The great and strange John Donne
Katherine Rundell’s biography offers something new: she matches the poet’s energy with her own.
love
Why would we refuse that help?
We learn the most from those with whom we have a strong emotional bond.
People sometimes regress to childlike behavior in stressful situations.
A new translation of “The Dark Night of the Soul” thrills with adventure
In St. John of the Cross’s poetry, the dark night is also a night of profound, even ecstatic beauty.
A conversation with pastor and activist Jacqui Lewis about love and pain, self-love, White nationalism, breaking boundaries, and more
Imagine God asking that question. You’ll get an insight into God’s heart.
One of the greatest mysteries of faith is that God loves us as is.
Sacred impulse, poetic form
For Sofia Starnes, poetry is the language of faith.
Penny embodies the kind of love that holds onto hope amid suffering, redemption amid pain, and forgiveness amid hurt.
What wondrous poems are these
James Crews's poetry is at once ecstatic, skeptical, and hopeful.
The ghosts and the not-yet-dead
Jesmyn Ward’s novel is a descent into hell on earth. I couldn't put it down.
National Poetry Month is over, but there's plenty of good poetry to get us through the next 11 months.
The fear loop
In our current crisis, fear is both cause and consequence.
Love is always vulnerable and yet will never be trumped.