Our 1st Birthday

Highlights and an invitation

Dear Friends,

Wayfare was born a year ago with the hope of becoming “a companion and guide on the journey of faith.” Since then, we have published 217 essays, poems and stories both online and in two beautiful print issues. 

These were the five most popular essays of the year:

The Triumph Over Sorrow

Divine Vulnerability

The Sacrament of Attention

A Lost Sheep

A Grief Shared

Over the past year we also launched some special projects:

• Wrestling the Angels, a column by Terryl Givens

• The Five Books of Jesus by James Goldberg

• Meet the Early-day Saints, a podcast by Blair Hodges

• Poetry, Fiction and Oratory Sections

• The Tales of Chelm First Ward by James Goldberg, Nicole Wilkes Goldberg, and Mattathias Singh

• An Advent series by Cecelia Proffit

We are now being delivered across the globe, with subscribers in Australia, Hong Kong, Dubai, Sweden and Brazil. And recently, Marci McPhee helped us reach our seventh continent by reading Wayfare to the penguins of Antarctica. 

Writers we adore have shared kind words of praise of our work:

“Unbelievably thoughtful and gorgeous.” -Melissa Inouye

“Marvelous!” -Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

“I couldn't be more impressed with Wayfare.” -Joe Spencer

“An astonishing and beautiful publication.” -Ardis Parshall

“Wayfare is amazing.” -Steven Peck

“Wayfare is the most encouraging development that I've seen in Mormon letters for some time.” -Nate Oman

“I love what Wayfare is doing.” -Sam Brown

“Wayfare is a triumph.” -Adam Miller

We’d be grateful to hear what Wayfare has meant to you. You can write us by replying to this email, contacting us at wayfare@faithmatters.org or clicking below.

And you can support the work of Wayfare by sharing with your friends and family, subscribing or making a gift to Faith Matters.

To celebrate our first birthday, we'd like to invite you to a party next Friday, January 5th in Provo. We’ll have music by Andrew and Liz Maxfield, readings by James Goldberg and Kathryn Knight Sonntag, artwork curated by Esther Candari, free issues and abundant cake and Coke Zero. RSVP here. Hope to see you there!

Thank you for reading and walking with us on the life-giving path of Christ.

In faith and friendship,

Zachary Davis