The Kingdom: Poems for Ordinary Time
By Hannah Eagleson
III. Kingdom
This riot of lilies and sparrows,
Of pearls and trees and
Fields and fishermen,
This topsy turvy jumble
Where mountains skip with joy
And children lead with a
Handspring
This, the Kingdom
Uproots us from our desks,
Blows in and scatters
Our accounting,
And sets us dancing.
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Note: Hannah Eagleson contributes to both the Emerging Scholars Network’s (ESN) Blog and The Well. The earlier pieces in her four part series The Kingdom: Poems for Ordinary Time are Sparrows and Lilies. May you, as a fellow traveller, find rest and encouragement in The Kingdom: Poems for Ordinary Time. To God be the glory! ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director of ESN, editor of ESN’s blog and Facebook Wall.
PS. If you have poems, essays, and/or reflections to share with Emerging Scholars, please email me.
Dr. Hannah Eagleson loves building the ecosystem Christian scholars need to flourish and create positive impacts, in the university and beyond. She is Associate Director of InterVarsity’s Emerging Scholars Network, a digital first ministry serving thousands of early career Christian scholars. Dr. Eagleson launched the ESN student/early career track at the American Scientific Affiliation annual faith and science conference. She is the editor of *Science and Faith: Student Questions Explored* (Hendrickson, 2019), and the one-semester guidebook *Scholar’s Compass: Connecting Faith & Work for Academics* (InterVarsity Emerging Scholars Network, 2021), with design by noted liturgical artist Ned Bustard. She also launched the Scholar’s Compass online devotional series in her previous role as ESN Editor. Dr. Eagleson holds an MA from St. John’s College (Annapolis, MD) and a PhD in Renaissance literature from the University of Delaware.