Tamarie Macon continues our spring series on Writing As a Spiritual Discipline with reflections on the writing process—including some in poetry. Read Tamarie's other ESN reflections here, on Navigating the Rapids and how to Plan Long and Prosper. To see other posts in the Writing As a Spiritual Discipline series, click here. Writing . . . focuses me. Having to write one word—one letter—at a time forces me to focus. On one idea. In the moment. Writing slows my thoughts to one idea at a time. It's like … [Read more...] about What Writing Does for Me (Writing As a Spiritual Discipline Series)
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Browning’s “Karshish the Arab Physician”
Mark Hansard shares another exploration of faith in Victorian literature. See previous posts exploring Browning and faith and Gerard Manley Hopkins and how aesthetic experience can point to God. … [Read more...] about Browning’s “Karshish the Arab Physician”
Poetry of Grief (Scholar’s Compass)
It started the day after I stepped off the plane in JFK. Twenty-four hours after my return to my home after twelve months away. It didn't waste anytime. It was Grieving. It surprised me like the black ice on Pennsylvania sidewalks. Step. Slip. Down. I had been with Grief before. We'd held hands, walked the rooms of my childhood home, hidden in towns far away from the damage, cried with our faces turned towards the bedroom wall, cried in public with no warning. This was New. My parents separated my senior … [Read more...] about Poetry of Grief (Scholar’s Compass)
Kairos — from “The Kingdom: Poems for Ordinary Time”
The Kingdom: Poems for Ordinary Time By Hannah Eagleson IV. Kairos The wheat is full, pushing through the husks, ripe. It overflows, lacking only Those who yearn to harvest, To gather and to give. The fig tree must grow Or wither. In season or out, Fruit is needed For the hungry. The king invites The weary travellers, The vagabonds and panhandlers To join the wedding feast. The time is always now. ------------- Note: Hannah Eagleson contributes to both the Emerging Scholars Network's (ESN) … [Read more...] about Kairos — from “The Kingdom: Poems for Ordinary Time”
Kingdom — from “The Kingdom: Poems for Ordinary Time”
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. ------------- Note: Hannah Eagleson contributes to both the Emerging Scholars Network's (ESN) Blog and The Well. The earlier pieces in her four part … [Read more...] about Kingdom — from “The Kingdom: Poems for Ordinary Time”