Annie Dillard on converting to Catholicism: “You go to a Catholic church, and there are people of all different colors and ages, and babies squalling. You’re taking a stand with these people. You’re saying: ‘Here I am. One of the people who love God.’”
Poetry
Posted inPoetry
In Times That Trouble
Though riverbeds might buckle, breaching wide, I will not murmur. No, I will hold true.
Posted inBooks
Review: Rebecca Gayle Howell revisits the Book of Genesis
Rebecca Gayle Howell’s project in ‘Erase Gensis’ seems to exist in the tradition of midrash—the shaping of Scripture in light of contemporary concerns and creative interpretation.
Posted inShort Take
The three great loves of Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry fleshed out a picture of America in which people put down roots, commit themselves to each other and love the ground they stand on.
Posted inPoetry
Liturgy in the Glow
I imagine the algorithms
as monks in long habits,
praying at impossible speed,
Posted inFaith in Focus
Fighting cancer with a poem by my 8-year-old daughter
Throughout the year, Charlotte’s handmade creations had communicated love and support during my journey with cancer.
Posted inPoetry
At the end of my suffering there was a door
Outside, a snow lay over the lake like ash
