I am often looking for spiritual books which might help my prayer and, especially, jog my imagination about God in my life. By chance, I found an excellent such book in Love Poems From God: Twelve ...

It’s almost a job requirement for poets: accept the fact of being far removed from mainstream artistic culture. We poets are happy—ecstatic, really—to cultivate a few hundred thoughtful readers, and ...

The expression of doubt can be a refreshing alternative to most contemporary poets’ disregard for issues of faith. For Christian Wiman, doubt has not quite solidified into unbelief, which means his ...

(The Conversation) — The famous biblical book alludes to God only once. Historically, though, most interpreters have argued the poem’s about love between the divine and his people. (The Conversation) ...

My god is a short god. My god wears jeans. When he swims, he has a lazy breaststroke. When he gardens, he uses his bare hands. My god watches reruns of late night talk shows. zero gravity and say My ...

I know nice Jewish boys like me aren’t supposed to have favorite hymns, but I went to an Episcopalian high school, and if there’s anything I learned in four years of chapel services, it’s that those ...

The Bible teaches us, says Matthew Mullins, but its method of teaching always entails more than information and guidance. The Bible has much to say about its own purpose and authority. Among the most ...

Women love to see a man's soft, sensitive side. And what could be more soft and sensitive than beautiful poems full of heart and soul? Seriously, this is the type of romancing that women are dying for ...

As a Jesuit priest, I’ve lived an adventurous life—from teaching at Boston College to working in Jordan and Jerusalem. Now, at 88 years of age, the adventure continues in writing poetry and poetic ...