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Tag: Bible

Featured Poetry

Stacey Elza – To Build a Bow

May 21, 2023May 20, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Juxtaposing the antagonistic nature of humanity with the protective and peaceful side, poet Stacey Elza offers readers "To Build a Bow".

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Featured Poetry

Carol Barrett – Esther Talks to Her Unborn Child

August 7, 2022August 4, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet Carol Barrett's poem is spoken in the voice of biblical Queen Esther, from the Tanakh or Old Testament Book of Esther.

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Giotto - Nativity
The Bible

Born in the City of David

December 26, 2020December 26, 2020 Vanessa Able

The story of the Nativity is told briefly in two books of the Bible, Matthew and Luke, where it is sparse next to the rich details and imagery of the countless retellings it undergoes each year.

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TOP POSTS

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  • Wendell Berry - Do Not Be Ashamed
    Wendell Berry - Do Not Be Ashamed
  • John O'Donohue on Soul Friendship
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- BOOK BITS -

  • Rick Ruben
    “Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
    What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
  • Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
    A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
  • Shunryu Suzuki
    Sharing the Feeling: Zen Teacher Shunryu Suzuki on Becoming Ourselves
    The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.
  • Ray Bradbury
    Running After Loves – Ray Bradbury on Fostering Hunger in Writing
    Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice


- POETRY-

  • Lily Tobias – Fennel
    In her poem "Fennel", Michigan poet Lily Tobias awakens our senses in the quiet hush of morning, and takes us to the temple.
  • Roshi Joan Halifax and The Way of Haiku
    A collection of haiku offered by Roshi Joan Halifax.
  • A Year of Kō: 3rd Sekki
    3rd Sekki poems by COLEMAN DAVIS, LAILA BRAHMBHATT, WILLIAM KILGORE
  • Gary Keenan – Big Day
    Writing from the Colombian Andes, poet Gary Keenan's poem "Big Day" is a chaotic cacophony collapsing into the soft rosy amber of stillness.
  • Roderick Wilson – Practicing Resurrection
    New York poet Roderick Wilson wipes the snow from the threadbare conclusion of wintertime, on the cusp of transition.
 

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