Christina Rossetti

During the Sundays of Advent this year, the Emerging Scholars Network will be posting works by Christina Rossetti. As a thoughtful poet who engaged deeply with faith, Rossetti wrote a number of poems about the church calendar. In the Advent poems we share here, she engages with the traditional idea of Advent as both remembering Christ's first coming and waiting for His second. Her imagery is rich and thoughtful, and we hope this poetry helps you to reflect on what it means to wait for Christ. We can only share part of … [Read more...] about This Advent Moon: Second Week of Advent

During the Sundays of Advent this year, the Emerging Scholars Network will be posting works by Christina Rossetti. As  a thoughtful poet who engaged deeply with faith, Rossetti wrote a number of poems about the church calendar. In the Advent poems we share here, she engages with the traditional idea of Advent as both remembering Christ's first coming and waiting for His second. Her imagery is rich and thoughtful, and  we hope this poetry helps you to reflect on what it means to wait for Christ. For material from our … [Read more...] about Come: First Week of Advent