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Seeds Grow in Broken Earth and Not in Clouds

I suspect we all have difficulty with admitting where we really are.

May 6th, 2013 | Essays, Featured | Read More

Deus Interruptus

Just yesterday morning I was making a case
for myself before God when this woodpecker

May 5th, 2013 | Poetry | Read More

Church

some say the body is a church
some say the bed
some say the last word spoken is a church

May 4th, 2013 | Poetry | Read More

A time to Mourn

We bundle up to leave, a little lighter, shed of some sorrow through the sacredness of sharing it.

May 1st, 2013 | Essays, Featured | Read More

Adios Adrenaline; Hello Ambient Guitar Arpeggios

Audio Adrenaline once sounded like a party. They now remind you more of one of those epic youth group convention worship services.

April 30th, 2013 | Music | Read More

The Incredible Shrinking Mom

My mom eventually adopted the nickname for herself. Whenever she does something extraordinary for us, which is often, as we thank her she says, “Well, I am the incredible shrinking mom, you know.” with a sweet smile.

April 29th, 2013 | Essays, Featured | Read More

$Faith as a mathematical abstraction$

Faith as a mathematical abstraction

They live as if God
Was a problem
They thought they had solved-

April 28th, 2013 | Poetry | Read More

Even now in the Garden

Even now, with bone of my bone
And flesh of my flesh
Nearly knocking at the door,

April 27th, 2013 | Poetry | Read More

How Do We Say Goodbye?

It’s something I’ve never been very good at, saying goodbye.

April 24th, 2013 | Essays, Featured | Read More

Trading Text for Visuals: Poets As Visual Artists

Earlier this month, we looked at artists’ paintings of poets, discovering homages both photo-realist and illustrative of poetic styles. Our visual-arts celebration of National Poetry Month continues with poets as artists. William Blake is the first poet who comes to mind when we’re talking about poets who are also painters. The Romantic poet created many [...]