The homepage of writer, artist, and priest Karl Stevens.
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I am an Episcopal Priest, an artist, and a writer who lives in Columbus, Ohio. I serve as the Rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, on the Ohio State University Campus. I am a Contemplative Christian, and that tradition is reflected in my art and writing. As an artist, I am very influenced by Medieval manuscript art, and by the Rothschild Canticles in particular. If you are interested in purchasing any of the art presented on this site, please send me an email.
I have just had three poems published in As Surely As the Sun Literary Journal. You can read them by following this link. I’m going to publish commentaries on each of them in the next three weeks, starting today. Sometimes I simply want to be inside of a story as if I were inside of…
My poem, “The Birth of Longing,” has just been published in Braided Way, a wonderful online journal. You can link to the poem here. I wrote a very short essay on it years ago, which I offer below. Illumination of “The Birth of Longing” When I was seventeen, I found myself in the John Muir…
“Happy are they who wash their robes so as to have free access to the tree of life.” – The Revelation to St. John Eve ate with tiny teeth, the seeds like gravel in her mouth, and sweet.You are naked said the syrup when sliding down her throat.Take my leaves, said the tree, and learn…
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