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Featured Poetry

Nathan Bakken – How to Be a Theologian

August 9, 2026August 8, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Poet and theologian Nathan Bakken writes a three-part discourse on working in faith with his poem "How to Be a Theologian".

Tagged faith, love, Poem, poet, Poetry, reflection, religion, theologian, theologyLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Sarah Reichert – Divine Struggle

June 7, 2026June 6, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Colorado poet Sarah Reichart shows how kinetic and arduous the search for faith can be with her poem "Divine Struggle".

Tagged celestial, divine, frailty, hope, human experience, Poem, poet, Poetry, religion, Spirituality, Stars, struggleLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Maureen Martinez – How to Pass as a Woman of Faith

April 19, 2026April 17, 2026 Nicholas Trandahl

Emerging poet Maureen Martinez slows us down for a moment with her hybrid prose poem "How to Pass as a Woman of Faith".

Tagged breathing, faith, forgiveness, generosity, Meditation, Moon, moonlight, Poem, poet, Poetry, religion, SpiritualityLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Joanne Grumet – Exegesis

March 16, 2025March 14, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

In seven succinct lines, poet Joanne Grumet explores the relationship between language and faith with her poem "Exegesis".

Tagged exegesis, faith, language, literacy, Poem, poet, Poetry, relationship, religion, scriptureLeave a comment
John Fowles
Book Bits

A Temple of Living Pillars: John Fowles’ Ode to the Sacred and Sensuous Tree

May 21, 2024May 21, 2024 Vanessa Able

Author John Fowles on the ways in which trees and forests formed the bedrock of his own creative, psychic and religious sensibility.

Tagged architecture, creativity, forests, humanity, nature, pillars, religion, sacred, temples, Trees, wildernessLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Jo Matthews – And what about prayers

February 11, 2024February 8, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

In her powerful three-part poem "And what about prayers", poet Jo Matthews explores the potential and constraints of prayer and faith.

Tagged doubt, faith, God, healing, holiness, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, prayers, praying, religion, SpiritualityLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Betsy Fogelman Tighe – My Spiritual Practice

October 29, 2023October 26, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Through the lens of nature, poet Betsy Fogelman Tighe reveals a practical and inclusive form of worship in "My Spiritual Practice".

Tagged exploration, faith, Interconnectedness, nature, Poem, poet, Poetry, religion, spiritual, Spiritual Practice, worship2 Comments
Featured Poetry

Joanne Alfano – Hope

September 24, 2023September 21, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

Positively radiant, Joanne Alfano's "Hope" is a poem that crashes through darkness with its opening lines like a clarion call.

Tagged celebration, faith, Faith and practice, journey, Poem, poet, Poetry, religion, seeking, Spirituality1 Comment
Featured Poetry

Brandon James O’Neil – City Adhan

August 28, 2022September 1, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Hinged on the image of Muslim cab driver finding a moment of serenity in communion with God in the chaos of New York City, Brandon James O'Neil's "City Adhan" offers readers that same serenity.

Tagged faith, God, New York City, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, religion, Spirituality, urban lifeLeave a comment
Albert Einstein
Book Bits

The Most Beautiful Thing We Can Experience Is The Mysterious: Albert Einstein’s Living Philosophy

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 Vanessa Able

Albert Einstein lays out his living philosophy and the set of ideals that he held in his personal, spiritual and political life.

Tagged Advice, meaning, mystery, philosophy, purpose, religion, science, wonder1 Comment

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