In this interview, Brian Munz talks to Michael Nau, formerly of Page France and currently of the Cotton Jones Basket Ride, about his music, past and future, avoiding the “Christian band” label, and his songwriting process.
In this poem, Jan Lee Ande reminds us that even on “ordinary mornings” we can learn from nature, “that other text written by the finger of God.”
This poem addresses the role of language and creativity in education; it considers a “concrete classroom” future where poets are no more.
The author explores the work of Hafiz of Shiraz in examining the values of anatheism as an active category in contemporary spirituality.
In this poem by Courtney Druz we are challenged to “grow beyond the brittle carapace” of our selves and “leap like an ibex” from the “crags” of our doubt.
In this poem, Brandi Gentry uses a recently discovered medieval psalter as poetic bridge to tangling with faith and understanding resurrection.
In this poem, Luci Shaw metaphorically considers the cycles of collapse and reformation that define the spiritual life.
In this poem, Luci Shaw imagines the life-changing, transformative power of insubordinate ideas.
In this poem, Luci Shaw evokes sharp images of winter, mystery, nihilism, and death.