Two poems that focus on Jesus as a refugee: Scott Bates’s “Witness” and Malcolm Guite’s “Refugee.”
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Jesus as Refugee
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He Beholds the City with Tears in His Eyes
Today’s Gospel reading can be applied to Russia’s attack on Ukrainian cities. So can this Malcolm Guite poem.
In the Desert Darkness One Has Found Me
Malcolm Guite’s sonnet on Jacob and the Angel mentions the love the simultaneously wounds and heals.
Every Flame Becomes a Tongue of Praise
Malcolm Guite has a powerful sonnet capturing the pentecostal moment.
Standing Beside Us, Even As We Grieve
In a sonnet written for All Souls’ Day, Malcolm Guite writes that, when we grieve, we are supported by all who have passed on, who reflect Christ’s light.
Caught Up in the Singing
Palm Sunday Anglican priest and poet Malcolm Guite is the author of many wondrous lyrics, including “Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year” found in Sounding the Season (Canterbury 2012). “Palm Sunday” captures something I’ve always noticed but never fully grasped—that days before the trauma of Good Friday, there’s a moment of euphoria that seems to […]
Touching the Wounded God
Malcolm Guite’s “Sonnet for St. Thomas the Apostle” celebrates the urge to touch God.
The Dove Descends, the Spirit Soars
The baptism of Jesus, like his birth, symbolizes a moment when divinity enters the world.
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