Liturgies of the Body: The Jump Shot and Spiritual Practice
This essay finds Howard Schaap pondering the liturgical significance of a well-crafted jump shot.
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The Body is Well
Anna Masi ruminates on running, depression, and the gentle wisdom of Jean Vanier.
A Swim
In this poem, Jennifer Stewart Fueston captures some of those thoughts that arise in the meditative underwater silence.
Three Prayers and a Consummation
Two women whose strategies for living a meaningful life conflict vie for ownership of an antique family barn.
Until an End Is Made
Certain strands of friendship can cross distances, but others—regretfully—are broken.
The Body. The Universal. The Passion.
The following is a guest post by Matthew John Paul Tan. The Body. The Universal. The Passion. Palm Sunday begins the week of commemoration of the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. The week in the leadup to Easter will be particularly intense for the churchgoer. If one is not stepping up of […]
You Should Give a Shit
How we treat our relationship to the cycle of nutrients—the food that goes into our bodies and leaves it—has more to say about our view of incarnation than do most of our creeds.
Quiet Storms: The Paintings of Women by Joyce Polance
A look at recent work from artist Joyce Polance, who explores through female nude figurative paintings the emotional curvature and complexity of women in friendship and life together.
Ode to My Grandmother’s Missing Arm
In this poem by Rebecca Lauren, a granddaughter recalls a missing family member.
