Praise for Wayfare
“Unbelievably thoughtful and gorgeous.” -Melissa Inouye
“Wayfare is a triumph.” -Adam Miller
“I couldn't be more impressed with Wayfare.” -Joe Spencer
“An astonishing and beautiful publication.” -Ardis Parshall
“Wayfare is amazing.” -Steven Peck
“I love what Wayfare is doing.” -Sam Brown
“Wayfare is the most encouraging development that I've seen in Mormon letters for some time.” -Nate Oman
“Marvelous!” -Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
About Us
Wayfare seeks to be a companion and guide on the journey of faith. We publish a range of original writing: essays, interviews, dispatches, profiles, poetry, miracles, sermons, and works of book, film, and art criticism.
The Restoration began with a sincere question and the reception of divine truth. Wayfare embraces that hunger for new light with the conviction that our Heavenly Parents always desire to reveal more to their children.
Because truth is often stranger and more subtle than we imagine, we follow Jacob’s example of wrestling with complexity, mystery, and eternity. For that reason, Wayfare welcomes new voices and ideas that transcend, explore, and expand familiar boundaries—we seek after the true, the good, and the beautiful wherever they may be found.
Our aim is to cultivate within individuals and communities the more abundant life that is found in Christ through writing that is leavened with faith, brightened by hope, and deepened through charity.
Finally, we affirm the revelation Joseph Smith received May 9, 1831: That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.
Wayfare is a publication of the Faith Matters Foundation. We publish weekly through our newsletter as well as in semiannual print issues.
Our name was partly inspired by two songs: A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief and Wayfaring Stranger.
CONTACT
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Editor
Zachary Davis
Deputy Editor
Rachel Jardine
Associate Editors
Megan Armknecht
Rachael Johnson
Tyler Johnson
Benjamin Peters
Managing Editor
Lori Forsyth
Submissions Manager
Grace Carter
Copyeditor
Mark Melville
Digital Editor
Katie Lewis
Senior Editors
Kristine Haglund
Jon Ogden
Anna Thurston
Charlotte Wilson
Poetry Editor
Kathryn Knight Sonntag
Art Editor
Esther Hi'ilani Candari
Fiction Editor
Jeanine Bee
Director of Music
Andrew Maxfield
Film Editors
Barrett Burgin
Celene Mitchell
Science Editor
Maddy Peterson
Contributing Editors
Sharlee Mullins Glenn
Shayla Frandsen
Allison Pond
Jeremiah Scanlan
Candice Wendt
Zach Stevenson
Sunny Stimmler
Social Media Editor
Cece Proffit
News Editor
Jaxon Washburn
Creative Directors
Doug Thomas
Cole Melanson
Digital Creative Director
Londan Duffin
Art Curators
Caroline Johnson
Jordan Long
Editorial Staff
Kyle Belanger
Gideon Burton
Angela Clyde-Barrionuevo
Carolee Fairbanks
Natalie Hammon
Lorren Lemmons
Martha Petersen
Isaac Richards
Sarah Safsten
Jeanna Mason Stay
Josh Stevenson
Heather Stay
Emma Tueller
Venice Jardine
Public Engagement
Emma St. Clair
Natalie Quinn
Interns
Abby Franz
Sam Petersen
Advisory Board
Matt Bowman
Richard Bushman
George Handley
Jennifer Frey
James Goldberg
Randall Paul
Sharrona Pearl
John Durham Peters
Jana Riess
Charles Stang
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Rosalynde Welch