Praise for Wayfare
“Wayfare is the most encouraging development that I've seen in Mormon letters for some time.” -Nate Oman
“Unbelievably thoughtful and gorgeous.” -Melissa Inouye
“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 a triumph.” -Adam Miller
“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 biannual print issues.
Our name was partly inspired by two songs: A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief and Wayfaring Stranger.
If you are interested in writing for Wayfare, you can find more information in our pitch guide.
Get in touch! Write us at wayfare@faithmatters.org.
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Editor
Zachary Davis
Associate Editors
Rachel Jardine
Rachael Johnson
Benjamin Peters
Managing Editor
Lori Forsyth
Senior Editors
Gideon Burton
Kristine Haglund
Anna Thurston
Poetry Editor
Kathryn Knight Sonntag
Art Editor
Esther Hi'ilani Candari
Books Editor
Scott Raines
Fiction Editor
Jeanine Bee
Film Editors
Barrett Burgin
Celene Mitchell
Contributing Editors
Shayla Frandsen
Tyler Johnson
Allison Pond
Isaac Richards
Charlotte Wilson
Social Media Editor
Cece Proffit
Digital Editor
Katie Lewis
News Editor
Jaxon Washburn
Creative Directors
Doug Thomas
Cole Melanson
Copyeditor
Mark Melville
Production Assistants
Rosie Serago
Hannah Wilson
Advisory Board
Matt Bowman
Richard Bushman
George Handley
Jennifer Frey
James Goldberg
Randall Paul
Sharrona Pearl
Jana Riess
Charles Stang
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Rosalynde Welch
