of The Living Church Foundation and is a principal of Dudley & Prehn Educational Consultants. He was a parish priest for 12 years before turning to school administration and consulting. Prehn writes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and history.

Meditation from a Corn Crib

Apprehended by both arms and quickly maneuvered through the door, I was tossed inside. The door was slammed in my face, then locked from...

Peace Beyond Understanding

Several afternoons ago, a storm was moving across the Alleghenies from the west and soon overcame our portion of the Shenandoah Valley. Quite a...

Commemorating William Augustus Muhlenberg, 1796-1877

A Sermon for Founders’ Day 2024 at Saint James School “Seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be...

Our Birth at Bethlehem

… to behold the fair beauty of the Lord. —Psalm 27:6 I am deeply moved each Christmas Eve when the Christ Child figure is gently placed in...

Richard Mouw’s Tips for Political Wrestling

The Rev. Dr. W.L. (Chip) Prehn reviews How to Be a Patriotic Christian: Love of Country as Love of Neighbor.

Enough is Enough

I write from Sassafras Farm in Augusta County, Virginia. August has just turned into September. There is — even on these hot days — a...

The Episcopal Church Must Be Made Stronger in the Hinterland

By Chip Prehn "Many hands make light work.” I reflected on this maxim last weekend when I discovered fire-ant mounds all over my yard. This...

Leaders of Character, People of Faith

(Author Russ Levenson was interviewed on the Living Church Podcast about his book and his experience as pastor to a president. Listen) Without a community...

The Farm in Advent

By Chip Prehn It is winter in the Shenandoah Valley. Since we are 1,000 feet higher than the eastern side of the Blue Ridge, it...

Pusey Vindicated

Grace and Incarnation The Oxford Movement’s Shaping of the Character of Modern Anglicanism By Bruce D. Griffith with Jason R. Radcliff Pickwick, pp. 216, $26 Review by Chip...