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Scott Cairns is a poet and writer who is the Curators Distinguished Professor of English emeritus at the University of Missouri. He is the author of poetry collections such as Slow...
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Scott Cairns is a poet and writer who is the Curators Distinguished Professor of English emeritus at the University of Missouri. He is the author of poetry collections such as Slow...
I HAVE always felt a close affinity with St Columba, whose day approaches as I write this. When, as a 19-year-old back in 1977, I was on a long ramble round Ireland, I happened to...
WHEN the parish church is dedicated in honour of St Cuthbert, and even the working men’s club (now sadly for sale) is “The Bede”, you know you are in the north-east. Indeed, Maggie...
I AM a great admirer of the decorative motif sometimes known simply as interlacing, but, more usually, and more poetically, as Celtic knotwork. You see it supremely in the intricat...
HOW is the past made present to us? It is a good question to ask and answer in the ancient city of Chester, where I have come on a writing retreat, and also to speak and read at th...
“The minute you are convinced that you have grasped something true about God, it dissolves in you.”
I WAS in London the other day, speaking to a group of American pastors at St Martin-in-the-Fields. After a good lunch in the church’s wonderful crypt-café, they bundled me into an...
MOST people reckon that writing, whether it’s poems or sermons, is a solitary occupation. It is true, of course, that a little solitude is helpful when you are engaged in the physi...
In which the current czar of NZ poetry meets a giant The post Sunday poem, on shaking Curnow’s hand, by Nick Ascroft appeared first on Newsroom.
It is the 7th Sunday after Pentecost, and we continue our weekly series of poetry that resonates with the assigned […] The post Lectionary Poetry – 7th Sunday After Pentecost (Year...
I WRITE this from the Collegio Ghislieri, in the ancient university town of Pavia. The college was founded in 1567, though the university itself is far older than that, as there is...
Tish Harrison Warren (Priest, Anglican Church), What Grows in Weary Lands: On Christian Resilience (2026): How do we cultivate faith that endures? From award-winning author and for...
For Christian Wiman, ‘dead on the table’ more than once, suffering is no longer the only authentic thing The post A Life — and Afterlife — in Poetry appeared first on The Good Men...
C.S. Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters" reveals that demons fear not grand displays, but the quiet strength of steady souls and simple joys, concepts increasingly threatened by modern...
We continue our weekly series of poetry that resonates with the lectionary readings for the week (Revised Common Lectionary and […] The post Lectionary Poetry – 5th Sunday After Pe...
A tale of two writers and their search for a deeper understanding of life's purpose. The post Thomas Wolfe, C.S. Lewis, and Religious Longings appeared first on byFaith.
WE HAVE come again to the feast of Corpus Christi, that annual invitation to contemplate the mystery of the eucharist. I have been approaching that mystery through poetry in a more...
We continue our weekly series of poetry that resonates with the lectionary readings for the week (Revised Common Lectionary and […] The post Lectionary Poetry – 6th Sunday After Pe...
Struggling with doubt, loneliness, and a search for meaning, Justin Wiggins found unexpected hope through music and the timeless words of C.S. Lewis. Discover how Christ’s agape lo...
Anglican priest Tish Harrison Warren's new book attempts to translate monkish habits for Christians navigating spiritual desolation in today's comfort-seeking, digitally distracted...
Ahead of his Edinburgh International Book Festival appearances the Scottish writer looks back at a Hebridean journey of discovery that sparked his latest work.
Clem Cairns, co-founder of West Cork Literary Festival, talks to Helen O’Callaghan about how he had a great childhood but his strict moral upbringing led him to be deeply suspiciou...
Marc C. Green is a painter and digital illustrator who makes haunted landscapes, folklore scenes, and creature-filled mythic imagery. His work feels rooted in nature, old stories,...
New York Times Op-Ed: ‘There Was Love, and Then There Was Suffering’: by Peter Wehner (Trinity Forum): A Q&A With Christian Wiman (Yale): Christian Wiman is both a magnificent...
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