Poetry as Theology
At great risk of an empty table for TheoEd today, the topic is “The Bible as Poetry.” I say that because poetry – like Jazz and classical music – has an infinitesimal audience of about 3% of … [Read more...]
Opening the Mind with a New Lens
Some teacher, sometime along the way, likely soured you on poetry. It was done by making you read stiff poems, written in an alien parlance with old-fashioned metaphors, and then insisting you explain … [Read more...]
Valuing Wonder Above Knowledge, Sometimes
This post appeared first in The Finger Lakes Times (NY), as an installment in the weekly series, "Denim Spirit." Even with weeks to go before March is gone, and an impetuous April to endure before it … [Read more...]