In addition to writing my own poems, I also think about and comment on the poetry of others. I also write about spirituality in general.
“A Psalm” by Thomas Merton
A friend asked me for my definition of hope, and I found myself talking about covenant. Hope is the love of neighbor and the world that keeps you going, despite all of the reasons for despair. During an interfaith panel that I sat on a student asked how the panelists different traditions maintained hope in…
Keep readingTo You Be Your Way, and To Me Mine
A few weeks ago, I received a Chick tract in the mail. It was delivered to my home in a handwritten envelope with no return address. The little booklet inside contained a smug, homophobic comic in which Jesus was portrayed as offering love through the medium of hate. One of my colleagues at St. Stephen’s…
Keep readingA Little Flower from St. Teresa
Florilegium, or “little flowers,” were small sayings from scripture or from saints and mystics that were illuminated and placed in Medieval prayer books. I drew this image in my sketchbook (and drawing for me is a form of prayer) using India ink. I don’t pencil things in first, I just try to cooperate with the…
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