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My rating: 5 of 5 stars Cross Sections is a thought-provoking, passionate collection of poetry aimed squarely at American Protestant Chris...

How funny - two posts in a row about dreams. Odd. Anyway, Sophia at RevGals has the Friday Five today, and it's a good'un. I'l...

Preaching Texts "Blessed are those who mourn," Jesus says, and so we must take Him at His word. But grief is not a...

First, a great poem from today's Writer's Almanac : "Literature in the 21st Century" by Ronald Wallace Sometimes I wish I ...

GREAT poem in The Writer's Almanac this morning - just had to share: The Young Watch Us Donald Hall The young girls look up as we walk p...

I get The Writer's Almanac in email from American Public Media every day (you should, too - it's got great stuff on a regular basis...

I get The Writer's Almanac from National Public Radio via email every morning. I subscribed in Barrett because radio reception was no...

I stopped growing up quite some time ago. Somehow my body knew when to say, "That's enough." and then I no longer had to jump ...

My Daughter's Morning My daughter's morning streams over me like a gang of butterflies as I, sour-mouthed and not ready for the ac...

Milton at don't eat alone is a wonderful writer, a former ordained minister and an excellent chef (at least, he talks like one, which i...

From today's edition of The Writer's Almanac : Take Care When a man dies, it's not only of his disease; he dies of his whole l...

Milton has been posting poems from The Writer's Almanac this week. I enjoyed today's poem so much I thought I'd do the same. He...

April is National Poetry Month. Click on the poster below to receive a poem-a-day email from poets.org Meanwhile, here is today's selec...

We took this picture just after AJ accidentally slurped down a bit of my morning coffee. TWEEK! ;-)

T.S. Eliot - "Ash Wednesday" V If the lost word is lost, if the spent word is spent If the unheard, unspoken Word is unspoken, u...

I was pointed to this poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins by a friend's preaching blog. Pay close attention to the second stanza. 34. As King...

"A Wedding Toast" by Richard Wilbur St. John tells how, at Cana's wedding-feast, The water-pots poured wine in such amount Tha...