Christmas hope does not come without deep struggle at the darkest time of the year.
Tag Archives: Spirituality
Layla Dancing in a Globe of Light
Some of the great religious poetry turns to sexual imagery to capture the ecstatic union with the divine.
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Poetry – A Finite Image of Infinity
Frithjof Schuon explores how poetry echoes the divine.
We All Are Falling
A spiritual poem by Rilke about falling leaves.
Ballad of a Nun, a Bordello, and Mary
Scott Bates’ “Ballad of Thoughtful Love” retells a medieval fable about a nun-turned-whore who is saved by the Virgin Mary.
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What Liberty a Loosened Spirit Brings
Although she didn’t go to church, Emily Dickinson was spiritually uplifted by reading the Bible.
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Your One Wild and Precious Life
Mary Oliver’s celebration of summer is a prayer operates as a prayer of gratitude.
A Breathing Palace of Leaves
Many of Mary Oliver’s nature poems enact a version of the crucifixion and resurrection.
