Herbert laments that sometimes, when he prays, his words don’t get through to God. And yet he finds peace in the end.
Tag Archives: Faith
Can We Love the Morning Again?
In this poem Levertov talks about the difficulties of loving the morning again after a night of horrors.
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The Real Temple Can’t Be Destroyed
Like Jesus, George Herbert (in “Scion”) sees the temple, not as a physical structure, but as the human heart.
Let Us Sail into the Promise of the Day
E. A. Robinson’s “Children of the Night” finds spiritual hope in a dark world.
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Caught between Faith and Doubt
Rushdie has a great passage about a character caught between faith and doubt. The passage gives me an opportunity to determine where I myself stand.
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The New Moon, A Prayer Opening to Faith
In a powerful Advent poem, David Whyte compares waning faith with the waning moon. The poem reminds me of poems by John Keats and Lucille Clifton.
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Emily Dickinson’s “Smart Misery” of Doubt
Emily Dickinson struggled with religious doubt all of her life. Because she desperately wanted to belief, some of her poems show her faith being tested.
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A Good Faith Is Hard To Find
Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” is a profound meditation on doubt and faith.
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The Creator Spirit’s Deep Embrace
Denise Levertov’s “Avowal” equates opening oneself to God to opening oneself to “the Creator Spirit.”
